Position Overview:

The Specialist, CVM Group Budgets and Data will play a pivotal role in ensuring the financial health and operational efficiency of the Creative Visual Merchandising (CVM) group (Creative Visual Merchandising, Creative Concepts, Creative Identity, and Archives) at Tiffany & Co. This position will be responsible for managing and analyzing budgets, reporting on budgets and spending, and developing data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making.

The Specialist will partner closely with CVM stakeholders to allocate funds and monitor/report on financial concerns related to CVM activity, store openings, art procurement, and overhead costs such as T&E. This Specialist will collaborate across levels (VPs, Directors, Managers, Specialists) to carefully and proactively assure that projects are funded, payment processes are seamless, and budget targets are maintained.

The Specialist will automate, improve, and streamline processes, increase accuracy of reporting, and seek opportunities to deepen the quality of financial support leveraged to make careful and informed decisions.

In addition, this Specialist will build and maintain accurate databases that can be manipulated and shared for a wide variety of CVM planning needs, inclusive of financial information.

This is a unique opportunity to join a growing team and make a significant impact on CVM Group’s success. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated and results-oriented individual with a passion for data and finance.

Key Accountabilities: 

Budget Management:

• Conduct regular meetings with the various CVM department budget owners to provide updated financial reporting and discuss budget performance.
• Collaborate with budget owners to plan finances for upcoming initiatives.
• Monitor T&E, freelance budgets, and new hire forecasts.

Financial Oversight:

• Review monthly reconciliations and reclass requests to ensure accuracy.
• Prepare and send monthly data and variance analyses to Financial Planning.

Systems Expertise:

• Become an expert in Coupa to facilitate purchase orders, invoices, and vendor onboarding.
• Communicate with vendors as needed to ensure timely invoice payments.

Data Management and Analysis:

• Data Integration: Partner across the CVM group to identify opportunities to collect, centralize, organize, and analyze data sets to support financial planning and stakeholder decision-making.
• Data Quality: Develop processes to ensure data sets are up-to-date and accurate.
• Data Visualization: Identify and implement data visualization tools to effectively communicate insights and trends to stakeholders.

Data Automation and Optimization:

• Tool Utilization: Leverage Excel, financial systems, and other data management/visualization/manipulation tools to connect and automate reporting processes.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline processes within the CVM Budgets team and across the broader CVM Group.

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, Business, or other related field
• MS Office, intermediate to advanced Excel skills
• Strong communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience collecting, organizing, analyzing, and maintaining datasets
• Ability to connect systems and data into Excel
• Visualization software experience, inclusive of both financial and non-financial information

The target salary for this position ranges from $74,035-100,165. The rate of pay offered will be dependent upon candidates’ relevant skills and experience.