Software Compliance Analyst

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This is a key role focused on ensuring compliance, reducing financial risk, and identifying meaningful cost‑optimisation opportunities.

Essential Experience Required:

• Demonstrable experience delivering accurate, effective licence reconciliations
• Strong working knowledge of complex licensing for at least one major Tier‑1 vendor (Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, SAP) - ideally covering multiple
• Proven experience with end‑to‑end major vendor audit processes
• Ability to “hit the ground running” - this role requires someone already experienced in hands‑on licensing compliance
• Understanding of modern/emerging technologies and associated licensing implications
• Comfortable working alongside technical teams (Architects, Analysts, Consultants)
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to simplify complex licensing topics
• SC Cleared or eligible to gain SC clearance
• IT background with experience in IT Asset Management / Software Asset Management environments

Desired Experience:

• Hands‑on experience with SAM tooling, ideally Snow or Flexera
• Understanding of EUC, infrastructure and cloud technology domains
• Ability to articulate complex licence positions in a clear, concise manner
• IAITAM or any SAM equivalent certifications

You’ll join our growing ITAM function at a pivotal time - stepping into an environment with high visibility, significant client demand, and the opportunity to shape best practice.

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensuring accurate reporting of vendor compliance
• Developing optimized vendor licence positions
• Working with Data Analysts to correctly identify software products that have been discovered on the hardware estate
• Identify opportunities to reduce licensing costs across all of Capita & Clients to achieve cost savings
• Process Proof of Entitlement to manually match to applications, where automatic reconciliation is not possible
• Reviewing / importing new purchase information from third party systems
• Developing and improving SAM lifecycle processes
• Qualifying and verifying all data sources required for SAM processing
• Analysis of market changes and assessing impact on vendor licensing

About Capita

Capita is an outsourcer, helping clients across the public and private sectors run complex business processes more efficiently, creating better consumer experiences. Operating across 8 countries, Capita’s 34,000 colleagues support primarily UK and European clients with people-based services underpinned by market-leading technology. We’re a vital support service for our clients, enabling the everyday interactions that we expect to run seamlessly, to run seamlessly.

Check out our website www.capita.com for more information

What’s in it for you?

• 23 days’ holiday rising to 27 days per annum with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• Home based working

• company matched pension, life assurance, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice - opportunity to take a paid day out of the office
• access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
• opportunity to gain additional qualifications through our Learning Academy or apprenticeships to help develop your career 

Unlock Your Potential with Capita

At Capita, your career can take you wherever your ambition leads. You'll become part of a diverse network of talented, forward-thinking professionals working across a wide range of disciplines and sectors. We’re committed to your growth — offering endless opportunities to expand your skills, explore new paths, and advance your career.

Join us and discover a career with purpose. #CareersWithPurpose

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What we hope you’ll do next:

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We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.

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