Senior Associate, FCM

Coinbase

Senior Associate, FCM managing exception operations for Coinbase Financial Markets. Ensuring regulatory compliance and operational readiness for new product launches in fintech.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $130,900 - $154,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in exception management, operational readiness for product launches, and cross-functional collaboration within financial services. Proficient in analytical problem-solving, automation implementation, and regulatory compliance in fast-paced environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Exception ManagementOperational ReadinessCross-Functional Business PartneringAnalytical Problem-SolvingListed Derivatives Knowledge

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Hard Skills

Exception-Based OperationsUAT ExecutionRequirements GatheringRoot Cause AnalysisAutomation Implementation

Soft Skills

PrioritizationEscalation JudgmentCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

DashboardsMonitoring FrameworksGenerative AI

Industry Keywords

Financial ServicesFintech OperationsFCMBroker-DealerListed DerivativesBlockchainCryptocurrency

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own exception management across cash, positions, trades, and margin, including triage, investigation, resolution, and implementation of durable fixes
Lead operational readiness for new product launches, covering UAT/test case design, playbooks, cutover plans, and post-launch stabilization
Partner with Product, Risk, Compliance, Accounting, and Engineering to design processes, controls, and reporting that scale and meet regulatory expectations
Establish monitoring and exception reporting frameworks (SLAs, KPIs, dashboards) and run incident triage with clear escalation paths
Drive root cause analysis and post-mortems, translating learnings into product and process improvements
Identify and implement automation and tooling to reduce operational friction and manual work

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in financial services or fintech operations with FCM, broker-dealer, or listed derivatives experience, emphasizing trade operations, margin, or exception management
Demonstrated analytical problem-solving in exception-based operations with strong prioritization and escalation judgment
Product launch and operational readiness experience, including requirements gathering, UAT execution, playbook development, and go-live support
Effective cross-functional business partnering with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Compliance teams in fast-moving environments
Working knowledge of listed derivatives characteristics and interest in blockchain/cryptocurrency markets
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) matching
Stock options
Paid time off