Remote-First Senior Internal Audit Associate — End-to-End

Coinbase, Inc.; Frankfort (KY); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking an Internal Audit Senior Associate to strengthen governance, risk management, and controls across global operations. You will execute end-to-end audits, partner with cross-functional teams, and drive remediation to ensure robust control environment.

This role emphasizes regulator-ready documentation, risk-based findings, and clear communication to senior leadership in a dynamic, remote-first company that values rigorous oversight and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in internal audit, external audit, compliance testing, or risk management within financial services, fintech, payments, brokerage, or custody.
• Independent audits end-to-end (planning, testing, reporting) with regulator-ready documentation quality.
• Working knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks applicable to financial services, including AML/CFT, sanctions, and consumer protection.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent audit workstreams with co-sourced resources.
• Familiarity with data analytics techniques (SQL preferred) to enhance audit efficiency.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, with human oversight for business-ready outputs.
• Strong understanding of internal control environments and regulatory compliance in financial services.
• Experience in a regulated financial institution is preferred.
• Professional Certification (CIA/CPA/CFE, etc.) or progress toward one.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end operational and compliance audits, including scoping, preliminary risk assessments, control walkthroughs, fieldwork testing, and reporting.
• Own audit request tracking, open item management, and testing status with updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Identify control gaps by root-cause analysis and draft risk-based, actionable recommendations.
• Lead audit reporting with summaries and issue write-ups for senior leadership and regulators.
• Validate remediation of prior audit findings by assessing evidence and closure sufficiency.
• Partner with Operations, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Legal teams to maintain independence and strong working relationships.

Skills

Audit planning & testing

Regulatory frameworks AML/Sanctions

SQL analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-assisted auditing

Internal control knowledge

Regulated finance experience

Education

CIA/CPA/CFE progress

Tools

SQL

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking an Internal Audit Senior Associate to strengthen governance, risk management, and controls across global operations. You will execute end-to-end audits, partner with cross-functional teams, and drive remediation to ensure robust control environment.

This role emphasizes regulator-ready documentation, risk-based findings, and clear communication to senior leadership in a dynamic, remote-first company that values rigorous oversight and continuous improvement.