Head of SOX and Internal Controls

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. We're building the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system.

About This Role

The SOX Business Controls Leader is responsible for designing, leading, and continuously enhancing the company's SOX business process control environment across all in-scope entities and processes. This role acts as the enterprise owner for SOX business process controls, partnering closely with Finance, Accounting, Operations, Product, Engineering, Risk, and Internal Audit to ensure a robust, efficient, and scalable control framework that supports a high-growth, highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the SOX Business Controls Framework: Define and maintain the enterprise SOX business process control framework, including scoping, risk assessment, control design standards, and documentation requirements.
• Ensure alignment of the SOX program with evolving business activities, new products, system changes, and external regulatory expectations.
• Lead End-to-End SOX Program for Business Processes: Oversee annual SOX risk assessment, scoping, and materiality determinations for business processes.
• Lead the design and implementation of key and non-key business controls, including manual, automated, and IT-dependent controls.
• Drive timely remediation of control deficiencies, including the design and implementation of sustainable corrective actions.
• Partner Across Finance, Operations, and Technology: Collaborate with Controllership, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Operations, Compliance, Legal, and Engineering to embed effective controls into end-to-end processes.

Culture

Our culture is intense and demanding. We seek someone passionate about our mission, eager to leave their mark, who relishes working with high caliber colleagues and actively seeks feedback. In-person participation is required throughout the year, with multiple team and company-wide offsites annually.