Senior Internal Auditor

Summary

Join Mercury, a fintech company building a finance stack for startups, as a Senior Internal Auditor. You will contribute to the internal audit function, executing the audit plan, conducting internal audits, and supporting external audits. Responsibilities include risk assessment, audit planning, process walkthroughs, compliance assessment, issue reporting, and collaboration with teams. You will become a subject matter expert on Mercury's operations and compliance. The role offers a competitive salary and equity, along with benefits. Mercury is committed to creating a safe and easy banking experience for its customers.

Requirements

• Have experience scoping and planning new, complex audits
• Have experience working with financial services companies, and have a working knowledge of laws, regulations and risk management standards for financial services
• Have the ability to quickly grasp and understand complex business processes
• Be able to build relationships/partnerships and work cross-functionally to drive time-sensitive deliverables, issues tracking, and reporting
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be able to manage their own schedule to ensure deadlines are met
• Be a self-starter, someone who likes to innovate and think about how we can do things differently to be more efficient and effective

Responsibilities

• Assist in identifying, analyzing, and assessing risk throughout Mercury and contribute to the development of the annual audit plan
• Scope and plan multiple audits across Mercury products and operations
• Conduct process walkthroughs and execute audit testing to confirm the design and operational effectiveness of internal controls
• 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 issue follow up testing
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience leading audit teams and coaching team members
• Be comfortable conducting walkthroughs, creating audit test plans, and executing internal controls testing
• Have experience in auditing BSA/AML/Sanctions compliance, payments (wires / ACH), and/or Card products

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity (stock options)
• Benefits