Broker Dealer Operations, Associate

As an Associate in Broker Dealer Operations at Coinbase, you'll join the Capital Markets team within Finance and help run the daily operational engine behind the U.S. equities brokerage experience. This team keeps customer accounts, trades, cash, positions, transfers, and corporate actions accurate, controlled, and scalable. You'll execute core broker-dealer workflows, investigate exceptions, and drive improvements that make the operation safer and more efficient for millions of customers.

What you'll do

• Execute daily trade, position, balance, and cash reconciliations between Coinbase and Apex records, investigating and resolving breaks with full documentation.
• Support customer account onboarding and maintenance workflows, including documentation review, status follow-up, and exception escalation.
• Process inbound and outbound securities transfers (ACATs) end-to-end, from intake review and eligibility checks through submission, tracking, and exception resolution.
• Monitor operational alerts and exception queues, prioritise customer- and risk-impacting issues, and coordinate remediation across Engineering, Product, Trading, CX, Compliance, Finance, and Apex.
• Support corporate action operations by reviewing event notices, monitoring deadlines, validating allocations, and investigating post-event discrepancies.
• Identify recurring failure modes and propose practical improvements to reduce manual work, shorten resolution time, and improve customer outcomes.

What you bring

• 2+ years in financial services operations, brokerage operations, clearing and settlement, trade support, or a related operational control function.
• Working knowledge of U.S. equities trade lifecycle concepts, including order processing, settlement, positions, cash movements, corporate actions, and account transfers.
• Demonstrated experience investigating data breaks or operational exceptions across multiple systems and driving issues to documented resolution.
• Proven ability to follow documented procedures consistently in a regulated environment while exercising sound judgment on exceptions outside the runbook.
• Familiarity with clearing platforms such as Apex Clearing, Jira, SQL, or workflow-automation tools used in brokerage operations.
• Ability to utilise generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

What we offer

• Base salary of $121,410-$127,800 USD, depending on location
• Equity and bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k) plan
• Remote-first work with quarterly in-person "surge" sessions

About Coinbase

Coinbase is a platform committed to increasing economic freedom, operating on a remote-first model with intense, collaborative in-person working sessions. The company maintains a high bar and an intense environment focused on building the future of finance.