Internal Audit Lead

Summary

Join Mercury's Internal Audit team as an Internal Audit Manager to build and execute the audit plan. You will scope and plan internal audits, conduct testing, coach junior team members, assess compliance, report findings, and collaborate on action plans. You'll also contribute to the annual audit plan and risk assessments. This role requires experience in auditing, financial services, and strong communication skills. Mercury offers a competitive total rewards package including base salary, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• Have experience scoping and planning new, complex audits
• Have experience leading audit teams and coaching team members
• Be comfortable conducting walkthroughs, creating audit test plans, and executing internal controls testing
• Have experience working with financial services companies, and have a working knowledge of laws, regulations and risk management standards for financial services
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be able to manage their own schedule to ensure deadlines are met

Responsibilities

• Scope and plan internal audits across Mercury products and operations
• Conduct process walkthroughs and execute audit testing to confirm the design and operational effectiveness of internal controls
• Coach and train junior team members and review their audit testing workpapers
• Assess compliance with Mercury’s compliance obligations
• Socialize, document, and report audit issues identified
• Collaborate with teams to develop appropriate action plans, track audit issue remediation, and conduct/review issue follow up testing
• Assist in creating the annual audit plan, including maintaining the audit universe and executing annual audit entity risk assessments
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience in auditing BSA/AML/Sanctions compliance, payments (wires / ACH), and/or Card products
• Have the ability to quickly grasp and understand complex business processes
• Be a self-starter, someone who likes to innovate and think about how we can do things differently to be more efficient and effective

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity (stock options)
• Benefits