Senior Compliance Risk Analyst - Governance & Oversight

Mercury

About The Position

Mercury is revolutionizing finance for startups by building a complete, user-friendly banking stack. We prioritize creating a secure and seamless experience for entrepreneurs while upholding the highest standards of compliance and safety. We are looking for a Sr Compliance Risk Analyst to support and scale Mercury’s Compliance Management System (CMS), with a focus on governance operations, risk oversight, and workflow execution. This role will help ensure compliance risks, issues, and remediation efforts are tracked, governed, and escalated effectively as the company continues to grow. In this role, you will report to the Senior Manager of Compliance Governance & Oversight and partner closely with Compliance, Risk, Legal, and business teams. This is a high-impact role with broad exposure across the compliance program, ideal for someone who enjoys building structure, improving processes, and enabling strong second-line oversight. Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.

Requirements

2-5 years of experience in compliance, risk management, governance, audit, or a related field
Hands-on experience supporting CMS components such as issues management, policy governance, risk assessments, or third-party risk
Strong organizational and documentation skills, with attention to detail and follow-through
Comfort working across multiple workstreams and partnering with senior stakeholders
Ability to build structure and processes in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Responsibilities

Support and operate core CMS programs
Support issues management, including intake, tracking, remediation follow-up, escalation, and reporting
Support policy governance, including lifecycle management, reviews, approvals, inventories, and audit support
Support third-party risk management (TPRM) activities from a compliance oversight perspective
Contribute to compliance risk assessments, including data collection, documentation, and governance reporting
Enable effective governance and oversight
Support compliance governance forums by preparing agendas, materials, minutes, and action tracking
Maintain clear documentation evidencing oversight, challenge, decisions, and follow-through
Assist with management- and committee-level compliance and risk reporting
Support regulatory exams and audits by providing governance and oversight artifacts
Build practical, scalable workflows
Help design, document, and improve workflows across the Governance & Oversight team
Create templates, trackers, and process documentation to support consistency and audit readiness
Identify gaps or inefficiencies in governance processes and propose practical improvements
Support the maturation of governance standards as Mercury’s CMS evolves