Compliance Analyst - Model Risk, Payments & Compliance (Remote, Part-Time)

About the Position

Mercor specializes in linking top-tier creative and technical professionals with premier AI research institutions. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, backed by investors such as Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

This particular role focuses on finance expertise in model risk, compliance, and payment processes within a fully remote and part-time contract setup.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct evaluations of model inventories including categorization, validation methods, ongoing monitoring, governance strategies, and control frameworks.
• Analyze payment operations encompassing card authorizations, settlements, chargebacks, as well as ACH and wire reconciliation.
• Assess and review fraud prevention mechanisms, anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance processes, escalation pathways, and operational risk factors.
• Identify deficiencies such as control weaknesses, incorrect assumptions, incomplete supporting evidence, and documentation gaps.
• Compose clear and logical justifications linking identified issues to risks, policies, and operational implications.
• Ensure analytical work aligns with accepted professional standards for model risk and compliance through review and adjustment.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 6 to 12 years of relevant practitioner experience, or 10 to 16 years in a senior reviewer capacity.
• Demonstrated expertise in areas like model risk management, validation, compliance, payments, fraud detection, AML, sanctions, or closely related financial services controls.
• In-depth understanding of one or more payment systems and their associated operational risks.
• Strong grasp of governance, documentation, testing methodologies, monitoring techniques, and remediation of issues.
• Excellent skills in written communication, including the ability to articulate precise and verifiable risk assessments.

• Experience overseeing or approving analytical work is a significant advantage, particularly for senior roles.

Application Process

• Submit a resume upload.
• Complete an AI-driven interview based on the resume content.
• Final submission of the application form.

Support and Resources

• Interview process details and platform instructions are provided through Mercor’s resource documentation.
• For questions or assistance, contact support via email.