Digital Technology IT Analyst

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Job Summary
This role will be responsible for raising DT’s capabilities regarding vendor management and cost management related to software licenses. The person in this role will work regularly with BDA’s Chief Digital Officer/Chief Information Officer, Vice Presidents, Directors, IT Operations Coordinator and others in the organization.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•    DT vendor management & process compliance
o    Be the SME on vendor evaluation, selection & management processes, answering questions for people on the processes
o    Review proposed contracts and orders for compliance to vendor management requirements
o    Assist with preparation for Quarterly Business Reviews with key professional services vendors
o    Ad hoc requests such as annual spend with a particular supplier
o    Ensure contracts are sent to the corporate tracking and SOWs are tracked within DT 
o    Create and manage tracking system for vendor management (probably SharePoint)
•    Vendor negotiation: take the lead on negotiating contracts with SaaS vendors up to $250K annual subscription value
•    Create (as necessary) and maintain accessible repositories for contracts and other financial & vendor documentation
•    Design (as necessary) and execute the following processes with a continuous improvement mindset:
o    Dynamic (i.e., charges fluctuate based on usage) cloud subscription cost tracking
o    License cost tracking (where it makes sense)
o    Communicates proactively with Finance team about software expense performance
•    Manage the plan & project coordination for DT’s forecasting and budgeting processes & ancillary deliverables, including executive decks, rollup workbooks and change tracking.
•    Partner with DT leadership to prepare rollups and other materials needed related to the business of DT
•    Special projects as assigned

JOB SKILLS AND TRAITS
In order to succeed at this role, a candidate must have the following skills and traits:
•    Excellent written and verbal communication in English
•    Excellent planning, organization, and execution skills

•    Excellent prioritization skills, and ability to communicate options and tradeoffs when assistance is required to manage workload 
•    Excellent Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, including building presentations and vendor & budget summary rollups for executives
•    Prior experience creating and managing SharePoint workflows, sites, lists and doc libraries
•    Prior experience generating ad hoc and manual reports
•    Continuous improvement mindset
•    Collaboration skills, including the ability to respectfully and effectively push for deliverables owed to them from people at all levels of the Digital Technology organization

QUALIFICATIONS
•    4-year college degree, or equivalent
•    At least three years working with technology leaders on vendor and software cost management 
•    At least three years vendor negotiation for SaaS up to $250K / year subscription value
•    Experience leading processes with technology leaders
•    Demonstrated ability to keep information confidential and be discrete