Senior Credit Underwriting Analyst at mercury

**Who this is for** This role is for a seasoned Senior Credit Underwriting Analyst interested in shaping a new Working Capital loan product for ambitious startu

Work type: remote

Location: San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States

Salary: $142,900 – $160,700/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

**Who this is for** This role is for a seasoned Senior Credit Underwriting Analyst interested in shaping a new Working Capital loan product for ambitious startups. If you have a knack for analyzing complex data, building relationships with clients, and contributing to credit strategy in a fast-paced fintech environment, this is a great opportunity. **Key highlights** You'll independently underwrite loan applications, manage customer-facing deal negotiations, and monitor portfolio health. This role offers the chance to influence credit standards and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the underwriting process and customer experience at a growing fintech company. **You might be a good fit if you...** - Possess 5+ years of credit or underwriting experience in Fintech, SMB, or commercial lending, with direct customer-facing deal experience. - Demonstrate strong credit fundamentals, including financial statement analysis, risk rating, and cash flow assessment across diverse business models. - Have a builder's mindset, comfortable operating in a high-growth environment where processes are still being defined and improved. - Can effectively translate credit requirements for Sales, Legal, Product, and Engineering teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration.

Job Description

The word ‘credit’ is derived from the latin verb meaning, “one believes”. Underwriting is not merely a science of risk scoring and algorithms, but also an art of unearthing hidden variables, and of subtle pattern recognition; bridging the gap between that of real and perceived risk. The established lending frameworks shun the intrepid entrepreneur, deeming them too risky, and lacking certain credibility. Fortunate for them, Mercury provides banking for these ambitious startups, and they are in need of believers.

As a Senior Credit Underwriter, you will be joining a team of lending experts with experience spanning unsecured cards to secured commercial credit. You will help shape our Working Capital loan product designed for eCommerce, software and managed services companies with a vision to extend to all small businesses. You will work directly with prospective borrowers to assess creditworthiness and structure creative lending solutions to support their growth. You will also partner with sales and product teams to innovate the go to market process, underwriting, and portfolio management needs of the rapidly scaling loan program.

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.

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As part of the journey, we would expect you to:

• Underwrite loan application independently: Analyze quantitative and qualitative data across ecommerce, SaaS, and SMB borrowers. Structure, price, and propose loan terms that balance repayment capacity and Mercury’s risk posture.

• Own the customer-facing deal motion:Lead diligence calls with prospective borrowers, co-pilot active negotiations with AEs, provide real-time eligibility and structuring guidance, and support the sales team on complex or competitive applications from first touch through close.

• Monitor portfolio health: Support ongoing covenant monitoring, delinquency tracking, and portfolio review processes. Contribute to monthly portfolio reviews with early warning signal identification.

• Contribute to credit standards: Support drafting and refinement of underwriting guidelines, risk rating frameworks, and policy documentation.

• Work cross-functionally: Partner with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Data Science to improve the underwriting process, customer experience, and credit infrastructure.

• 5+ years of credit or underwriting experience in Fintech, SMB, or commercial lending, with meaningful customer-facing experience

• Strong credit fundamentals: financial statement analysis, risk rating, cash flow assessment, and identification of structural mitigants across diverse business models.

• Direct deal experience: has been in the room with customers during negotiations, underwriting calls, and structuring conversations — not just behind the analysis.

• Builder mindset: comfortable operating in a high-growth environment where process, tooling, and infrastructure are still being defined.

• Cross-functional fluency: experience working alongside Sales, Legal, Product, and Engineering. Able to translate credit requirements into language that lands across teams.

• Exposure to regulated lending or institutional credit frameworks is a plus. Familiarity with credit file standards, lending policy documentation, and examination-ready governance practices is helpful as Mercury approaches bank charter, not a hard requirement.

Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:

• US employees located in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $142,900 - $160,700

• US employees located outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle or the San Francisco Bay Area: $128,600 - $144,600

• Canadian employees (any location): CAD $135,000 - $151,900

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