Jobs / United States / Mercury Financial LLC
Senior Manager - Compliance Governance
Mercury Financial LLC · 🇺🇸 San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within United States · Remote
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 6 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 5 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
A verdict summarises public evidence; it is not legal advice and never a guarantee — the employer and the immigration authority decide. Sign in to factor in where you can already work.
Or apply yourself on the official page →
Sponsor Radar — Mercury Financial LLC
The US Department of Labor certified 6 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 5 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
Past sponsorship or register membership never guarantees sponsorship for this vacancy or for you. Full Sponsor Radar for Mercury Financial LLC →
About the role
Mercury is building radically different banking and offering a complete finance stack for startups and business owners. We work hard to create the easiest and safest banking* experience possible to simplify entrepreneurs’ and business owners’ financial lives. At Mercury, compliance is a strategic function. We have a modern approach where teams move fast and compliance provides the frameworks, systems, and regulatory expertise that make that speed sustainable while protecting our customers and earning their trust. We're hiring a Senior Manager, Compliance Governance to lead the core programs of Mercury's Compliance Management System: compliance risk assessment, enterprise policy governance, enterprise compliance training, and compliance reporting, along with oversight of compliance issues. This leader will mature these programs to meet the expectations of a regulated bank and lead them through regulatory examinations. Mercury has obtained a provisional national bank charter and is currently building towards final approval. This role is well-suited for someone who knows what regulators expect from a CMS and can adapt established frameworks to how Mercury actually operates. The individual will lead a team of compliance professionals, be a key leader within Mercury's Compliance team, and operate in a highly collaborative environment. The role involves especially close coordination across the Compliance function, with partnership with Enterprise Risk, Legal, Internal Audit, executive leadership, and our banking* partners. *Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC. Key Responsibilities • Lead and develop the Compliance Governance team: set priorities, hold a high bar, and develop your team’s capabilities. • Own the compliance risk assessment, including methodology, execution, and alignment with Mercury's enterprise risk framework. • Own enterprise policy governance: the policy lifecycle, standards, and ownership across Mercury. • Own enterprise compliance training: a risk-based curriculum that measures whether training works, not just whether people completed it. • Oversee compliance issues within Mercury's enterprise issues management program, partnering with Enterprise Risk Management on identification, remediation, and validation. • Design and deliver compliance reporting to executive leadership and governance committees, with metrics that show whether programs are working. • Support exam and audit readiness for the CMS. • Provide credible challenge across the business and escalate when it's warranted. • Use technology and automation to make governance programs scalable, measurable, and less manual. • Partner across Compliance (Advisory, Oversight & Monitoring, Financial Crimes) and with Risk, Legal, and Internal Audit . Qualifications • 8+ years of experience in compliance or risk management at a fintech, bank, or other regulated financial institution, including 3+ years leading teams • Hands-on experience owning core CMS components, such as compliance risk assessment, policy governance, training, compliance reporting, or issues management • Experience leading or playing a central role in regulatory examinations, including managing requests, engaging with examiners, and responding to findings • Broad knowledge of banking regulations, including consumer protection and BSA/AML, sufficient to provide credible challenge with subject matter experts • Demonstrated ability to present compliance programs to, and persuade, executive leadership, Board committees, banking partners, and regulators • Pragmatic judgment, with the ability to tell which framework requirements are non-negotiable and which can be tailored to the