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About the role
We’re hiring a Head of Market & Liquidity Risk to lead independent second-line oversight of Mercury’s liquidity, interest-rate, funding, investment, and related balance-sheet risks. Reporting to the Chief Risk Officer, this individual will be a close oversight partner to Finance and Treasury functions - providing rigorous, constructive challenge of its strategies, assumptions, models, risk exposures, and contingency plans while maintaining the independence required of an effective risk function.
What they're looking for
- Have 12+ years of experience in liquidity risk, interest-rate risk, treasury risk, market risk, asset-liability management, or broader financial-risk management
- Bring meaningful experience in an independent second-line role at a regulated bank, financial institution, fintech, or similarly complex financial-services company
- Have deep knowledge of liquidity, funding, stress testing, contingency funding, and interest-rate risk measurement, including net interest income and economic value sensitivity
- Have experience challenging Treasury strategies, models, and assumptions while building a trusted and productive working relationship
- Understand risk appetite, limits, escalation processes, and executive- and Board-level risk reporting
- Translate quantitative analysis into clear risk judgments and practical recommendations for technical and nontechnical audiences
More about this role
We’re hiring a Head of Market & Liquidity Risk to lead independent second-line oversight of Mercury’s liquidity, interest-rate, funding, investment, and related balance-sheet risks. Reporting to the Chief Risk Officer, this individual will be a close oversight partner to Finance and Treasury functions - providing rigorous, constructive challenge of its strategies, assumptions, models, risk exposures, and contingency plans while maintaining the independence required of an effective risk function.
This role is well-suited for someone who can move fluidly between quantitative analysis, strategic judgment, and executive communication. The individual will be a key leader within Mercury’s Enterprise Risk team and part of a highly collaborative environment. The role involves especially close coordination with Treasury, Finance, Data, Product, Legal, Compliance, 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.
- Lead Mercury’s second-line framework for identifying, measuring, monitoring, and reporting liquidity, interest-rate, funding,...
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