[Remote] Senior Analyst, Security Compliance (SOX IT)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coinbase is a leading company in the cryptocurrency space, dedicated to increasing economic freedom globally. They are seeking a Senior Analyst for Security Compliance to lead IT SOX initiatives and enhance the IT SOX program, ensuring compliance and effective risk management within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead Security and IT initiatives to support the SOX roadmap and advance program maturity
• Assist with SOX planning activities, including scoping of IT systems and creating training material to owners in preparation for SOX audit
• Lead security control gap assessments over SOX control environment, recommend remediation plans and track through completion
• Assess SOX implications of new products, update relevant controls, and communicate requirements to product organization and other stakeholders
• Provide ongoing reporting to stakeholders and leadership on above responsibilities and communicate progress and escalations management
• Perform SOX audit and control impact analysis as a result of security and technology incidents and partner with owning teams on control uplift activities
• Build close relationships with stakeholder teams including Security, IT, Infrastructure, Engineering, Data, and Finance to advise on SOX requirements and ensure excellence in control ownership
• Create and improve SOX procedural documentation, including process documentation, data flow diagrams, and uplifting templates
• Work closely with internal and external auditors to educate them about a complex technology control environment
• Oversee quality of audit initiatives, identify and analyze process gaps, provide guidance and expertise to team members
• Develop creative solutions to prove risk mitigation and solve for complex audit problems faced by the crypto industry
• Identify opportunities to address systemic program challenges, recommend solutions and drive efficiency through AI and automation

Skills

• Minimum of 5+ years of security/IT compliance or equivalent experience
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting, SOX 404 frameworks, and testing to support compliance
• Prior experience at a big 4 accounting firm
• Experience leading compliance initiatives from start to finish
• Proven understanding and audit experience of cloud technologies, AWS preferred
• Ability to effectively and autonomously accomplish outcomes across cross-functional teams in ambiguous situations with minimal supervision
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to multitask, direct cross functional work, and hold others accountable to committed deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Ability to communicate with technical / non-technical stakeholders to align on shared outcomes
• Experience in Financial services, Big Tech, or FinTech
• BA or BS in a technical field or equivalent experience
• Security certifications e.g. CISA, CISSP, CISM or other relevant certifications
• Experience auditing in Crypto space

Benefits

• Bonus eligibility
• Equity eligibility
• Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))

Company Overview

• Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.coinbase.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• Coinbase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 181 in 2025, 92 in 2024, 96 in 2023, 284 in 2022, 183 in 2021, 66 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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