Meridianlink
Senior IAM Governance Analyst
US Remote. Posted 17 days ago
The role
The Senior IAM Governance Analyst will own the operational execution and continuous improvement of the enterprise Identity and Access Management governance program. This person will coordinate access reviews and ensure access governance controls support regulatory and audit obligations.
What you will do
- Own the enterprise User Access Review program from planning through remediation and reporting.
- Coordinate periodic access reviews across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, and privileged access environments.
- Assess completed reviews for quality and effectiveness.
- Identify excessive access, orphaned accounts, and segregation of duties concerns.
- Drive remediation activities to completion.
- Identify gaps in application ownership, certification coverage, and entitlement governance.
- Partner with IAM, Security, Engineering, Compliance, and Audit teams to improve governance processes.
- Collaborate on cross-functional GRC initiatives and support other GRC projects.
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management, Information Security, IT Audit, or Governance, Risk & Compliance.
- 3+ years of experience leading User Access Reviews, access certification campaigns, or identity governance programs.
- Expert understanding of identity lifecycle management, role-based access controls, privileged access concepts, entitlement analysis, and access governance best practices.
- Experience supporting compliance and audit initiatives such as SOC, PCI DSS, SOX, ISO 27001, or similar regulatory and control frameworks.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- AI fluency and experience leveraging AI and automation tools to streamline workflows.
- Experience with SecurEnds, SailPoint, Saviynt, Entra ID Governance, Okta Governance, or similar IGA platforms.
- Experience in regulated financial, lending, fintech, or SaaS environments.
- Familiarity with Azure, Active Directory, Entra ID, cloud platforms, and enterprise applications.
Nice to have
- CISA, CRISC, CISSP, CGEIT, or similar certifications
About the company
MeridianLink is seeking a Senior IAM Governance Analyst to own the operational execution, quality, effectiveness, and continuous improvement of the enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) governance program.