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Salary: USD 179,900 - 249,900 / annual
Mercury is a fintech platform providing banking and treasury services for startups and technology companies. The company has obtained a provisional national bank charter and is building toward final regulatory approval. Banking services are provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A. (FDIC-insured partners).
You will lead Mercury's Compliance Governance function, a core component of the company's Compliance Management System (CMS). This is a people-management role overseeing a team of compliance professionals, with strategic responsibility for four key program areas: compliance risk assessment, enterprise policy governance, enterprise compliance training, and compliance reporting. You will also oversee compliance issues management and provide credible challenge across the business.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and developing the Compliance Governance team, setting priorities and building capabilities
- Owning the compliance risk assessment methodology, execution, and alignment with Mercury's enterprise risk framework
- Owning enterprise policy governance, including policy lifecycle, standards, and ownership across the organization
- Designing and delivering a risk-based compliance training curriculum that measures effectiveness, not just completion
- Overseeing compliance issues within Mercury's enterprise issues management program, partnering with Enterprise Risk Management
- Designing and delivering compliance reporting to executive leadership and governance committees with meaningful metrics
- Supporting exam and audit readiness for the CMS
- Providing credible challenge and escalating when warranted
- Leveraging technology and automation to make governance programs scalable and measurable
- Partnering across Compliance (Advisory, Oversight & Monitoring, Financial Crimes), Risk, Legal, and Internal Audit
This role requires someone who understands what regulators expect from a CMS and can adapt established frameworks to Mercury's operating model. You will work in a highly collaborative environment with close coordination across the Compliance function and partnerships with Enterprise Risk, Legal, Internal Audit, executive leadership, and banking partners.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in compliance or risk management at a fintech, bank, or other regulated financial institution, including 3+ years leading teams
- Hands-on experience owning core CMS components such as compliance risk assessment, policy governance, training, compliance reporting, or issues management
- Experience leading or playing a central role in regulatory examinations, including managing requests, engaging with examiners, and responding to findings
- Broad knowledge of banking regulations, including consumer protection and BSA/AML, sufficient to provide credible challenge with subject matter experts
- Demonstrated ability to present compliance programs to and persuade executive leadership, Board committees, banking partners, and regulators
- Pragmatic judgment to determine which framework requirements are non-negotiable and which can be tailored to the business
- Strong understanding of 1LOD/2LOD roles and how Compliance should govern, challenge, and partner with the business
- Proficiency with AI tools, or eagerness to develop proficiency, to drive efficiency in compliance work
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves with a high quality bar and strong sense of ownership
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred qualifications:
- CRCM or comparable compliance certification
- Familiarity with enterprise and operational risk management frameworks
- Experience with GRC platforms and compliance automation
About Mercury
Fintech — banking, treasury, and financial workflow platform for startups and technology companies.
