This Internal Audit Intern job is with Coinbase in New York. This is an internship or trainee position with a hybrid schedule. The advertised pay is $40 an hour.
Coinbase describes the job as follows.
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 an Internal Audit Intern, you'll join Coinbase's Internal Audit team, which provides independent, risk-based assurance and advisory services that strengthen governance, compliance, risk management, and internal controls across the company. You'll get hands-on experience supporting one of the following audit areas: Information Technology (IT), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), or Financial Crimes Compliance (FCC). You'll own real audit work from planning through reporting and explore how emerging technologies like AI can improve audit quality and efficiency.
What you'll do
Own assigned audit work end-to-end with guidance from the Internal Audit team, and present observations to leadership in clear, actionable terms
Build accurate, detailed workpapers that clearly describe work performed, testing results, and conclusions for each audit project
Analyze datasets using SQL or other analytics tools to test control populations, identify exceptions, and support data-driven audit conclusions
Apply professional skepticism to evaluate evidence, challenge assumptions, and identify control design gaps or operational deficiencies that others may overlook
Map complex business processes into structured process flows and control narratives, identifying key control points, dependencies, and risk areas through walkthroughs with process owners
Explore and prototype how AI and emerging technologies can improve audit processes and outcomes
Required Skills and Experience
Currently pursuing a BA/BS degree with coursework in accounting, finance, data analytics, or risk management, with exposure to internal controls, audit frameworks, or risk management concepts through academic or project experience
Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical reasoning, including the ability to evaluate evidence, identify patterns and anomalies, challenge assumptions, and draw well-supported, independent conclusions
Ability to understand and document complex business workflows: translate multi-step processes into clear process flows, control matrices, and risk assessments (experience with flowcharting tools a plus)
Intermediate experience with at least one data analytics or visualization tool (e.g., Tableau, SQL, Power BI, Python)
Experience documenting audit findings, control observations, or analytical conclusions in written format and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P78088
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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 to $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.
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 thetutorial.
It is hybrid. You would work partly from home and partly from the office in New York.
What does Coinbase look for in candidates?
The posting mentions a bachelor's degree or equivalent and skills such as Python, SQL, Tableau and Power BI. Read the full description above for the complete list.
Where do I send my application to Coinbase?
Use the apply button on this page. It takes you to Coinbase's own application form, so your CV goes directly to their hiring team.
Is this job still open?
Coinbase published the role on September 8, 2026. We check the employer's job board every day and take this page down when the role closes, so if you can read it, the job was still listed at our last check.
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Required Skills
PythonSQLTableauPower BI
🏢 About Coinbase
Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of? At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform - and with it, the future global financial system. To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone…
