Technology Optimization Consultant - Software
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Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 742,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.In Strategy & Consulting we work with C-suite executives, leaders and boards of the world's leading organizations, helping them reinvent every part of their enterprise to drive greater growth, enhance competitiveness, implement operational improvements, reduce cost, deliver sustainable 360° stakeholder value, and set a new performance frontier for themselves and the industry in which they operate. Our deep industry and functional expertise is supported by proprietary assets and solutions that help organizations transform faster and become more resilient. Underpinned by technology, data, analytics, AI, change management, talent and sustainability capabilities, our Strategy & Consulting services help architect and accelerate all aspects of an organization's total enterprise reinvention.The Work:

Provide expertise and support to identify and execute on rationalization/optimization opportunities specific to Enterprise Software and SAAS infrastructure, including asset management, audit defense, and software licensing and contracting.

Perform risk assessments / analysis on licensing agreements and SAM toolsets.

Develop consumption optimization strategies in the context of the client environment.

Manage elements of the discovery and data collection process to support recommendations for strategy execution.

Present cost savings recommendations to client stakeholders that lead to approval and successful execution.

Here's What You Need:

Minimum 3 years of experience in Sourcing and Procurement Strategy, and Negotiations Strategy.

Minimum 2 years focused on Software/SaaS optimization, supporting and/or leading engagements, effectively delivering and executing on key recommendations.

Minimum of 2 years of experience working on commercial agreements, contracts, and pricing structures for enterprise software such as Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, ServiceNow, Salesforce and other common enterprise SaaS providers.

Minimum 2 years of experience working for a consulting firm.

Minimum 1 year of experience in analytics.

Bonus Points If You Have:

Power BI experience and advanced Excel skills.

MBA/Masters Degree.

Ability to think strategically and analytically, and make sound decisions quickly and efficiently.

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