Internal Audit Analyst

About the role

This Internal Audit Analyst position at Coinbase focuses on executing financial crime compliance audits from start to finish. Responsibilities include defining audit scope, evaluating risks and controls, conducting testing, and preparing comprehensive reports. The role requires meticulous documentation of workpapers and clear, actionable findings.

A key aspect of this role is managing audit logistics and engaging with stakeholders in a remote environment. This involves tracking requests, monitoring open items, and communicating testing status proactively with various internal partners. Success in this position means effectively identifying control gaps through root cause analysis and assessing the severity of exceptions based on their potential impact and regulatory exposure.

The analyst will collaborate with stakeholders to develop risk-based recommendations and document management responses. This includes validating the remediation of previous audit findings to ensure closure. Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations across all Coinbase operating jurisdictions is crucial for applying relevant regulatory developments to audit scope and testing.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $95,030 to $111,800 USD, with total compensation potentially including equity, bonus eligibility, and benefits.

Skills that matter here

• audit: This role requires conducting end-to-end financial crime compliance audits, including scoping, testing, and reporting.
• compliance: The position involves executing financial crime compliance audits and staying current with anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations.
• risk management: Candidates will assess risks and controls, identify control gaps, and develop risk-based recommendations.
• data analysis: This role uses data analysis techniques to perform testing across large datasets.
• SQL: Familiarity with SQL is preferred for conducting data analysis in audit testing.

Who this role suits

• Someone with at least three years of experience in audit, compliance testing, or risk management within financial services.
• A professional who can independently manage multiple audit workstreams and communicate effectively with stakeholders in a remote setting.
• An individual capable of evaluating control exceptions, classifying their severity, and translating them into clear, proportionate conclusions.
• A candidate who maintains current knowledge of financial regulations and applies them to audit practices.

From the employer

What you'll do:

• Execute end-to-end financial crime compliance audits, including scoping, risk and control assessments, walkthroughs, control testing, and drafting workpapers and reports that are clear, complete, and actionable.
• Own audit logistics and stakeholder engagement in a remote environment, tracking requests, open items, and testing status while maintaining proactive communication with cross-functional partners.
• Identify control gaps during fieldwork by performing root cause analysis, evaluating exception severity based on likelihood, impact, and regulatory exposure, and escalating where additional stakeholder outreach is required.
• Develop risk-based recommendations in collaboration with stakeholders, document management responses and action plans, and validate remediation of prior audit findings through to closure.
• Maintain current knowledge of anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations across all jurisdictions where Coinbase operates, applying regulatory developments to audit scope and testing.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in audit, compliance testing, risk management, or related control-focused roles within financial services.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate control exceptions and classify findings by severity based on likelihood, impact, regulatory exposure, and prevalence.
• Proven ability to translate identified exceptions into clear, proportionate conclusions and recommendations that reflect the severity of risk presented.
• Familiarity with data analysis techniques (SQL preferred) to perform testing across large datasets.
• Proven ability to independently manage multiple audit workstreams and stakeholder communication in a fully remote, asynchronous environment.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Pay Transparency Notice:

• Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $95,030 — $111,800 USD.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.