About this Manager of Compliance Testing and Assurance role at Coinbase
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.
As a Manager of Compliance Testing and Assurance on the Compliance Testing and Assurance team, you'll help build and run the independent oversight program that tests whether Coinbase's compliance controls are designed and operating effectively across US and international entities.
This team plans and executes testing and monitoring activities enterprise-wide, partnering with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Internal Audit, and business functions to strengthen Coinbase's compliance framework. You'll own the execution of risk-based testing cycles, deliver clear reporting to senior leadership, and drive continuous improvement of CTA methodologies and governance.
What you’ll do:
- Own the end-to-end execution of assigned CTA activities, from planning and fieldwork through reporting and issue remediation, escalating findings as needed.
- Build and enhance enterprise-wide CTA program methodologies, governance documents, and testing frameworks in partnership with the Head of CTA.
- Drive the development of the risk-based annual CTA plan in collaboration with Compliance staff across International, Institutional, Product, Tools, and AML/CFT teams.
- Deliver periodic reporting on CTA plan progress, testing results, root cause analyses, and remediation status to senior compliance leadership.
- Lead issue tracking and remediation validation, ensuring issue owners implement corrective actions and maintaining all documentation in a central repository.
- Monitor regulatory developments and industry trends to identify emerging risks impacting Coinbase products and the CTA program.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of experience executing compliance testing, monitoring, assurance, or audit programs within financial services, including hands-on development of testing plans and risk-based methodologies.
- Track record of identifying uncontrolled risks and control gaps across a global regulatory landscape, including AML/CFT, sanctions, consumer protection, and trade surveillance.
- Demonstrated success delivering testing outcomes on schedule and to quality standards, including producing executive-ready reports, metrics, and remediation tracking.
- Experience using data extraction and analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Snowflake) and proficiency in presentation and spreadsheet tools (e.g., Google Slides, Google Sheets).
- BA/BS degree in business, finance, or a related field.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Job ID: P73154
Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).
- 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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- AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.
