Credit Risk Analyst
Coinbase
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We're hiring a Credit Risk Analyst to join the Counterparty and Credit Risk team within Financial & Operational Risk. This team manages credit exposure across Coinbase's global institutional client base, underwriting counterparties and delivering lending solutions in a fast-evolving digital asset market. You'll own credit analysis for complex counterparties, recommend risk-based limits, and monitor portfolio exposures that directly inform how Coinbase scales its institutional products. This role is based in the United States or United Kingdom.
What you'll do:
- Own diligence and underwriting of institutional counterparties including hedge funds, asset managers, private equity, and venture capital firms.
- Recommend internal credit ratings and risk-based limits, preparing written analysis that substantiates each assessment for senior leadership review.
- Monitor portfolio exposures, conduct periodic surveillance of trading partners, and clearly communicate concentration trends and settlement risks to leadership.
- Analyze asset volatility and liquidity risks on a per-asset and portfolio basis to inform limit-setting and capital planning.
- Negotiate industry documentation (e.g., PBAs, MLAs, and ACAs) and collaborate with business development, operations, legal, and product teams to resolve complex client or product challenges.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 1-3 years of hands-on credit risk management experience, including counterparty underwriting or portfolio monitoring in a fast-moving financial services or digital asset environment.
- Prior experience covering institutional clients such as hedge funds, asset managers, private equity, or venture capital firms.
- Working knowledge of capital markets products and standard industry documentation (PBAs, MLAs, prime brokerage agreements).
- Demonstrated ability to produce clear written credit memos and present risk recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Proficiency building quantitative credit models and exposure analyses using spreadsheets, SQL, or other analytical tools.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
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- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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