Business Risk Officer
Mercury · Operations · Senior · 1mo ago
$163k – $204k
per year
Open to candidates living in Canada, United States.
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Open to candidates living in Canada, United States.
“San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States”
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- Contractor / B2B
- No mention of hiring international contractors or invoicing.
- Global stipend
- No home office or equipment budget mentioned.
- Annual retreat
- No company-paid get-togethers mentioned.
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About the role
As a Business Risk Officer, you will report to the Head of Business Risk & Enablement and help scale product governance across Mercury's core financial offerings. You will facilitate non-financial risk frameworks, manage issues and remediations, run pre-launch risk assessments, and establish KPIs/KRIs to proactively monitor and mitigate risks across the product lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Identify potential blind spots in processes and controls, proposing commercial enhancements
- Facilitate pre-launch reviews, tracking action items to closure and escalating when necessary
- Execute risk self-assessments and manage events, incidents, and remediations within non-financial risk frameworks
- Develop and iteratively enhance KPIs and KRIs monitored by process owners and risk stakeholders
- Coordinate responses and interactions for internal and external audits and regulatory reviews
- Partner with cross-functional teams including Product, Operations, Compliance, Legal, and Finance
What you bring
- 5 to 7+ years of experience in banking, fintech, or financial services in business risk, controls, or operational risk roles
- Demonstrated track record of balancing risk, compliance, and user experience in cross-functional settings
- Deep familiarity with Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) practices and non-financial risk frameworks
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to influence without direct authority
- Proficiency or eagerness to leverage AI tools to drive efficiency in risk and controls workflows
About Mercury
Mercury builds a complete finance stack for startups, entrepreneurs, and business owners, providing streamlined, modern banking and financial software experiences.
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