Tapestry - Coach and Kate Spade
Analyst, Accounting (General Accounting & Lease Accounting)
Explore the possibilities across our global house of brands.
Defined by inclusivity rather than exclusivity, Tapestry embraces the exploration of individuality and invests in helping you grow personally and professionally. Every individual in our global house has the opportunity to make an impact, learn and be part of our growing and unique story.
At Tapestry, we have the freedom to express ourselves and run with our best ideas across Coach and Kate Spade New York. We share a profound belief in both our individual and collective potential, and know that with hard work and dedication, anything is possible.
Key Responsibilities
- Support overall US GAAP general accounting tasks in Tapestry financial systems, including focus on Lease Accounting
- Manage day-to-day Lease Accounting operations in support of business operations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance
- Review and abstract lease agreements, amendments and modifications to determine proper accounting treatment
- Ensure accuracy lease data is kept up to date within financial system
- Understand and ensure accounting record compliance with US GAAP and local IFRS standards
- Assist with completing monthly, quarterly and yearly direct and indirect taxes filings and payments
- Participate with any ad-hoc projects such as system enhancement, robotic automation, Tax compliance related ones & etc
- Own key components of the monthly close process, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis
- Manage balance sheet reconciliation and supporting schedules, ensuring completeness and timely submission
- Act as a key point of contact for external auditors, supporting statutory audits through timely and accurate information delivery
- Actively identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI and system capabilities (e.g. Copilot, automation tools) to improve efficiency and turnaround time
- Contribute to regional control, compliance, and business initiatives, supporting continuous improvement across processes
- Collaborate with regional Controlling and Accounting teams, providing cross‑coverage and support during peak close periods or project activity
- SOX Control - Ensure relevant internal control processes are performed and documented in compliance with internal company policies and SOX requirements.
Qualifications & Competencies
- Education: Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Experience: At least 2–3 years of relevant experience in an Accounting or Finance function, preferably within a multinational environment.
- Technical Skills:
- Exposure to AI‑enabled, system‑driven, or automated processes.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
- Working knowledge of SAP is an advantage.
- Core Competencies:
- Collaborative team player with the confidence to engage across functions and levels
- Displays intellectual curiosity and a continuous‑improvement mindset
- Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, multi‑market environment
- Demonstrates strong ownership and accountability for deliverables
- Able to exercise judgement and escalate issues appropriately
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative and team‑oriented mindset.
Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
Tapestry is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under the consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
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