Mercury · 8 hours ago
Chief Audit Officer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$275K/yr - $344K/yrMercury is a fintech company focused on delivering exceptional banking and financial workflows. As the Chief Audit Officer, you will establish and lead the independent assurance program, ensuring the company's resilience and compliance with regulatory standards while fostering a culture of audit readiness.
BankingFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
Define the Audit Vision — establish and lead a risk-based internal audit strategy
Provide Independent Assurance — deliver objective evaluations to the Board and Audit Committee(s) on the effectiveness of our risk management, internal controls, and governance
Audit the Stack — oversee technical and operational audits that dive deep into our business, automated movement of funds, and cloud infrastructure to ensure data integrity and security
Validate the "Magic" — ensure our product workflows and financial controls are operating exactly as intended, identifying potential friction before it impacts the customer
Bridge the Regulatory Gap — act as a key point of contact for our partner banks and regulators, providing them with the confidence that Mercury’s internal oversight is rigorous and proactive
Automate Oversight — design and implement continuous monitoring systems that replace manual checklists with real-time, data-driven audit insights
Drive Meaningful Remediation — partner with Engineering, Product, and Risk leads to ensure audit findings result in structural improvements, not just temporary fixes
Qualification
Required
Define the Audit Vision — establish and lead a risk-based internal audit strategy
Provide Independent Assurance — deliver objective evaluations to the Board and Audit Committee(s) on the effectiveness of our risk management, internal controls, and governance
Audit the Stack — oversee technical and operational audits that dive deep into our business, automated movement of funds, and cloud infrastructure to ensure data integrity and security
Validate the 'Magic' — ensure our product workflows and financial controls are operating exactly as intended, identifying potential friction before it impacts the customer
Bridge the Regulatory Gap — act as a key point of contact for our partner banks and regulators, providing them with the confidence that Mercury's internal oversight is rigorous and proactive
Automate Oversight — design and implement continuous monitoring systems that replace manual checklists with real-time, data-driven audit insights
Drive Meaningful Remediation — partner with Engineering, Product, and Risk leads to ensure audit findings result in structural improvements, not just temporary fixes
Preferred
Bring proven leadership in audit — you've built or scaled internal audit functions within high-growth banking or financial services, ideally at the intersection of traditional finance and fintech innovation
Have technical fluency — you are comfortable in a cloud-native, remote-first environment. You can discuss API integrity and automated controls as easily as you can discuss balance sheets and reconciliations
Navigate the regulatory landscape with confidence — you know what regulators expect, you're comfortable engaging directly with them, and you can help Mercury anticipate and adapt to a changing environment
Maintain strong and effective independence — you have the fortitude to deliver difficult news and the diplomacy to ensure those insights lead to positive change
Communicate clearly and simply — whether you're talking to the Board, regulators, engineers, or product teams, you cut through jargon and make risk concepts understandable and actionable
Balance protection with possibility — you know how to safeguard the company without slowing it down, and you see the audit function as a way to unlock and safeguard innovation, not stop it
Lead with curiosity and vision — you're ambitious about where audit can go in a modern fintech, and you bring the curiosity to explore new ideas, new markets, and new ways of serving customers safely
Inspire and develop others — you build strong teams, mentor future leaders, and foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and trust across the company
Company
Mercury
Mercury provides online banking solutions for startups and technology-focused businesses.
Founded in 2017
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$452.21MKey Investors
Sequoia CapitalCoatueCRV
2025-12-25Series C
2025-03-26Series C· $300M
2025-03-26Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Immad Akhund
CEO & Founder
Jason Zhang
COO, Co-Founder
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