Senior IAM & Access Governance Lead (Remote UK)

Join; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 148,000 - 175,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote within UK

Outsourced/limited company engagement

Job summary

Intelance seeks a senior identity and access specialist to lead access governance for a UK regulated investment firm. You will partner with the client and an Intelance engagement partner to steer the work and deliver a practical plan based on an agreed design.

You will engage with senior business owners, shape access rules, and own the governance data across platforms like Microsoft 365, SharePoint and a cloud data platform. A strong track record in financial services IAM is required.

Qualifications

• 12 years+ in identity and access management, with at least 5 years leading client or programme work.
• Led access governance or RBAC work in financial services, asset management, wealth or private markets.
• Hands-on with at least one identity governance tool (SailPoint, Saviynt, Omada or Entra ID Governance).
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365, SharePoint permissions and Entra ID.
• Confident with senior stakeholders including GC, heads of technology and partners.
• Writes clear, concise documents without jargon.
• Right to work in the UK and ability to work through own limited company.
• Desirable: CISA, CISSP or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead the client relationship day to day, including the steering committee and weekly updates.
• Turn an agreed access design into a working plan with the client's system owners and keep it on track.
• Own the single record of who can see which client information and how it is kept up to date.
• Redesign how access is given, changed and removed across Microsoft 365, SharePoint, a CRM and a cloud data platform.
• Run sessions with senior business owners to confirm access rules and exceptions.
• Guide the choice of an identity governance tool if the client proceeds.
• Write short, plain English documents for senior non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Identity & access management

Client leadership

Stakeholder management

Identity governance tools

Tools

SailPoint

Saviynt

Omada

Microsoft Entra ID Governance

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Job description

Intelance seeks a senior identity and access specialist to lead access governance for a UK regulated investment firm. You will partner with the client and an Intelance engagement partner to steer the work and deliver a practical plan based on an agreed design.

You will engage with senior business owners, shape access rules, and own the governance data across platforms like Microsoft 365, SharePoint and a cloud data platform. A strong track record in financial services IAM is required.