Mercury is building a complete finance stack for startups. We work hard to create the easiest and safest banking experience possible to simplify entrepreneurs' and business owners’ financial lives. Internal Audit’s mission is to support Mercury and provide independent assurance over Mercury’s risk management, governance and internal control processes. This team helps to identify potential risks that could cause trouble for Mercury and collaborates with the business to get ahead of those risks. We assess Mercury's internal controls to make sure we have our bases covered and things are designed/operating effectively and are responsible for reporting any findings to leadership and process owners and providing recommendations when possible.
We’re looking to hire an Internal Audit Manager to help expand coverage of our Internal Audit function at Mercury and execute on our audit plan. You’ll support audit teams internally within Mercury as well as supporting audits being conducted externally by third parties. Over time, you will become a subject matter expert on Mercury’s operations and compliance obligations.
As part of the journey, we would expect you to:
Bring your in depth knowledge of banking and financial services to Mercury to help ensure coverage of key processes and controls
Work with the Senior Auditors to help scope internal audits across Mercury products and operations
Coach and train team members and review their audit workpapers
Assess compliance with Mercury’s compliance obligations
Socialize, document, and report audit issues identified
Collaborate with teams to develop appropriate action plans and review issue follow up testing
Assist in creating the annual audit plan, including maintaining the audit universe and executing annual audit entity risk assessments
Other duties as assigned
Requirements
Bring your in depth knowledge of banking and financial services to Mercury to help ensure coverage of key processes and controls
Work with the Senior Auditors to help scope internal audits across Mercury products and operations
Coach and train team members and review their audit workpapers
Assess compliance with Mercury’s compliance obligations
Socialize, document, and report audit issues identified
Collaborate with teams to develop appropriate action plans and review issue follow up testing
Assist in creating the annual audit plan, including maintaining the audit universe and executing annual audit entity risk assessments
Have experience scoping and planning new, complex audits
Have experience leading audit teams and coaching team members
Have experience working in a regulated financial institution, and have a working knowledge of laws, regulations and risk management standards for financial services
Have experience in auditing banking products and requirements
Have the ability to quickly grasp and understand complex business processes
Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
Be able to manage their own schedule to ensure deadlines are met
Be a self-starter, someone who likes to innovate and think about how we can do things differently to be more efficient and effective