Principal Identity and Access Management Consultant

Join the Intelance associate panel. The first engagement is expected to start in November 2026, subject to client approval.

Intelance is a UK advisory firm working on technology governance, cyber security and data governance. We are looking for a senior identity and access specialist to lead access governance work for a UK regulated investment firm. You will be the person the client works with day to day, backed by an Intelance engagement partner.

• 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 when people join, move or leave, 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 goes ahead.
• Write short, plain English documents that senior people outside technology can act on.

• 12 years or more in identity and access management, with at least 5 years leading client or programme work.
• You have led access governance or role based access work in financial services, ideally asset management, wealth or private markets.
• Hands on experience of at least one identity governance tool, such as SailPoint, Saviynt, Omada or Microsoft Entra .
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365, SharePoint permissions and Entra .
• Confident with senior people, including general counsel, heads of technology and partners.
• You write short, clear documents without jargon.
• Right to work in the UK, and able to work through your own limited company.
• Desirable: CISA, CISSP or a similar qualification.

• Day rate of £800 to £950, depending on experience.
• Contract role through your own limited company. We expect it to fall outside IR35, and we confirm this before you start.
• About 3 days a week in the first phase, then fewer days once the work is running.
• Remote within the UK, with occasional days in London.
• Senior, visible work with a regulated client, backed by an Intelance engagement partner.
• A place on the Intelance associate panel for future engagements.