Analyst, Security Compliance

Coinbase is looking for an Analyst to join our Security Compliance team. The Analyst will directly support increasing the maturity of our Security Controls Management function, external audits and regulatory examinations, and the build of team operational processes and metrics reporting. These workstreams will require the Analyst to support designing, evaluating, implementing, and improving Security and IT Security controls against several industry frameworks; including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), International Standards Organization (ISO), and others. This work will span across our programs, with an emphasis on collaborating across our Governance, Risk, and Policy counterparts in addition to teaming with Information Security and Engineering stakeholders. 

What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties): 

• Lead and perform security control gap assessments against industry standards and security regulatory requirements to evaluate control design and operating effectiveness
• Define, draft and communicate potential security control improvement opportunities and paths to address based on requirements and industry experience,
• Support regulatory examinations across both U.S. and international regulatory regimes in partnership with Security and other GRC functions by reviewing and evaluating requests, coordinating with XFN stakeholders to collect and QA artifacts, and track outcomes of regulatory examinations performed,
• Partner with Security Risk and Security Policy functions to ensure that security controls are reflected properly in our Security Risk Review, Security Policy requirements, and other governance processes, 
• Support Security Compliance, Information Security, and Engineering stakeholders in identifying and executing on continuous control monitoring opportunities,
• Work closely with control owners and internal and external auditors on control operation and related documentation
• Communicate progress, escalations, and issue resolutions to management and team stakeholders

• Create procedural documentation, including training materials that support how we support control owners in risk to control analysis, control narratives, and how we operate as a Security Compliance team in the form of runbooks for new processes.

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements): To be completed by all business teams except Eng. 

• 4+ years of security, IT compliance (internal or external audit) or equivalent experience
• Hands-on experience with implementing, reviewing or auditing security frameworks such as SOC 2,  NIST, ISO
• Prior experience at a Big 4 or consulting experience in Cybersecurity 
• Prior experience working closely with auditors and/or external regulators
• Experience with compliance initiatives from start to finish
• Experience sourcing, interpreting, and reporting on data via data visualization tools
• Outstanding written and spoken communication skills
• Ability to effectively and autonomously accomplish outcomes across cross-functional teams in ambiguous situations with light supervision
• Ability to multitask, prioritize work, and meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Focus on precision and accuracy, and the drive to clarify ambiguity

Nice to haves:

• FinTech, TradFi, consulting, business operations technical program management or other customer-facing disciplines
• Security certifications e.g. CISA, CISSP, CISM or other relevant certifications
• Experience mapping common controls across multiple frameworks in a GRC tool
• Financial services or financial regulatory experience
• Experience building a risk/controls aligned to a standards framework 
• Demonstrated beginner/intermediate knowledge of crypto/blockchain/web3  
• Strong knowledge of risk/control issues in relation to evolving technology (e.g., mobile, cloud, data lakes, machine learning)
• Willingness to embrace stretch opportunities to learn new skills and work on net new projects where you have no previous experience

Job #: P59154