Analyst, Business Controller

Role Overview

As an Analyst, Business Controller on Coinbase’s Business Controllers team within Accounting, you will act as Finance’s "One-DRI" for product launches with financial impact. The team coordinates across accounting, tax, treasury, credit risk, and operations to ensure launches maintain financial integrity, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with finance stakeholders, business leads, and cross-functional teams to evaluate new trade strategies and product launches, define finance requirements, and coordinate implementation across accounting, tax, treasury, and operations.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the business by reducing friction in product launches and ensuring the right stakeholders are informed and consulted at each stage.
• Produce documentation covering fund flows, key financial risks, and accounting treatment decisions; provide regular status updates to executive management.
• Scope, design, and implement financial controls with business and process owners to mitigate key risks and support audit and regulatory readiness.
• Collaborate with external vendors and IT partners to automate manual processes and build scalable workflows for Coinbase’s growing product portfolio.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or controllership, with direct exposure to crypto exchanges, fintech, or financial services product operations.
• CPA certification (or in progress) with a technical accounting foundation; Big 4 public accounting experience is preferred.
• Proven ability to coordinate cross-functionally across accounting, tax, legal, treasury, and operations to drive launches from scoping through go-live.
• Demonstrated experience scoping and implementing financial controls for evolving business processes, including documenting fund flows and accounting treatment decisions.

Nice to Have / Additional

• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.