Senior Associate, FCM

Coinbase

9h•$130,900 - $154,000•Remote

About The Position

The FCM Operations team supports Coinbase Financial Markets, Inc. across US Futures, Prediction Markets, and Options by managing back-office operations including trade flow management, position management, margin monitoring, regulatory reporting, and business analytics. As a Senior Associate, FCM, you'll own exception management and operational readiness for new product launches, ensuring our derivatives infrastructure scales reliably while meeting regulatory expectations.

Requirements

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.

Responsibilities

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