Head of SOX and Internal Controls

ABOUT THE ROLE We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Head of SOX and Internal Controls to join our Accounting organization within Finance at Coinbase. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in leading and strengthening our global SOX control environment across all in-scope entities and processes. Your expertise will be essential in ensuring a robust, sustainable internal control framework that supports accurate financial reporting and compliance, while serving as a key advisor to senior leadership and enterprise risk management. WHAT YOU'LL DO As the Head of SOX and Internal Controls, you will be responsible for owning the enterprise-wide SOX business process control framework, including scoping, risk assessment, control design standards, and documentation requirements across all in-scope processes. Your key responsibilities will include: - Leading annual SOX risk assessment, materiality determinations, and design and implementation of key and non-key controls, including manual, automated, and IT-dependent controls. - Partnering with Controllership, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Operations, Compliance, Legal, Product, and Engineering to embed controls into order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report, revenue recognition, payroll, treasury, and digital asset safeguarding. - Driving timely remediation of control deficiencies by designing sustainable corrective actions and serving as primary liaison with Internal Audit and external auditors during SOX testing, walkthroughs, and evidence requests. - Building scalable control automation, continuous monitoring, and data analytics capabilities that improve effectiveness, reduce manual effort, and enable earlier risk detection. - Developing executive reporting for the CAO, CFO, and Audit Committee, and establishing governance, training, and guidance for control owners across all global business units and enterprise-wide risk visibility. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need to have: - 13+ years of progressive experience in SOX, internal controls, internal audit, or risk management in public companies, including large-scale SOX programs within complex, multi-entity, and globally regulated environments. - 6+ years of people leadership experience building and developing teams. - Deep knowledge of SOX 404, PCAOB standards, and COSO, with expertise designing controls across finance, operations, and digital asset processes with experience in public company audits and regulatory examinations in fast-paced fintech environments. - CPA, CA, CIA, CISA, CRMA preferred. - Demonstrated ability influencing executives and driving cross-functional initiatives in high-growth technology or financial services. - Experience with ERP systems, workflow tools, data analytics, and control automation technologies. - Ability to use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve efficiency, quality, and decision-making. WHY REMOTE Coinbase is a remote-first company, with quarterly in-person working sessions called "surges" where you will have the opportunity to collaborate with your team in person. BENEFITS Coinbase offers a competitive total compensation package, including base salary, equity, and bonus eligibility, as well as benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).