Role overview

This is a 12-week summer internship with Coinbase’s Internal Audit team, which delivers independent, risk-based assurance and advisory services across the organization. You will support audit work in one of three areas: Information Technology, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, or Financial Crimes Compliance, gaining hands-on experience from audit planning through reporting while exploring how emerging technologies can enhance audit processes.

Key responsibilities

Own assigned audit projects end-to-end with guidance from the Internal Audit team, presenting findings and observations to leadership in clear and actionable terms.
Build detailed and accurate workpapers that document the work performed, testing results, and conclusions for each audit engagement.
Analyze datasets using SQL or other analytics tools to test control populations, identify exceptions, and support audit conclusions with data-driven evidence.
Apply professional skepticism to evaluate evidence, challenge assumptions, and identify control design gaps or operational deficiencies.
Map complex business processes into structured process flows and control narratives, identifying key control points, dependencies, and risk areas through discussions with process owners.
Explore and prototype how AI and emerging technologies can enhance audit quality and efficiency.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a BA/BS degree with coursework in accounting, finance, data analytics, or risk management, including exposure to internal controls, audit frameworks, or risk management concepts.
Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical reasoning, with the ability to evaluate evidence, identify patterns, challenge assumptions, and draw independent conclusions.
Ability to understand and document complex business workflows by translating multi-step processes into clear process flows, control matrices, and risk assessments.
Intermediate experience with at least one data analytics or visualization tool such as Tableau, SQL, Power BI, or Python.
Experience documenting audit findings or analytical conclusions in writing and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Ability to use generative AI responsibly while maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency.

What makes this role worth considering

Coinbase operates as a remote-first company with quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges,” and this hybrid internship is based in New York. You’ll work alongside a team that values high standards and challenging yourself past perceived limits while contributing to the company’s mission of increasing economic freedom in the financial sector.