Internal Audit Intern

Coinbase
New York, NY
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with accounting or data analytics backgrounds who can work in a hybrid environment and engage in high-impact, independent audit work.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with accounting or risk management coursework and a drive to work on real audit projects with leadership visibility
    — “Own assigned audit work end-to-end with guidance from the Internal Audit team, and present observations to leadership in clear, actionable terms”
  • Individuals with intermediate data analytics skills and an interest in exploring AI applications in audit processes
    — “Explore and prototype how AI and emerging technologies can improve audit processes and outcomes”
  • Students with experience in documenting audit findings and control observations for senior stakeholders
    — “Experience documenting audit findings, control observations, or analytical conclusions in written format and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a 12-week summer commitment and may involve in-person surges in New York
    — “This is a 12-week internship during summer 2027”
  • Candidates must be prepared to work with generative AI while maintaining human oversight
    — “Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with process mapping and control documentation in your resume and interview responses
    — “Map complex business processes into structured process flows and control narratives”
  • Demonstrate your ability to analyze datasets and identify anomalies using SQL or similar tools
    — “Analyze datasets using SQL or other analytics tools to test control populations”
  • Showcase your understanding of audit frameworks and internal controls through specific examples
    — “Exposure to internal controls, audit frameworks, or risk management concepts through academic or project experience”
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Skills & requirements

Required

PythonSQL

Stack & domain

SQLTableauPower BIPythonAIInternal ControlsAudit FrameworksRisk ManagementCritical ThinkingAnalytical ReasoningProblem-solvingCommunicationTeamworkFinanceTechnologyInternal Audit

About the role

Original posting from 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.

This is a 12-week internship during summer 2027.

As an Internal Audit Intern, you'll join Coinbase's Internal Audit team, which provides independent, risk-based assurance and advisory services that strengthen governance, compliance, risk management, and internal controls across the company. You'll get hands-on experience supporting one of the following audit areas: Information Technology (IT), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), or Financial Crimes Compliance (FCC). You'll own real audit work from planning through reporting and explore how emerging technologies like AI can improve audit quality and efficiency.

What you'll do:

Own assigned audit work end-to-end with guidance from the Internal Audit team, and present observations to leadership in clear, actionable terms

Build accurate, detailed workpapers that clearly describe work performed, testing results, and conclusions for each audit project

Analyze datasets using SQL or other analytics tools to test control populations, identify exceptions, and support data-driven audit conclusions

Apply professional skepticism to evaluate evidence, challenge assumptions, and identify control design gaps or operational deficiencies that others may overlook

Map complex business processes into structured process flows and control narratives, identifying key control points, dependencies, and risk areas through walkthroughs with process owners

Explore and prototype how AI and emerging technologies can improve audit processes and outcomes

Required Skills and Experience:

Currently pursuing a BA/BS degree with coursework in accounting, finance, data analytics, or risk management, with exposure to internal controls, audit frameworks, or risk management concepts through academic or project experience

Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical reasoning, including the ability to evaluate evidence, identify patterns and anomalies, challenge assumptions, and draw well-supported, independent conclusions

Ability to understand and document complex business workflows: translate multi-step processes into clear process flows, control matrices, and risk assessments (experience with flowcharting tools a plus)

Intermediate experience with at least one data analytics or visualization tool (e.g., Tableau, SQL, Power BI, Python)

Experience documenting audit findings, control observations, or analytical conclusions in written format and presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders

Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Position ID: P78088

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Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target hourly rate for this position can range as detailed below.

Hourly Rate:$40—$40 USD

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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Source: Coinbase careers

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