Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) Consultant

Location: London/UK Wide

Career Level: Specialist

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

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As a CIAM Security Consultant, you will:

Partner with clients to design and implement secure, user-friendly CIAM solutions.
Translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring seamless digital experiences for millions of end-users.
Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, including engineers, architects, strategists, and business leaders, to deliver impactful outcomes.
Advise clients on industry best practices, compliance standards, and emerging trends in identity management.
Drive innovation by exploring new technologies (e.g. biometrics, passwordless authentication, AI-driven fraud detection) to enhance customer trust.
Support complex Identity & Access Management/ Digital Identity deliveries across industry groups, working with global teams
Support the practice in various new initiatives across the firm, including innovation and go-to-market

The following skills and experience are essential for this role:

Strong understanding of identity and access management concepts, including authentication, authorisation, federation and verified decentralised identities.
Experience with CIAM platforms (e.g. Okta, ForgeRock, Ping Identity, Transmit, Azure AD B2C) or equivalent.
Ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Proven track record in delivering technology projects, ideally within consulting or client-facing environments.
Knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR, UK Data Protection Act) and their impact on customer identity solutions.
Critical thinking and advisory – diagnose and curate options to address problems to leadership
Possess strong organisational skills and, where applicable, help team facilitate management and tracking of large and sometime complex projects

Set yourself apart:

Demonstrated thought leadership in digital identity and security, supported by publications, speaking engagements, or community contributions.
Hands-on expertise in modern security practices (Zero Trust, API security, adaptive authentication) and knowledge of key frameworks (ISO/IEC 27001, COBIT, NIST).
Certified in leading CIAM platforms (ForgeRock, Ping, Okta) with experience building custom connectors and integrating with enterprise applications.
Proven ability to blend technical depth (coding, cloud hosting, Active Directory, PowerBI) with strategic business acumen, delivering tailored solutions across industries.
Strong client relationship management skills, coupled with entrepreneurial drive and a passion for designing secure yet frictionless customer experiences.

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Accenture reserves the right to close the role should a suitable applicant be found. RROOTS #LI-EU.

Closing date for applications 25/06/26.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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