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Ulta Beauty · 19 hours ago

Senior Financial Analyst

Bolingbrook, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$78K/yr - $106K/yr

3+ years exp

Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer, providing dynamic challenges for those looking to apply their financial acumen. The Senior Financial Analyst will support business strategy development and execution, focusing on budgeting and financial reporting while partnering with leadership to achieve strategic goals.

BeautyConsumer GoodsCosmeticsRetail

Responsibilities

Budget/Forecast Management: In partnership with Growth & Development cross functional business partners, support annual budget planning and multi-year long-term planning initiatives. Coordinate with partners to determine overhead expense needs and understand ultimate impact to bottom-line financials

Month-end Closure Support: In partnership with accounting business partners, support the monthly period close process by acting as an intermediary with the operational side of the business. Provide expense forecast information, actual expense estimates, and variance explanations where needed

Adhoc Analysis: Support miscellaneous analytics projects as needed by queuing existing systems for data, consolidating, and analyzing the data, and providing insights to solve the question at hand

Financial Reporting: Compile and analyzes financial information; creating reports to inform key business partners, evaluate different scenarios, and understand performance

Continuous Improvement: Identifies risks, evaluates impact, proposes changes, and implements improvements to remediate gaps

Inclusion: Strives to be aware of internal biases and stereotypes, manages them effectively to ensure positive workplace interactions. Contributes to a welcoming environment for all and seeks to understand people as individuals, valuing unique differences

Financial Modeling: Develops complex financial models to support management decision-making related to, profitability of new opportunities, capital investments, revenue models, and profit margin analysis

Financial Business Support: Collaborate cross-functionally with business unit finance teams to identify, consolidate, and communicate key drivers, trends, and issues affecting different areas of the business

Strategic Initiative support: Support new business integrations and projects providing all needed financial support to leadership

Qualification

Financial modelingBudget/Forecast ManagementAdvanced analytical skillsExcel expertisePowerPoint expertiseCash flow & IRR modelingFinancial reportingOrganizedFinancial processesDetail orientedInterpersonal skills