Odyssey Reinsurance Company (OdysseyRe) is the global reinsurance arm of Odyssey Group, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and specialty insurance. OdysseyRe offers a broad range of property, casualty, and specialty reinsurance products, providing capital and risk management solutions for clients to efficiently manage economic risk, through a network of branch and representative offices across North America, Latin America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa), AsiaPacific and London.
OdysseyRe is an equal opportunity employer with excellent benefits and a strong commitment to providing training and opportunities for our staff. We provide employees an innovative, enriching environment and take great pride in their career growth.
OdysseyRe is rated A+ (Superior) by AM Best and A+ (Strong) by Standard and Poor’s. Odyssey Group is a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, which is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol FFH.
IT Asset Management Lead
Profile
The IT Asset Management Lead reports to the Head of Enterprise Architecture and works with Infrastructure and Application Teams to own/manage CMDB data quality and reporting. The IT Asset Management Lead would be implementing and organizing a strategic direction to ensure asset inventory accuracy.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform daily and long-term operational and strategic management of software, licenses, and hardware.
- Apply a continuous improvement approach in enhancing the strategies employed in technology spending, as well as in tracking company assets within the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) throughout their lifecycle.
- Assist in effective management of the CMDB and that the content contained is accurate.
- Perform verification and audit of CMDB content; verify software assets with license contracts.
- Refine processes relating to software asset management, execute and enhance them.
- Establish and maintain documentation of procedures, processes, and reports concerning asset and configuration management.
- Take part in other ITSM processes, or as required perform as a back up to maintain operational activities.
- Create and execute governance and strategic asset management function.
- Collaborate with infrastructure teams to determine trends in asset performance.
- Perform research on industry best practice and incorporate it with organizational practices.
- Maintain an accurate inventory of software and hardware assets, including version control, licensing details, and usage statistics.
- Conduct regular audits to ensure compliance with software licensing agreements and optimize software utilization. Designs the process/architecture flow for how fields are designed and maintained putting together design documents, user guides, and metadata documentation to support data flow and valid value governance.
Documentation and Reporting
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation related to software licenses, agreements, and compliance processes.
- Generate regular reports for management, providing insights into software usage, compliance status, and cost optimization opportunities.
- Create KPI reports for IT and Business teams to track accuracy of data.
Skills
- Strong project management and organization skills
- Strong influence skills and communication skills
- Large scale presentations and trainings
- Ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to build collaborative working relationships with various internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical ability and data-driven mindset
- Ability to rapidly acquire new knowledge and skills
- Familiarity with service design and pricing in the context of cloud-based solutions
- Working knowledge of cloud and on premise management platforms
Experience
- Experience with CMBD set up and strategy
- Nice to have – Familiarity with Axonius, Tanium
- Familiarity to ServiceNow
- Experience creating BI reports (PowerBI, Tableau)
- Data Governance and quality understanding
- Data Analysis and Reporting Skills
- Understanding of asset inventory across cloud and on prem components
Education Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
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