Senior Manager - Compliance Governance

Mercury • Portland, OR

15h • $179,900 - $249,900

About The Position

Mercury is building a different kind of banking experience, offering a complete finance stack for startups and business owners. Compliance is a strategic function at Mercury, providing frameworks, systems, and regulatory expertise to enable sustainable speed and protect customers. This role will lead core programs of Mercury's Compliance Management System (CMS), including compliance risk assessment, enterprise policy governance, enterprise compliance training, and compliance reporting, along with oversight of compliance issues. The individual will mature these programs to meet regulatory expectations and lead them through regulatory examinations, supporting Mercury's provisional national bank charter. This role requires a leader who understands regulatory expectations for a CMS and can adapt frameworks to Mercury's operations. The position involves leading a team of compliance professionals, collaborating closely with Enterprise Risk, Legal, Internal Audit, executive leadership, and banking partners.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in compliance or risk management at a fintech, bank, or other regulated financial institution, including 3+ years leading teams
• Hands-on experience owning core CMS components, such as compliance risk assessment, policy governance, training, compliance reporting, or issues management
• Experience leading or playing a central role in regulatory examinations, including managing requests, engaging with examiners, and responding to findings
• Broad knowledge of banking regulations, including consumer protection and BSA/AML, sufficient to provide credible challenge with subject matter experts
• Demonstrated ability to present compliance programs to, and persuade, executive leadership, Board committees, banking partners, and regulators
• Pragmatic judgment, with the ability to tell which framework requirements are non-negotiable and which can be tailored to the business
• Strong understanding of 1LOD/2LOD roles and how Compliance should govern, challenge, and partner with the business
• Proficient with AI tools, or eager to get there, to drive efficiency in compliance work
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves, with a high quality bar and a strong sense of ownership
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

• CRCM or a comparable compliance certification
• Familiarity with enterprise and operational risk management frameworks
• Experience with GRC platforms and compliance automation

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Compliance Governance team: set priorities, hold a high bar, and develop your team’s capabilities.
• Own the compliance risk assessment, including methodology, execution, and alignment with Mercury's enterprise risk framework.
• Own enterprise policy governance: the policy lifecycle, standards, and ownership across Mercury.
• Own enterprise compliance training: a risk-based curriculum that measures whether training works, not just whether people completed it.
• Oversee compliance issues within Mercury's enterprise issues management program, partnering with Enterprise Risk Management on identification, remediation, and validation.
• Design and deliver compliance reporting to executive leadership and governance committees, with metrics that show whether programs are working.
• Support exam and audit readiness for the CMS.
• Provide credible challenge across the business and escalate when it's warranted.
• Use technology and automation to make governance programs scalable, measurable, and less manual.
• Partner across Compliance (Advisory, Oversight & Monitoring, Financial Crimes) and with Risk, Legal, and Internal Audit.

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity (stock options/RSUs)
• Benefits
• Highly competitive salary and equity ranges within the SaaS and fintech industry
• New hire offers made based on candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers
• Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed