Internal Audit Intern

Coinbase, Inc.; New York (NY); Híbrido; USD 45.000 - 65.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Coinbase offers a 12-week Internal Audit Internship for Summer 2027. You join the Internal Audit team to support IT, SOX, or Financial Crimes Compliance and own audit work from planning through reporting.

This role emphasizes data analytics using SQL or other tools, documenting findings, and evaluating how AI can enhance audit quality and efficiency.

Formación

• Pursuing BA/BS with coursework in accounting, finance, data analytics, or risk management.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical reasoning.
• Ability to document complex workflows into clear flows, control matrices, and risk assessments.
• Experience with at least one data analytics tool (e.g., Tableau, SQL, Power BI, Python).
• Experience documenting audit findings and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency.

Responsabilidades

• Own assigned audit work end-to-end with guidance from the Internal Audit team, and present observations to leadership in clear, actionable terms
• Build accurate, detailed workpapers that describe work performed, testing results, and conclusions for each audit project
• Analyze datasets using SQL or other analytics tools to test control populations, identify exceptions, and support data-driven conclusions
• Apply professional skepticism to evaluate evidence, challenge assumptions, and identify control gaps or deficiencies
• Map complex business processes into structured process flows and control narratives, identifying key control points and risks
• Explore and prototype how AI and emerging technologies can improve audit processes and outcomes

Conocimientos

Analytical thinking

Data analytics

SQL

Python

Educación

BA/BS in accounting, finance, data analytics, or risk management

Herramientas

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

SQL

Descripción del empleo

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 Internal Audit Intern, you'll join Coinbase's Internal Audit team, which provides independent, risk-based assurance and advisory services that strengthen governance, compliance, risk management, and internal controls across the company. You'll get hands-on experience supporting one of the following audit areas: Information Technology (IT), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), or Financial Crimes Compliance (FCC). You'll own real audit work from planning through reporting and explore how emerging technologies like AI can improve audit quality and efficiency.

What you'll do:

• Own assigned audit work end-to-end with guidance from the Internal Audit team, and present observations to leadership in clear, actionable terms
• Build accurate, detailed workpapers that clearly describe work performed, testing results, and conclusions for each audit project
• Analyze datasets using SQL or other analytics tools to test control populations, identify exceptions, and support data-driven audit conclusions
• Apply professional skepticism to evaluate evidence, challenge assumptions, and identify control design gaps or operational deficiencies that others may overlook
• Map complex business processes into structured process flows and control narratives, identifying key control points, dependencies, and risk areas through walkthroughs with process owners
• Explore and prototype how AI and emerging technologies can improve audit processes and outcomes

Required Skills and Experience:

• Currently pursuing a BA/BS degree with coursework in accounting, finance, data analytics, or risk management, with exposure to internal controls, audit frameworks, or risk management concepts through academic or project experience
• Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical reasoning, including the ability to evaluate evidence, identify patterns and anomalies, challenge assumptions, and draw well-supported, independent conclusions
• Ability to understand and document complex business workflows: translate multi-step processes into clear process flows, control matrices, and risk assessments (experience with flowcharting tools a plus)
• Intermediate experience with at least one data analytics or visualization tool (e.g., Tableau, SQL, Power BI, Python)
• Experience documenting audit findings, control observations, or analytical conclusions in written format and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Position ID: P78088

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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

• Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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