Internal Audit SOX Associate Manager

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As an Internal Audit SOX Associate Manager, you'll join the Internal Audit team within Finance and lead the execution of Coinbase's SOX/ICFR compliance program. This team operates as an independent third line of defense, providing assurance over the controls that protect the integrity of financial reporting for a publicly traded, global crypto platform. You'll manage our outsourced testing team day-to-day, overseeing planning, walkthroughs, quality review, deficiency tracking, and reporting to ensure SOX control testing is completed on time, with precision, and to professional audit standards.

What you'll do:

Own the day-to-day management of the BPO team executing SOX 404 control testing, including workload planning, prioritization, quality review of workpapers, and performance coaching to continuously improve documentation quality and testing rigor.

Partner with Internal Audit SOX leadership to translate the annual SOX audit plan into clear testing assignments, ensuring appropriate scoping, coverage, and timing across in-scope processes and entities.

Lead coordination of process walkthroughs with functional business partners and external auditors, serving as the primary point of contact for the BPO team on testing methodology, evidence requirements, and interpretation of control objectives.

Drive SOX deficiencies to closure by performing root cause analysis, tracking remediation action plans, and validating remediation through follow-up testing in partnership with business owners and BPO resources.

Build and maintain trusted relationships with key internal partners across Business Controllership, Finance, IT, and Compliance, as well as BPO leadership and external auditors, ensuring alignment on expectations and effective coordination throughout the SOX testing cycle.

Required Skills and Experience:

7+ years of accounting, financial audit, or SOX/ICFR experience, including hands-on SOX 404 testing in a public company or Big 4 public accounting environment.