Senior Risk Investigator

5 days ago


San Francisco, California, United States Mercury Full time
About the Role

Mercy is a leading financial technology company that provides innovative banking solutions for startups and small businesses. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Risk Investigator to join our Ongoing Due Diligence (ODD) team.

Key Responsibilities
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to enhance our ongoing due diligence program and drive efficiency using data and technology.
  • Identify and prioritize opportunities for process reengineering to achieve enterprise goals.
  • Contribute to the development of Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA) processes for existing and new controls.
  • Draft and refine desktop procedures for various KYC/EDD controls.
  • Assist in the creation of metric dashboards to monitor control performance and remediation status.
  • Assist in KYC Refresh of current Client population as needed to ensure their information remains up to date.
  • Conduct Source of Fund and US Nexus reviews of new and existing clients.
  • Handle to Respond for Information (RFI) requests from wire partners on organizations and transactions.
  • Minimize Mercury's sanctions exposure and reputational risk through the review and adjudication of sanctions, PEP, and Adverse Media alerts.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce unnecessary volumes through false positive rule proposals.
Requirements
  • Years of experience related to KYC, Risk Investigations, AML, or Sanctions.
  • 2+ years of experience building programs or processes.
  • Strong understanding of Financial Services (or any other highly regulated) environments.
  • Experience in managing customer-facing queues to support excessive caseloads and/or handle customer escalations as required.
  • Experience with KYC Verification Software (such as Alloy, MidDesk, Socure, etc).
  • Highly motivated self-starter, comfortable working within a high-risk environment under minimal supervision.
  • Accountable for accuracy of information gathered while maintaining quality control standards.
  • Curious about the US banking system, startups, and ecommerce companies.
What We Offer

We offer a competitive total rewards package, including base salary, equity (stock options), and benefits. Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry.

New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are:

  • US employees located in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $93,400 - $143,400
  • US employees located outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $83,800 - $133,800
  • Canadian employees (any location): CAD 84,900 - CAD 134,900


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