Accounting Intern

As an Accounting Intern at Coinbase, you'll join the Accounting team within Finance for a 12-week summer 2027 internship. You'll gain hands-on experience across accounting operations, collaborating with teams like Tax, FP&A, Treasury, and Source-to-Pay to support day-to-day processes, month and quarter-end close, and accounting transformation projects. You'll contribute real work from balance sheet reconciliations to system implementations, gaining exposure across multiple accounting functions and international stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Prepare assigned balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and supporting schedules for month-end close cycles with guidance and review from Accounting team members
• Collaborate across Global GL Operations, Revenue Accounting, Digital Asset Inventory Accounting, and Capital Markets/Prime Financing Accounting, working with US and international stakeholders
• Contribute to critical accounting projects such as new system logic implementations, process enhancements, or product launches
• Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, including non-US subsidiary statutory financial statements
• Maintain process documentation and ensure adherence to internal controls, policies, and procedures throughout all assigned workstreams

What you bring

• Currently pursuing a BA/BS degree in Accounting or a related field with foundational knowledge of US GAAP
• Demonstrated analytical ability applied to accounting or finance contexts, such as reconciliations, variance analysis, or financial modeling through coursework, projects, or prior experience
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks and meet deadlines, including prioritizing across competing workstreams
• Familiarity with SQL, Snowflake, Looker, or similar analytics tools, or experience with digital assets and the crypto economy
• The ability to use generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

What we offer

• Hourly rate of $40 USD
• Quarterly in-person working sessions (surges)

About Coinbase

Coinbase is a remote-first company with a mission to increase economic freedom. The company operates a high-intensity environment and brings teams together quarterly for in-person working sessions.