Senior Specialist - Data Protection and IAM

About the role

A global investment advisory firm, represented by Parvana, is hiring a Senior Specialist in Data Protection and IAM for a 12-month contract in Cape Town, on a hybrid basis. The role covers end-to-end requirements definition, process evaluation, and data protection and identity and access management governance.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end requirements definition, documentation and validation across business and technical workstreams.
• Evaluate current and target processes to find gaps, control weaknesses and optimisation opportunities.
• Translate business, compliance and security needs into functional and technical specifications.
• Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders, technical SMEs and delivery teams to validate solution designs.
• Create user journeys, workflows and data models, and prepare user documentation and training materials.
• Support functional testing and UAT, ensuring solutions meet IT governance, information security and GDPR standards.
• Perform data reconciliation across systems and provide impact analysis for the Change Manager, defining exit criteria for pilots.

Required profile

• Relevant tertiary qualification beneficial (Information Systems, Business or Computer Science).
• 5+ years of business analysis experience in technology-led change initiatives in large, complex corporate environments.
• Experience managing complex business integrations and mergers across multiple jurisdictions and geographies.
• Experience in systems integration and IAM governance, including directory technologies such as Azure AD, SSO and MFA.
• Understanding of governance, risk and control frameworks and regulatory and audit standards for data protection.
• Agile and hybrid delivery experience; ability to manage competing priorities and work independently.

Required skills

• Business analysis, process mapping and requirements gathering
• Identity and Access Management (IAM) governance
• Data reconciliation and stakeholder management
• Knowledge of Azure AD, SSO and MFA