Senior Associate, Broker-Dealer Ops (Remote)

Coinbase, Inc.; Montpelier (VT); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Associate, Broker Dealer Operations to own broker-dealer workflows, reconcile trades, and manage regulatory reporting. You will partner with Apex, Engineering, Product, and Compliance to turn manual tasks into durable, automated processes and controls. The role emphasizes operational resilience and data-driven improvements in a high-volume U.S.

equities environment. The position supports a remote-first culture with quarterly in-person surges, and candidates should

Qualifications

• 5+ years in financial services operations with broker-dealer experience.
• Experience with U.S. equities trade lifecycle (order processing, settlement, positions, cash movements, corporate actions).
• Proven ability to author SOPs, runbooks, controls documentation in a regulated environment.
• Hands-on experience with Apex Clearing/Apex Ascend and with SQL, data-quality or workflow-automation tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own recurring broker-dealer operations workflows across one or more areas, including reconciliations, corporate actions, securities transfers, account maintenance, error processing, and regulatory reporting support.
• Perform daily order, trade, position, balance, and cash reconciliations between Coinbase and Apex records, investigating breaks, documenting root causes, and driving resolution to closure.
• Manage complex exceptions and time-sensitive incidents by coordinating remediation across multiple teams, prioritizing by impact.
• Build and maintain audit-ready documentation, including SOPs, runbooks, control checklists, and process maps.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to define operational requirements, test new functionality, validate launch readiness, and improve tooling, dashboards, and automation.
• Identify systemic failure modes and lead process-improvement initiatives enhancing resilience.

Skills

Broker-dealer operations

SQL

Jira

Data-quality tooling

Tools

Apex Clearing

Apex Ascend

Jira

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Associate, Broker Dealer Operations to own broker-dealer workflows, reconcile trades, and manage regulatory reporting. You will partner with Apex, Engineering, Product, and Compliance to turn manual tasks into durable, automated processes and controls. The role emphasizes operational resilience and data-driven improvements in a high-volume U.S.

equities environment. The position supports a remote-first culture with quarterly in-person surges, and candidates should