Manager Financial Planning and Analysis

Ulta Beauty, Inc. • Bolingbrook, IL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Merchandise FP&A serves as a strategic finance partner to Merchandising, Planning, Strategy, and Accounting leadership. The role drives financial performance and supports profitable business decisions through category financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis, translating results into actionable insights and influencing strategies that improve profitability. The Manager also leads and develops a team of financial analysts, fostering analytical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.

This is a hybrid role requiring work from the Bolingbrook office six days per month.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• 7–10 years of progressive financial experience.
• Strong financial planning and analysis experience, including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, profitability analysis, and performance management.
• Ability to translate complex financial information into clear business insights, actionable recommendations, and executive-level presentations.
• Strong business acumen and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to challenge assumptions, anticipate risks, and identify opportunities to improve profitability.
• Ability to influence business decisions and build effective partnerships across functions and levels of leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in retail, consumer products, or a similarly complex business environment.

Responsibilities

• Own category financial performance, leading monthly close, forecasting, and annual budgeting processes across sales, margin, vendor funding, and associated expenses.
• Partner with Merchandising and cross-functional leaders, providing financial guidance, challenging assumptions, and influencing decisions that drive profitable growth.
• Analyze financial performance, identify business drivers, trends, forecast variances, risks, and opportunities, and turn findings into actionable recommendations.
• Evaluate merchandising strategies and investments, including brand profitability, new brand launches, promotional activity, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop and deliver executive-level reports and presentations communicating financial results, key performance indicators, business insights, and recommended actions to senior leadership.
• Improve forecast accuracy and financial accountability through business-partner engagement, financial modeling, and understanding underlying assumptions and performance drivers.
• Improve financial processes, analytical tools, reporting, and forecasting capabilities to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and decision-making.
• Provide strategic and ad hoc financial analysis to support business priorities, solve complex problems, and identify opportunities to improve financial performance.
• Lead, coach, and develop financial analysts, setting priorities and fostering analytical capabilities, collaboration, ownership, and high performance.

Benefits

• Eligible full-time associates receive paid time off and health, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.
• Eligible associates may earn additional compensation pursuant to the Company’s bonus plan.

What This Job Offers

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