Manager Financial Planning and Analysis, Corporate & SGA

Ulta Beauty, Inc. • Bolingbrook, IL

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Corporate FP&A – Corporate Functions & SG&A will provide financial leadership and business partnership for key corporate functions, with significant responsibility supporting Human Resources and workforce-related expenses, helping business leaders develop financial plans and forecasts, understand key business and cost drivers, evaluate financial decisions, and effectively manage their financial commitments. This role will also lead enterprise SG&A insights and analysis, developing a deeper understanding of the company’s cost structure, historical spending patterns, emerging trends, and areas where spend may be optimized, redeployed, increased, or reduced. The Manager will partner across Corporate FP&A, Human Resources, functional Finance teams, Procurement, Accounting, and business leaders to translate financial information into actionable insights and recommendations that support resource allocation, cost discipline, investment decisions, and sustainable operating leverage. This role requires strong business partnership, analytical capability, financial judgment, and communication skills, with the ability to move between detailed financial analysis and executive-level insights and recommendations.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of professional financial experience, preferably in FP&A, corporate finance, business partnership, retail, consumer products, or a multi-unit business environment.
• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA preferred but not required.
• Prior FP&A experience preferred, with demonstrated experience in business partnership, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and decision support.
• Experience providing financial partnership to Human Resources or other corporate functions, including exposure to headcount planning, payroll, compensation, or benefits analysis, is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate complex financial information, identify underlying trends and cost drivers, and develop actionable recommendations.
• Strong business partnership and influencing skills, with demonstrated ability to work with business leaders, understand operational priorities, and provide effective financial guidance and challenge.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate detailed financial analysis into clear executive-level insights, recommendations, and decision points.
• Ability to work effectively across functions and Finance teams, manage multiple priorities, and independently lead complex financial analyses.
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity with the ability to look beyond reported financial results, ask the right questions, and identify opportunities that may not be immediately apparent.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with demonstrated ability to perform complex financial analysis, trend analysis, and financial modeling.
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office applications, with the ability to develop clear, executive-ready presentations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SAP, OneStream, Business Intelligence, or other financial planning/reporting systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary FP&A business partner for assigned corporate functions, leading budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and decision support while developing a strong understanding of business priorities and key financial drivers.
• Provide financial partnership to Human Resources, supporting workforce planning and developing a detailed understanding of corporate payroll, benefits, headcount, compensation, vacancies, hiring assumptions, and other workforce-related cost drivers.
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate financial decisions, incremental spending needs, risks, opportunities, and trade-offs, helping align resources with business priorities and enterprise financial objectives.
• Lead financial planning and analysis for assigned operating expenses and major cost categories, developing a detailed understanding of the operational and financial drivers underlying spend.
• Develop enterprise SG&A insights and analysis that identify historical trends, structural changes in the cost base, recurring and non-recurring spend, and areas of emerging cost pressure or opportunity.
• Perform targeted deep-dive analyses across SG&A categories and functions to understand how spending has evolved, what is driving growth, and where additional management attention or action may be warranted.
• Identify and evaluate opportunities to reduce, avoid, redeploy, or selectively increase SG&A spend, developing fact-based recommendations that balance cost discipline with strategic and operational priorities.
• Partner with Procurement, functional Finance teams, and business leaders to evaluate major expense categories and spending patterns, leveraging financial and business information to identify opportunities and inform financial decisions.
• Develop leadership materials and executive-level storytelling that clearly communicate SG&A trends, cost drivers, opportunities, trade-offs, and recommended actions, translating detailed analysis into clear decision points.
• Develop tools, analytical frameworks, and repeatable approaches that improve the organization’s ability to understand its cost structure, evaluate spending decisions, and create operating leverage over time.

Benefits

• Eligible associates to earn additional compensation pursuant to the Company’s bonus plan.
• Full-time positions are eligible for paid time off, health, dental, vision, life and disability benefits.
• Part-time positions are eligible for dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager