Senior Merchandise Financial Planner

At SBH, our purpose is to inspire a more colorful, confident, and welcoming world. We are the leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through our Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. Sally Beauty offers products for hair color, hair care, nails, and skin care to retail customers looking for salon‑quality products at a value price. Beauty Systems Group, branded as Cosmo Prof or Armstrong McCall stores, along with its direct sales consultants, sell professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers. Primary Duties Lead seasonal, annual, and long‑range financial planning for assigned categories, including sales, margin, inventory, and turnover. Translate merchandise and assortment strategies into financial plans, identifying risks and opportunities. Serve as a primary Finance partner to Merchandising, providing analysis and scenario modeling to support key business decisions. Own ongoing forecasting and performance management, including variance analysis and reforecasts. Identify trends in sales, margin, and inventory performance and recommend actions to address gaps or opportunities. Communicate changes in merchant strategy or performance that impact the P&L, cash flow, or inventory. Partner closely with Planning & Allocation to ensure alignment between financial plans and inventory flow. Support the development and coaching of junior planners. Contribute to continuous improvement of planning processes and tools. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field. 7+ years of experience in merchandise planning, merchandise finance, FP&A, or related financial roles. Experience managing sales, margin, and inventory plans in a retail or consumer goods environment. Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and organizational skills. Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large, complex datasets. Ability to clearly communicate financial insights to cross‑functional partners and leadership. Retail or consumer goods industry experience. Experience partnering closely with Merchandising or Category Management teams. Prior experience coaching or mentoring junior team members. We offer a competitive salary and outstanding benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid vacation and sick days, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and 401(k) with company match. Associates of SBH may also enjoy our in‑house salon with complementary services, a variety of food options at the corporate campus, and an onsite Sally Beauty and CosmoProf professional store where associates receive a great merchandise discount. Working Conditions / Physical Requirements The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of offices, meeting and training rooms, retail stores, and commercial vehicles, such as use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work, but may also walk, stand, bend, carry light items (e.g., papers, books, small parts), use a keyboard, drive an automobile, etc. No special physical demands are required to perform the work. #J-18808-Ljbffr Sally Beauty