Chief Audit Officer

• 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

• 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

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