Mercury

Finance / FinServ

ChiefRiskOfficer

$364–455k Any Office or Remote Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Chief Risk Officer at Mercury. Skills: risk management, enterprise risk strategy, enterprise risk framework, credit risk, market risk, financial risk, operational risk, regulatory compliance, communication. Set the vision for risk at Mercury. define and lead our enterprise-wide risk strategy and framework”

What You'll Achieve.

measures, monitors, and manages credit, market, financial, and operational risks across the company; define Mercury’s risk culture, appetite, and limits; make sure the way we operate every day stays aligned with those standards; safeguard our platform; ensure customer data and technology assets are protected; help teams navigate them; make sure our strategies and operations stay in step with laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations; consistently identify, assess, measure, monitor, and report risks across the company; turn risk topics into actionable insights that guide smart decisions; ensure findings are addressed; embed improvements into how we work

Industry & Context.

Finance / FinServ
Problems you'll solve

translate complexity into clarity; help teams navigate them; identify emerging risks

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

proven leadership in risk management, built or scaled enterprise risk programs in banking or financial services, breadth and depth across risk disciplines, credit and market risks, liquidity and operations, design frameworks that work in practice, navigate the regulatory landscape with confidence, know what regulators expect, comfortable engaging directly with them, help Mercury anticipate and adapt to a changing environment, communicate clearly and simply, cut through jargon and make risk concepts understandable and actionable, balance protection with possibility, safeguard the company without slowing it down, see risk management as a way to unlock innovation, lead with curiosity and vision, ambitious about where risk management can go in a modern fintech, curiosity to explore new ideas, new markets, and new ways of serving customers safely, inspire and develop others, build teams, mentor future leaders, foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and trust across the company

Nice to Have

at the intersection of traditional finance and fintech innovation

What You'll Do.

Set the vision for risk at Mercury

define and lead our enterprise-wide risk strategy and framework

Safeguard our platform

ensure customer data and technology assets are protected

with clear and regular communication to the Board

identify emerging risks

especially those tied to new products

help teams navigate them

make sure our strategies and operations stay in step with laws

and regulatory expectations

Build systems that scale

design and implement processes to consistently identify

and report risks across the company

Strengthen accountability

support our audit programs

ensure findings are addressed

embed improvements into how we work

Represent risk at the highest level

serve as the primary point of communication on risk with the Mercury Board and its Risk Committee

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

partner with business leaders to turn risk topics into actionable insights that guide smart decisions; help teams navigate them; build teams; mentor future leaders; foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and trust across the company

Communication Scope

clear and regular communication to the Board; communicate clearly and simply; cut through jargon and make risk concepts understandable and actionable; primary point of communication on risk with the Mercury Board and its Risk Committee

Full Job Description

Arthur C. Clarke famously said that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” At Mercury, we aim to deliver a magical experience to our customers who rely on us for their banking* and financial workflows. But behind the magic lies a lot of rigor—risk management is a key part of keeping Mercury safe, resilient, and worthy of our customers’ trust. As Mercury’s first Chief Risk Officer, you’ll set the vision for risk at Mercury. You’ll build and lead the program that measures, monitors, and manages credit, market, financial, and operational risks across the company. You’ll partner with our Board and Risk Committee to define Mercury’s risk culture, appetite, and limits—and make sure the way we operate every day stays aligned with those standards. *Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC. Here are some of the things you will do: Set the vision for risk at Mercury — define and lead our enterprise-wide risk strategy and framework. Safeguard our platform — ensure customer data and technology assets are protected, with clear and regular communication to the Board. Look around corners — identify emerging risks, especially those tied to new products, services, and markets, and help teams navigate them. Keep us aligned — make sure our strategies and operations stay in step with laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations. Build systems that scale — design and implement processes to consistently identify, assess, measure, monitor, and report risks across the company. Translate complexity into clarity — partner with business leaders to turn risk topics into actionable insights that guide smart decisions. Strengthen accountability — support our audit programs, ensure findings are addressed, and embed improvements into how we work. Represent risk at the highest level — serve as the primary point of communication on risk with the Mercury Board and i

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