Accounting Intern

Coinbase; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking an Accounting Intern for a 12-week summer program in 2027. You will join the Accounting team within Finance and gain hands-on exposure across reconciliations, close processes, and transformation projects, collaborating with Tax, FP&A, Treasury, and Source-to-Pay.

You will perform balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and support audits, while helping implement new systems and processes.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a BA/BS degree in Accounting or related field with US GAAP foundations.
• Analytical ability demonstrated through reconciliations, variance analysis, or financial modeling.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines across parallel workstreams.
• Familiarity with SQL, Snowflake, Looker, or similar analytics tools, or experience with digital assets.

Responsibilities

• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and schedules for month-end close.
• Collaborate with Global GL Operations, Revenue Accounting, and other teams across US and international stakeholders.
• Contribute to system logic implementations, process improvements, or product launches.
• Support audits by preparing documentation, including non-US subsidiary statements.
• Maintain process documentation and ensure adherence to internal controls.

Skills

SQL

Snowflake

Looker

Education

BA/BS in Accounting or related field

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

This is a 12-week internship during summer 2027.

As an Accounting Intern, you'll join the Accounting team within Finance and get hands-on experience across a wide range of accounting operations. You'll collaborate with teams like Tax, FP&A, Treasury, and Source-to-Pay to support day-to-day processes, month/quarter-end close, and accounting transformation projects. You'll contribute real work from balance sheet reconciliations to system implementations, gaining exposure across multiple accounting functions and international stakeholders.

What you'll do:

• Prepare assigned balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and supporting schedules for month-end close cycles with guidance and review from Accounting team members
• Collaborate across Global GL Operations, Revenue Accounting, Digital Asset Inventory Accounting, and Capital Markets/Prime Financing Accounting, working with US and international stakeholders
• Contribute to critical accounting projects such as new system logic implementations, process enhancements, or product launches
• Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, including non-US subsidiary statutory financial statements
• Maintain process documentation and ensure adherence to internal controls, policies, and procedures throughout all assigned workstreams

Required Skills and Experience:

• Currently pursuing a BA/BS degree in Accounting or a related field with foundational knowledge of US GAAP
• Demonstrated analytical ability applied to accounting or finance contexts, such as reconciliations, variance analysis, or financial modeling through coursework, projects, or prior experience
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks and meet deadlines, including prioritizing across competing workstreams
• Familiarity with SQL, Snowflake, Looker, or similar analytics tools, or experience with digital assets and the crypto economy
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Position ID: P78074

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Pay Transparency Notice:

Depending on your work location, the target hourly rate for this position can range as detailed below.

Hourly Rate:

$40 — $40 USD

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