Sr. Manager, Tax Reporting & Compliance at Kate Spade · New York

Sr. Manager, Tax Reporting & Compliance

Location: New York, New York, USA (Corporate Headquarters) · Hybrid

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Sr. Manager, Tax Reporting & Compliance

Primary Purpose: Tapestry is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Manager, Tax Reporting & Compliance to support the Company's global income tax reporting and U.S. income tax compliance functions. Reporting to the Director, Tax Reporting & Compliance, this role will support the quarterly and annual income tax provision process under ASC 740, related SEC reporting requirements, and key aspects of the Company's U.S. federal and state income tax compliance obligations.

The ideal candidate combines strong ASC 740 tax accounting expertise with deep corporate income tax compliance experience and will partner with Tax leadership, Corporate Accounting, Treasury, Legal, Internal Audit, external auditors, and outside advisors. The role will directly manage assigned reporting and compliance workstreams and support tax examinations, transactions, planning, process improvement, and tax technology initiatives.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Tax to...

TAX ACCOUNTING AND PUBLIC COMPANY REPORTING

• Serve as a lead contributor to the quarterly and annual global income tax provision process under ASC 740, including preparation and review of U.S. current and deferred tax calculations and related tax accounting analyses.
• Review effective tax rate analyses, tax account reconciliations, return-to-provision adjustments, deferred taxes, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, tax reserves, and related documentation.
• Perform and document the quarterly assessment of uncertain tax positions and related tax reserves under ASC 740, including coordination with external advisors and auditors.
• Prepare and review income tax disclosures included in Forms 10-Q and 10-K and provide clear, timely documentation responsive to external auditor requests.
• Contribute to forecasting income tax expense, effective tax rate, and cash tax payments.
• Partner with Corporate Accounting to ensure tax entries, balances, and disclosures are complete, accurate, supported, and recorded in the appropriate period.
• Conduct technical tax research and prepare tax position memoranda addressing U.S. federal, state, and international tax matters, including their impact on tax reporting, compliance, transactions, and tax reserves.

U.S. FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAX COMPLIANCE

• Support the Director, Tax Reporting & Compliance in overseeing preparation and review of U.S. federal consolidated and state income and franchise tax returns, extensions, and estimated tax payments, while directly managing assigned compliance workstreams and deliverables.
• Manage assigned compliance timelines, information requests, and deliverables, providing timely status and risk updates to the Director, Tax Reporting & Compliance.
• Review complex book-to-tax adjustments and supporting calculations, including domestic and international tax matters affecting the U.S. federal return.
• Coordinate and validate tax data from internal stakeholders and external service providers.
• Monitor federal and state developments and assess their impact on filings, processes, cash taxes, and reporting.
• Partner with external tax providers and advisors to coordinate deliverables, review work product, resolve technical issues, support audits and tax examinations, and identify process improvement opportunities.

TAX AUDITS, CONTROVERSY, CONTROLS AND GOVERNANCE

• Support income tax examinations by managing assigned IDRs and issues, developing fact-based responses, and coordinating with the Director, Tax Reporting & Compliance and internal and external advisors.
• Identify and escalate material tax risks, significant judgments, unresolved items, and schedule risks to the Director, Tax Reporting & Compliance and other Tax leadership on a timely basis.
• Maintain SOX controls, process narratives, and documentation related to income tax reporting and compliance.
• Coordinate quarterly reviews and annual audits with organized, responsive documentation.

PLANNING, TRANSACTIONS AND CROSS-FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT

• Support tax planning, transactions, and legal entity restructurings through technical and quantitative analyses.
• Collaborate with Treasury, Legal, FP&A, Corporate Accounting, Internal Audit, Information Technology, and business teams to incorporate tax considerations into decisions and execution plans.

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT

• Identify and implement improvements across income tax reporting and compliance workflows to strengthen accuracy, accountability, transparency, and scalability.
• Advance the use of OneSource and related reporting, analytics, automation, and generative AI tools with appropriate governance.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and technical support to tax professionals and project resources, as applicable.

The accomplished individual will possess...

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field.
• CPA required.
• 8+ years of progressive corporate income tax experience, including service in a Big Four or other major public accounting firm and/or a multinational corporate tax department.
• Deep knowledge of ASC 740 and demonstrated experience preparing or reviewing quarterly and annual income tax provisions for a public company or similarly complex multinational organization.
• Comprehensive knowledge of U.S. federal consolidated and multi-state corporate income tax compliance, including book-to-tax adjustments, estimated payments, extensions, and return workpapers.
• Excellent tax research, technical writing, analytical, project management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with corporate tax provision and compliance software

An outstanding professional will have...

• Master's degree in Taxation, Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Background supporting public company SEC reporting requirements.
• Proficiency with OneSource Tax Provision and OneSource Income Tax Compliance.
• Experience within multinational consumer, retail, apparel, luxury goods, or other complex public company environments.
• Exposure to U.S. international tax matters, transactions, legal entity restructuring, and income tax controversy.
• Familiarity with reporting, analytics, workflow automation, or generative AI tools in a controlled corporate environment

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, Inc. 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 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.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or employeerelations@tapestry.com

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Base Pay Range

$130,000.00-$160,000.00

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