Analyst, Business Controller

Coinbase; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 79,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking an Analyst, Business Controller to join the Accounting team's Business Controllers group. You’ll act as Finance’s One-DRI for product launches with financial impact, coordinating accounting, tax, treasury, and operations to maintain audit readiness and regulatory compliance.

You’ll scope and implement financial controls, document fund flows and accounting decisions, and partner with IT to automate processes as Coinbase expands its product portfolio.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or controllership, with crypto/fintech exposure.
• CPA certification (or in progress) with strong technical accounting knowledge.
• Proven cross-functional coordination across accounting, tax, legal, treasury, and operations.
• Experience scoping and implementing financial controls for new processes and risk management.
• Responsible use of AI with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities

• Partner with finance, business leads, and cross-functional teams to evaluate new trade strategies and coordinate implementation.
• Serve as trusted advisor to the business, reducing friction in product launches and coordinating stakeholders.
• Produce documentation of fund flows, risks, and accounting decisions, with regular executive updates.
• Scope and implement financial controls to ensure audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with vendors and IT to automate processes and scale workflows for growth.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Financial controls

AI in finance

Crypto/Fintech exposure

Regulatory/compliance awareness

Education

CPA certification

Big 4 experience

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for \"good enough,\" you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.”learn more about working at Coinbase.

As an Analyst, Business Controller on the Business Controllers team within Coinbase's Accounting organization, you'll serve as Finance's \"One-DRI\" for product launches that have financial impact. This team acts as the central coordinator bringing together accounting, tax, treasury, credit risk, and operations to ensure new products launch without compromising financial integrity, audit readiness, or regulatory compliance. You'll evaluate new trade strategies and product launches across Coinbase's crypto product suite, determine impacts for Finance, and drive cross-functional implementation from scoping through go-live.

What you'll do:

• Partner with finance stakeholders, business leads, and cross-functional teams to evaluate new trade strategies, determine finance requirements, and coordinate implementation across accounting, tax, treasury, and operations
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the business by navigating the Finance organization on their behalf, reducing friction in product launches, and ensuring the right stakeholders are informed and consulted at each stage
• Produce high-quality documentation of fund flows, key financial risks, and accounting treatment decisions, and deliver regular status updates to executive management
• Scope, design, and implement financial controls in partnership with business and process owners to address key risks and ensure operating effectiveness for audit and regulatory readiness
• Collaborate with external vendors and IT partners to automate manual processes and build scalable workflows that support Coinbase's growing product portfolio

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or controllership, with direct exposure to crypto exchanges, fintech, or financial services product operations
• CPA certification (or in progress) with a foundation in technical accounting, preferable including Big 4 public accounting experience
• Proven ability to coordinate cross-functionally across accounting, tax, legal, treasury, and operations teams to drive product launches from scoping through go-live
• Demonstrated experience scoping and implementing financial controls to address key risks in new or evolving business processes, including documenting fund flows and accounting treatment decisions
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation mayalso include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

£78,840 — £87,600 GBP

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