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Support Coinbase’s finance product launch review program by coordinating cross-functional workstreams, tracking risks and deadlines, evaluating requirements and test transactions, maintaining launch dashboards and documentation, and improving processes through data, AI, automation, and standardized workflows. The intern will collaborate with Finance, Product, Engineering, Compliance, Legal, and Operations while supporting internal control adherence and financial analysis.
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Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.

This is a 12-week internship during summer 2027.

As a Business Controller Intern on the Finance team, you'll spend 12 weeks embedded with our Business Controller group, helping manage and improve Coinbase's finance product launch review program. You'll coordinate work across Finance, Product, Engineering, Compliance, Legal, and Operations to ensure launch reviews are well-scoped, risks are identified, decisions are documented, and commitments stay on track. This role sits at the intersection of finance fundamentals, cross-functional coordination, and process improvement using data, AI, and automation.

What you'll do:

  • Coordinate finance product launch review workstreams across Finance and cross-functional partners, tracking owners, dependencies, risks, decisions, and deadlines through completion
  • Support launch reviews by evaluating requirement documents, determining stakeholder impact, and confirming the validity of test transactions
  • Maintain project plans, action-item trackers, launch dashboards, status updates, and process documentation to ensure clear visibility, consistent execution, and adherence to internal control frameworks
  • Facilitate follow-up with stakeholders to resolve open questions, address blockers, and keep launch deliverables on track
  • Identify opportunities to improve the launch review process through data, AI, automation, and standardized workflows
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Controllership, Tax, Treasury, Risk, Product, Engineering, Compliance, Legal, and Operations to address the financial implications of product releases

Required Skills and Experience:

  • Currently pursuing a BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field with coursework in US GAAP or financial reporting
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, including prioritizing competing deadlines, coordinating stakeholders, tracking action items, and driving follow-through
  • Proven ability to bring structure to ambiguous processes and communicate progress clearly, including providing status updates, surfacing risks and blockers, and aligning stakeholders on owners and next steps
  • Experience synthesizing data from multiple sources and presenting clear, structured findings to non-technical audiences
  • Hands-on experience using AI tools (e.g., LibreChat, Claude) and working knowledge of SQL or analytics platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Looker, or similar) for analysis, automation, or workflow improvement
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Position ID: P78081

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Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target hourly rate for this position can range as detailed below.
 
Hourly Rate:
$40$40 USD
  • Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
  • 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. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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  • Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.
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