Senior Accountant - Consolidations, Reporting & Corporate Accounting

Tiffany & Co.•Hanover Township, NJ

23h•$92,000 - $110,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Tiffany & Co. is seeking a Senior Accountant to join the Consolidations, Reporting & Corporate Accounting team at their Whippany, NJ corporate office. This is a newly elevated role within a high-performing team undergoing a deliberate and thoughtful redesign, creating an opportunity for a technically strong accountant to step into a position with significant scope, clear ownership, and meaningful opportunity for professional development. The Senior Accountant is responsible for the preparation and ownership of complex recurring corporate accounting activities, technical journal entries, and analytical reviews across the Tiffany & Co. global legal entity structure. The role spans a technically diverse portfolio including hedge accounting, pension and post-retirement benefit accounting, equity and non-controlling interest, minority interest entries, and selected consolidation support activities. In addition to owning a meaningful body of technical preparer work, the Senior Accountant serves as the primary first-level reviewer of work prepared by the Staff Accountant, making this a role with both individual contributor depth and emerging leadership responsibility. This role also plays an active part in the team's process improvement and automation agenda, identifying opportunities to streamline recurring close processes, building automated templates, and helping to reduce manual effort across a high-volume, deadline-driven close environment. The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting knowledge, the ability to manage multiple competing priorities during a fast-paced close cycle, a continuous improvement mindset, and the interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively across functions and levels of the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
Minimum 2 years of public accounting experience or 4+ years of progressive private accounting experience
Strong knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP with demonstrated ability to apply technical accounting standards to complex and recurring accounting areas
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously in a deadline-driven, fast-paced monthly close environment
Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify issues, investigate root causes, and communicate findings clearly and concisely
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present accounting findings and support documentation to management and external auditors
Ability to interface effectively with all levels of management and cross-functional stakeholders
Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and completeness in all deliverables
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel including the ability to build, maintain, and work with complex financial models and reconciliation templates
Comfort navigating and learning new financial systems and ERP platforms in a multi-system environment

Nice To Haves

CPA license or active pursuit of CPA licensure
Experience with Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) or similar consolidation platform
Experience with JD Edwards (JDE) or similar ERP systems
Experience with BlackLine or similar close management and reconciliation platforms
Prior experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency global accounting environment
Experience in technical accounting areas such as hedge accounting, pension accounting, or treasury-adjacent accounting
Experience identifying and implementing process automation or improvement initiatives within an accounting close environment
Big 4 or large regional public accounting firm experience

Responsibilities

Own a technically diverse and meaningful portfolio of corporate accounting work spanning hedge accounting, pension and post-retirement benefit accounting, equity and non-controlling interest, minority interest, and treasury-adjacent accounting — building deep expertise across disciplines that are rarely available at this career level.
Prepare and maintain complex recurring corporate accounting entries across all assigned technical accounting areas (listed above), executed with a high degree of accuracy and within tight close deadlines.
Prepare and maintain balance sheet rollforward schedules and analytical support packages to support LVMH Group reporting submissions and internal reporting requirements.
Prepare financial statements and supporting documentation for annual pension plan filings across multiple benefit plans.
Perform monthly account reconciliations for assigned corporate accounting areas.
Serve as the primary first-level reviewer for the majority of work prepared by the Staff Accountant across the full monthly close cycle, including cash accounting, debt accounting, royalty accruals, and intragroup fee arrangements.
Provide timely, direct, and constructive feedback to the Staff Accountant to support their professional development and minimize rework at the Manager review stage.
Identify and escalate issues or errors to the Manager with a clear summary and recommended resolution.
Support the monthly global consolidation process by preparing selected system submissions and maintaining select chart of accounts review to ensure accurate account utilization across global entities.
Perform monthly and quarterly analytical reviews including intercompany P&L reviews, balance sheet variation analyses, and cash flow statement reviews at quarter-end and hard-close.
Maintain and update selected quarterly reporting files and schedules in support of legal and risk management stakeholder requirements.
Prepare semi-annual management representation letters in coordination with international markets and legal stakeholders.
Support quarterly balance sheet financial review preparation in partnership with the Manager.
Prepare and submit required US Government and Canadian census and statistical filings on a quarterly basis.
Support statutory financial statement request coordination in partnership with the Staff Accountant.
Actively identify and implement opportunities to automate recurring technical accounting entries and analytical templates within the monthly close process.
Lead or support the build-out and maintenance of automated templates and workflows for assigned accounting areas.
Partner with the Manager, Director, and IT teams to advance the team's process improvement agenda while maintaining the integrity of the internal control environment.
Bring a continuous improvement mindset to all assigned responsibilities — regularly evaluating close processes for efficiency, accuracy, and control effectiveness.
Document process changes and maintain updated close procedures as improvements are implemented.