Internal Audit Analyst

About the role

This role involves conducting comprehensive financial crime compliance audits from start to finish. Responsibilities include defining the audit scope, evaluating risks and controls, performing walkthroughs, testing controls, and preparing detailed reports. The analyst will identify control weaknesses, analyze their root causes, and assess their severity based on potential impact and regulatory exposure.

A key part of the position is managing audit logistics and stakeholder interactions in a remote work environment. This includes tracking requests, monitoring open items, and keeping testing status updated, while ensuring clear and consistent communication with various internal teams. The analyst will also develop risk-based recommendations, document management responses, and confirm the resolution of previous audit findings.

Success in this role requires staying current with anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations across all regions where Coinbase operates. The analyst will apply this regulatory knowledge to shape audit scopes and testing procedures. The work demands independent management of multiple audit tasks and stakeholder communications, emphasizing proactive engagement and clear articulation of findings.

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 executing end-to-end financial crime compliance audits, including scoping, testing, and reporting.
• compliance: The position focuses on financial crime compliance audits and requires maintaining knowledge of relevant regulations.
• risk management: The analyst will conduct risk and control assessments and evaluate the severity of control exceptions based on likelihood and impact.
• data analysis: Familiarity with data analysis techniques is needed to perform testing across large datasets.
• SQL: SQL skills are preferred for conducting data analysis and testing in this role.

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 several audit workstreams and stakeholder communications in a remote setting.
• An individual adept at evaluating control exceptions and translating them into clear, proportionate conclusions and recommendations.
• A candidate who stays informed about anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations and applies this knowledge 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.