Mercury

Fintech

SeniorRiskStrategist-Fraud

$201–251k United States; Canada Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Risk Strategist - Fraud at Mercury. Skills: Fraud strategy, Risk mitigation, Consumer fintech. Own strategy and execution across multiple fraud domains. Drive Personal Banking fraud program build-out”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce fraud losses; Protect customer experience; Deliver scalable outcomes; Improve customer experience

Industry & Context.

Fintech
Problems you'll solve

Analytical approach; Strategic problem solving; Quantitative analysis; Data-driven insights; Process improvements; Balancing trade-offs; Imperfect information

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6+ years analytical experience, 4+ years fraud detection, 4+ years fraud strategy, Design and execute fraud strategies, Contribute to consumer banking fraud programs, Customer risk scoring, Process automation, SQL proficiency

Nice to Have

Consumer fintech experience preferred, Familiarity with consumer-specific fraud patterns, Familiarity with consumer regulatory context

What You'll Do.

Own strategy and execution across multiple fraud domains

Drive Personal Banking fraud program build-out

Apply consumer fintech expertise

Design controls and strategies

Use data and quantitative analysis

Design fraud controls

Improve customer experience

Partner with Compliance and Legal

Ensure solutions align with regulatory requirements

Lead cross-functional efforts

Design and implement scalable risk solutions

Serve as a domain expert

Drive systemic improvements

Define and track metrics

Measure risk effectiveness

Measure customer impact

Push work across the finish line

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Product; Partner with Engineering; Partner with Operations; Partner with Compliance; Cross-functional efforts

Communication Scope

Simplify complex risk concepts

Full Job Description

Mercury is building a complete finance stack for startups. We work hard to create the easiest and safest banking* experience possible to simplify entrepreneurs' and business owners’ financial lives. To enable this stellar banking experience, we need to have a deep understanding of our customers and how they interact with our product. We are looking to hire a fraud strategist to bring deep domain expertise, a relentless drive to execute, and an analytical approach to our Risk Strategy team, driving impact across fraud domains. Risk Strategy is a hybrid team that combines analytics with thought leadership to identify, assess, and mitigate the financial, regulatory, and reputational risks Mercury faces. The team focuses on data-driven insights and process improvements while ensuring a stellar customer experience that fosters trust in our platform. As a Senior Risk Strategist focused on fraud, you’ll help shape and execute Mercury’s fraud strategy across multiple payment rails and fraud types, combining data-driven analysis with strategic problem solving. You’ll be a core contributor to Mercury’s Personal Banking fraud program build-out while also covering broader Business Banking fraud domains. You’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Compliance to deliver scalable outcomes that enable the business and reduce fraud losses while protecting customer experience. *Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC. As part of the journey, we would expect you to: Own strategy and execution across multiple fraud domains – including ACH, Check Deposits, Checkbooks, RTP, onboarding, and ATO – with a bias toward action and a high bar for results Drive Mercury’s Personal Banking fraud program build-out, applying consumer fintech expertise to design controls and strategies tailored to consumer account holders Use data and quantitative analysis to design fraud contr

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