Remote Senior Internal Audit - Operations & Compliance

Coinbase; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Internal Audit Associate to strengthen governance, risk management, and controls across global operations. You will execute risk-based audits end-to-end, from planning through remediation validation, partnering with cross-functional teams while maintaining independence.

In this role you will lead scoping, testing, reporting, and issue write-ups for senior leadership and regulators, ensuring regulator-ready documentation and timely closure of findings.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in internal audit, external audit, compliance testing, or risk management in financial services, fintech, payments, brokerage, or custody.
• Independently execute audits end-to-end with regulator-ready documentation quality.
• Working knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks including AML/CFT, sanctions, and consumer protection.
• Manage multiple concurrent audit workstreams with co-sourced resources.
• Data analytics techniques (SQL preferred) and using technology to enhance audit efficiency.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow quality and cost.
• Strong understanding of internal control environments and regulatory compliance in financial services.
• Experience in a regulated financial institution preferred.

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, delivering proactive and transparent updates
• Identify control gaps by root cause analysis, evaluating exception severity, and drafting risk-based recommendations
• Lead audit reporting with concise, actionable summaries 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 to maintain independence and objectivity

Skills

Internal audit

Regulatory compliance

Data analytics

SQL

Stakeholder management

Generative AI

Education

Professional Certification (CIA/CPA/CFE/Series 7) or progress toward one

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Internal Audit Associate to strengthen governance, risk management, and controls across global operations. You will execute risk-based audits end-to-end, from planning through remediation validation, partnering with cross-functional teams while maintaining independence.

In this role you will lead scoping, testing, reporting, and issue write-ups for senior leadership and regulators, ensuring regulator-ready documentation and timely closure of findings.