Mercury

Senior Compliance Risk Manager – Ethics Program Lead

Mercury

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $144,800 - $201,100 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Own and build Mercury’s Ethics & Conduct program:
  • Design, implement, and scale ethics programs including Conflicts of Interest, Gifts & Entertainment, and Anti-Bribery & Corruption.
  • Maintain and enhance existing ethics-related programs such as Whistleblowing (Speak-Up) and Insider Trading
  • Define clear ownership models, escalation paths, and governance structures for ethics-related issues
  • Create practical, auditable processes:
  • Build intake, disclosure, review, escalation, and documentation workflows for ethics-related matters
  • Partner with Legal and the People team on investigations, sensitive employee issues, and remediation
  • Ensure programs are well-documented, consistently applied, and audit- and exam-ready
  • Develop employee-facing guidance and training
  • Translate ethics and conduct expectations into clear, practical guidance for employees
  • Partner with Compliance Training to design and roll out targeted ethics training and communications
  • Support annual attestations, certifications, and ongoing reinforcement of ethical expectations

Requirements

  • 5–8+ years of experience in compliance, risk, ethics, governance, or related roles within fintechs, financial institutions, or other regulated environments
  • Hands-on experience building or operating ethics, conduct, or governance programs and associated workflows (e.g., conflicts of interest, whistleblowing, ABAC, investigations)
  • Strong judgment and comfort handling sensitive, ambiguous, or high-stakes situations
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence across teams
  • Ability to independently develop and drive programs forward without dedicated engineering support.
Benefits
  • base salary
  • equity (stock options)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
ethics programsgovernance structuresauditable processesworkflowscompliance traininginvestigationsrisk managementconflicts of interestanti-bribery and corruptionwhistleblowing
Soft skills
strong judgmentcommunication skillsinfluenceindependent program developmenthandling sensitive situationsproblem-solvingteam collaborationtraining developmentguidance creationadaptability