Senior Asset Analyst Stark a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is looking for a n Senior Asset Analyst who is as passionate about great service as we are. We provide a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment with ample opportunities for career growth, along with a competitive salary, staff discount, life assurance, and 34 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays ). What you’ll be doing : The purpose of the role is to effectively manage IT assets throughout their entire lifecycle, including hardware, software, cloud infrastructure and digital assets. This includes tracking and maintenance to ensure that all assets are used effectively with business needs. You will be required to: Policies, procedures Collaboration Considering Group IT standards, create and maintain policies and procedures for the acquisition, maintenance and disposal of IT assets Ensure that the approved asset lifecycle policies are followed by staff, providing guidance and training Ensuring that all projects have appropriate input for management of assets and configuration items. Asset Lifecycle Ensure that administration of the acquisition, storage, distribution, movement and disposal of assets is carried out Ensure the accurate creation and updates of all records in the CMDB Ensure CMDB is utilised and updated as part of all relevant operational processes Provide user support, training, and documentation for the CMDB to system users. Support the IT teams in the issuing of new IT hardware and software, and the retrieval of unused hardware back into stock Ensuring that stocks of hardware and software are secure, stored in an orderly fashion, are promptly ready for re-use and correctly recorded in the CMDB. Responsible for audit and control of asset movements. Liaising with suppliers and local teams to manage loan hardware and returns/recycle of equipment Coordinate the corre ct disposal of IT equipment, adhering to WEEE standards and the information security policies and best practices. Periodic replacement of IT assets at the agreed end of life. Ensure the group software asset management tooling is fully implemented in the UK; utilising the SAM tooling monitor software licensing compliance Reporting Regular running of performance and analysis reports and rectification of any issues that they highlight Production of management analytics for Asset governance Production of CMDB breakdown reporting ( e.g. models by site/business unit, usage/state reports) Identify end of life IT assets and maintain a forward schedule of end-of-life assets enabling sufficient time to replace or retire from the IT estate. Analysing the IT Asset inventories, to understand where assets are not being used effectively and to identify opportunities for improvement. Provide a financial view of the IT Assets, enabling financial planning, ensuring the IT Asset costs are clearly visible, to support the on-going management and forecasting of the IT Asset budgets Identifying non-compliant hardware and software W hat you ’ll need to have: Excellent communication, collaboration and facilitation skills. Logical, self-motivated, flexible and able to manage change. Strong analytical skills; able to extract insights & actions from large amounts of data Strong Technical skills with a commitment to continually develop these. Good understanding of Cyber Security principles Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills Work to deadlines and project timelines. Carry out other duties as may from time to time be reasonably required across the service. Ideally knowledge of Service Now CMDB, Xensam Xupervisor and Power Bi What’s in it for you: Discretionary bonus A wide range of voluntary benefits including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare and more. Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing services including access to online GP appointments and mental health support Generous employee discounts Access to discounts with hundreds of your favourite high street and online retailers Retirement savings plan Life assurance Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave for anyone expecting or adopting a child Why STARK? W e're proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and join a team that is dedicated to providing great service, we want to hear from you. Apply today! What's next… If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best. Stark Building Materials UK is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. LI-HYBRID SBMUK