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Cincinnatus is an enterprise staffing company that partners with leading technology companies to source and employ highly skilled professionals for full-time and long-term contingent roles. Cincinnatus serves as the employer of record for these engagements, providing W-2 employment, payroll, benefits, and compliance, while placing employees directly within client teams to work on high-impact initiatives. Roles hired through Cincinnatus are not project-based or freelance engagements. They are structured, role-based positions that typically involve full-time or fixed-term commitments, close collaboration with a client's internal teams, and integration into standard enterprise workflows. Cincinnatus is a legal entity separate from Mercor. While opportunities may be discovered through Mercor's platform, employment, onboarding, payroll, and benefits for these roles are administered by Cincinnatus. Equal Employment Opportunity Cincinnatus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or any other legally protected characteristic. Cincinnatus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans throughout the job application process.
Operational Risk Expert
Location
United States
Posted
20 days ago
Salary
$80 - $180 / hour
Seniority
Mid Level
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Operational Risk Expert
Mercor
Role Description Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey. Position: Payments Risk & Controls Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $80–$180/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities - Review and author payments risk and control assessments across payment capture, validation, authorization, tracking, funds control, smart routing, FX conversion, netting, prioritization, returns, and tokenization. - Evaluate inherent risk, residual risk, and control effectiveness using standard impact-and-likelihood frameworks. - Map risks to controls and identify control gaps or elevated vulnerabilities. - Identify failure modes in payments capabilities such as system failures, stale data, bypassed authorization, missed cut-offs, and misconfigured routing/netting/funds controls. - Provide structured evaluations with clear written justifications grounded in operational risk and RCSA standards. - Work independently and asynchronously to improve the reliability of frontier AI systems. Qualifications - Must-Have: - 5+ years of experience in payments risk assessment, bank operational risk, risk and control self-assessment (RCSA), issue management, risk and controls, compliance risk assessment, or banking risk advisory. - Experience in titles such as VP / AVP Operational Risk Management, RCSA Program Manager / Lead, Business Risk & Control Officer, Payments Risk & Controls Manager, Payments Operations / Treasury Services Risk Manager, or Compliance Risk Assessment Manager. - Comfort with standard payments risk lenses: execution and accuracy, authorization and fraud, data integrity, timeliness and cut-offs, client impact, and regulatory/compliance impact. - Strong command of inherent risk scoring drivers — transaction value and volume, time sensitivity, geographic footprint, client harm, regulatory and operational impact, reputational impact, and historical signals (operational risk events, KRIs, issues, limits, external events). - Excellent analytical and written communication skills. - Comfortable working independently with digital tools. - Preferred: - Background at a top-tier bank strongly preferred (e.g., JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, BNY, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley). - Risk-control advisory experience at a leading consulting firm also considered (e.g., KPMG, Deloitte, PwC, EY, Accenture financial-services risk advisory). Application Process - Upload resume - AI interview based on your resume - Submit form For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: Interview Process For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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