Tapestry Finance Business Partner — Wholesale

Overview

Tapestry is a leading global house of accessible luxury, comprising iconic lifestyle brands such as Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman. As a publicly traded parent company headquartered in New York, Tapestry emphasizes creative design, consumer-centric retailing and rigorous commercial discipline. The finance organization partners closely with merchandising, wholesale and commercial teams to translate brand strategy into profitable growth.

Role & Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance partner to wholesale leadership, owning monthly P&L reviews, margin analysis and commercial performance reporting for assigned accounts or regions.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and re-forecast cycles for the wholesale channel; identify drivers of variance and propose corrective actions.
• Build and present actionable insights and scenario analyses to commercial stakeholders and senior management to support pricing, promotions and assortment decisions.
• Develop KPI dashboards and periodic management packs using FP&A and BI tools; automate recurring reports and improve data integrity.
• Support annual business planning and long-range planning processes, including inventory, sell-through and working capital modelling.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Merchandising, Sales, Supply Chain and Operations to align financial objectives with commercial initiatives and ensure timely execution.
• Drive ad-hoc commercial analyses (e.g., customer-level profitability, channel mix, promotional ROI) to inform strategic decisions.
• Contribute to month-end and quarter-end close activities, ensuring accuracy of revenue recognition, accruals and wholesale reserves.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related discipline; Master’s degree or professional qualification (CPA, ACCA or CFA) preferred.
• Proven ability to translate financial data into commercial recommendations and to influence non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong technical proficiency in Excel for modelling and financial analysis; experience with ERP/FP&A/BI systems.
• Excellent presentation skills and experience preparing executive-level materials.
• High attention to detail, strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines.

Skills

Experience

Typically 4+ years of progressive finance experience with demonstrable FP&A, commercial finance or business partnering responsibilities; prior exposure to wholesale, retail or luxury brand finance is strongly preferred.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field; advanced degree (MBA, MS Finance) or professional accounting/finance qualification preferred.

Workplace

Culture

Tapestry combines creative brand heritage with disciplined commercial execution. The workplace culture values cross-functional collaboration, entrepreneurial thinking and a consumer-focused mindset, while offering rigorous career development within an internationally scaled luxury portfolio.

About Cerulean

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