# Senior Associate, FCM

**Company:** [Coinbase](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coinbase)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $131k – $154k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Financial Services Operations, Fcm, Broker-Dealer, Listed Derivatives, Trade Operations, Margin Management, Exception Management, Product Launch, Uat, Playbook Development, Regulatory Compliance, Root Cause Analysis, Automation, Generative AI
**Posted:** 2026-07-16

> Senior Associate on Coinbase's FCM Operations team managing exception handling, trade/position/margin operations, and operational readiness for new derivatives product launches (US Futures, Prediction Markets, Options). Requires 5+ years in fintech/financial operations with derivatives experience and strong cross-functional partnering skills.

## Job Description

## What you'll do

- 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

## Required Skills and Experience

- 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.

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