License Compliance Auditor

Role Description & Responsibilities

DASSAULT SYSTEMES is at the forefront of innovation! Serving customers of all sizes, in all industries from high-tech and life sciences to construction and transportation, we help businesses and people around the world create products and services in a novel, sustainable way.

DASSAULT SYSTEMES is looking for a motivated License Compliance Auditor to join our Global team working from one of our many offices across the United States, in an onsite/hybrid role. This role focuses on supporting and contributing to the strategies of the License Compliance (LC) program in the Americas, including within the Audit Program expansion.

Audit Activities:

• Drive audit pipeline by:




• Establishing a list of audit candidates based on data mining
• Working with the Business to identify potential candidates




• Identify potential non-compliant use of DS software and utilize the Audit Program to bring the customer back into compliance.
• Work with LC investigators to build relationships with the Sales leaders & Sales teams to gain leads and to foster a positive working relationship
• Review audit nominations to ensure completeness of data regarding the identified customer
• Ensure project management of each audit with a log of the different audit steps, including timescale for completion, utilizing 3DS' case management system.
• Ensure appropriate and timely reporting on Audit program, including forecasting as well as tracking revenue and expense
• Ensure full communication on case/program status and progress to LC Regional leaders and/or investigators
• Coordinate audit engagements with audit partners
• Partner with LC team to ensure an efficient negotiation that results in the best resolution for the customer and 3DS
• Establish lessons learned, best practices and improvements, including benchmarks from other software vendors practices, for future audit deployment

Direct Engagement Activities:

• Gather data on customers along with their relationships to affiliates, subsidiaries, and parent companies
• Analyze customer Agreements and their associated installed bases
• Review the understood deployment of customer licensing with the Sales, Industry, Technical, and Deal Value Engineering teams.
• Detail likely non-compliant situations and support investigative processes of the cases thereafter
• In support of Mergers & Acquisitions reviews:




• Review customer M&A activities
• Analyze Agreements, inventory, and locations of use for impacted customers
• Determine if the end result of customer M&A results in contractual non-compliance
• Work with customer and Sales to ensure all DS licensing is compliant with the Terms of the Agreement




• Establish lessons learned, best practices and improvements for future deployment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

* 5+ years of experience preferably in a complex global matrix software organization

• Ability to bring stakeholders together from diverse disciplines e.g. sales, marketing, law firms, resellers, manufacturing and design companies, etc

* Proven negotiations skills along with the ability to proactively negotiate and influence the decision making process

* Strong prioritizing and multitasking skills with competing priorities and influences

* Ability to work independently and/or within a collaborative team structure

* Highly organized with critical attention to details

* Functional use of Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and knowledge Visio, Access or SQL

* Ability and willingness to learn our proprietary internal tools

* Plusses, not required

o Fluency in French is highly preferred; fluency in Spanish or Portuguese is helpful

o Advance knowledge and experience with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

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Compensation for this role will be commensurate with experience. The total expected compensation range will be between $135,000 and $170,000, representing the base salary (or annualized salary based on estimated hourly compensation) and target bonus.

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at 3DS are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. 3DS is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age (40 and above), disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. 3DS will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state laws and local ordinances. We are committed to fair employment practices and will evaluate all candidates based on their qualifications, regardless of past arrest or conviction history.

Dassault Systemes offers an excellent salary with potential for bonus, commensurate with experience. Benefits include a choice of plans providing comprehensive coverage for medical, dental, vision care for employee & dependents as well as employee life, short & long term disability, tuition reimbursement, immediate 401K enrollment, 401K match (50 cents on the dollar, up to the first 8% of your eligible compensation that you contribute based on match eligibility criteria), flexible time off policy, and 10 paid holidays.