Principal IAM Consultant, Identity Governance and Data Access

Intelance is building a trusted associate team for senior identity and data access work. We are looking for a Principal IAM Consultant to act as the design authority on complex client engagements. You will turn business access needs, system evidence and security requirements into a clear access model that teams can implement and operate. Tasks Your work will include: • Leading the design of identity governance and data access models across Microsoft and business platforms. • Challenging discovery findings before they are presented to senior client stakeholders. • Mapping who should see and change client, fund and confidential business information. • Designing access rules for joiners, role changes and leavers. • Defining roles, groups, approval routes, access reviews and controlled exceptions. • Reviewing service accounts, integrations and delegated access. • Connecting Microsoft Entra, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, data platforms and business applications into one workable design. • Turning the design into clear implementation steps, dependencies and evidence of completion. • Working directly with technology, security, data and business leaders. • Providing proportionate assurance during pilot and delivery work. The first assignment is expected to be a small number of paid review days. Further work will depend on client approval and funded delivery. Requirements Essential: • Strong recent experience designing identity governance and access models in complex organisations. • Deep hands on knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory. • Practical experience of joiner, role change and leaver processes. • Experience designing role based access, access reviews, privileged access and exception controls. • Experience governing service accounts and access used by integrations. • Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and SharePoint permissions. • Experience connecting business access decisions to technical groups, roles and permissions. • Able to challen