Mercury - Senior Manager - Compliance Governance
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, with the ability to tell 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 • Proficient with AI tools, or eager to get there, to drive efficiency in compliance work • Willingness to roll up your sleeves, with a high quality bar and a strong sense of ownership • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • CRCM or a comparable compliance certification • Familiarity with enterprise and operational risk management frameworks • Experience with GRC platforms and compliance automation
Responsibilities
• Lead and develop the Compliance Governance team: set priorities, hold a high bar, and develop your team’s capabilities. • Own the compliance risk assessment, including methodology, execution, and alignment with Mercury's enterprise risk framework. • Own enterprise policy governance: the policy lifecycle, standards, and ownership across Mercury. • Own enterprise compliance training: a risk-based curriculum that measures whether training works, not just whether people completed it. • Oversee compliance issues within Mercury's enterprise issues management program, partnering with Enterprise Risk Management on identification, remediation, and validation. • Design and deliver compliance reporting to executive leadership and governance committees, with metrics that show whether programs are working. • Support exam and audit readiness for the CMS. • Provide credible challenge across the business and escalate when it's warranted. • Use technology and automation to make governance programs scalable, measurable, and less manual. • Partner across Compliance (Advisory, Oversight & Monitoring, Financial Crimes) and with Risk, Legal, and Internal Audit.
Benefits
• Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers. • Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following: • US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: • $199,900—$249,900 USD • US employees outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: • $179,900—$224,900 USD
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