# Senior IT Auditor

**Company:** [Mercury](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mercury)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $119k – $166k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** it auditing, Cybersecurity, Risk Assessment, internal controls testing, nist, ISO 27001, cobit, AWS, financial services regulations
**Posted:** 2026-07-31

> Senior IT Auditor supporting Mercury's Internal Audit function by performing hands-on IT and security audits, assessing technology risks and controls, scoping/planning audits, testing controls, and collaborating cross-functionally to remediate issues and strengthen the control environment in a fintech environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Assist in identifying, analyzing, and assessing IT, cybersecurity, and data security risks throughout Mercury.
- Scope and plan multiple audits across Mercury products and operations.
- Conduct process walkthroughs and execute audit testing to confirm the design and operational effectiveness of internal controls.
- Assess compliance with Mercury’s compliance obligations.
- Socialize, document, and report audit issues identified.
- Collaborate with teams to develop appropriate action plans, track audit issue remediation, and conduct issue follow-up testing.
- Other duties as assigned.

## Requirements
- Experience scoping and planning new, complex audits.
- Comfortable conducting walkthroughs, creating audit test plans, and executing internal controls testing.
- Experience working with financial services companies, with working knowledge of laws, regulations, and risk management standards for financial services.
- Familiarity with IT control frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT).
- Exposure to cloud environments (e.g., AWS) and related security controls.
- Experience with security and threat assessments.
- Ability to quickly grasp and understand complex business processes.
- Ability to build relationships/partnerships and work cross-functionally to drive time-sensitive deliverables, issues tracking, and reporting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage own schedule to ensure deadlines are met.
- Self-starter who likes to innovate and think about how to do things differently to be more efficient and effective.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Comfortable using AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) to support day-to-day workflows.

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