Sr Staff Accountant

Senior Staff Accountant

Experience something categorically different. With over 1,400 stores throughout the U.S., a thriving digital ecosystem and a growth trajectory that's put Wall Street on notice;
Ulta Beauty provides dynamic challenges for those who want to apply their financial acumen to ever-increasing levels of complexity. Professional ownership. Diverse and ever-evolving projects. Greater levels of impact. The ability to influence decisions and organizational direction. It's all part of the daily experience of our Finance & Accounting associates.

If you want a collaborative environment where continual learning, career self-determination and trust are prioritized, where an engaged leadership provides deep levels of support and guidance, Ulta Beauty is uniquely positioned to deliver greater levels of career satisfaction. Are you up for the challenge?

The General Accounting department is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Accountant to support the company's general ledger accounting, financial close, planning processes, and financial accounting systems. This role will perform key period-end accounting activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, variance analysis, internal controls, and support for forecasts and budgets.

The Senior Staff Accountant will also support the administration and maintenance of accounting-related functionality within SAP S/4

HANA, Black Line, and other financial systems. Responsibilities will include assisting with general ledger master data, legal-entity and ledger configurations, financial-system enhancements, and issue resolution.

This position will collaborate with Accounting, Finance, IT, and other business partners to maintain accurate financial information, strengthen internal controls, improve processes, and support the company's evolving financial-system and reporting needs.

You'll accomplish these goals by:

General Accounting and Financial Close

• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and other accounting work papers during accounting close processes.
• Partner with business and finance teams to obtain information supporting accruals, estimates, reclassifications, and other accounting adjustments.
• Analyze financial results, investigate period-over-period and forecast-to-actual variances, document findings, and communicate significant items to management.
• Monitor assigned close activities and ensure journal entries, reconciliations, variance analyses, and other deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.
• Support the preparation of forecasts, annual budgets, and related financial analyses.
• Assist with internal and external financial reporting requirements.
• Develop subject-matter expertise and serve as a resource for assigned accounting areas.
• Support accounting for domestic and international entities, including foreign-currency transactions and translation, as applicable.
• Partner across General Accounting to identify and implement opportunities to streamline period-close activities, reduce manual effort, and improve the efficiency of journal-entry and reconciliation processes.

Financial Accounting Systems

• Support the administration, maintenance, and continued improvement of Black Line, SAP S/4
  
  HANA, and related financial accounting systems.
• Support the creation, maintenance, and governance of general ledger master data, including the chart of accounts, cost centers, profit centers, company codes, ledgers, and other accounting structures.
• Support the financial-system setup and integration of new legal entities, business units, and accounting requirements.
• Assist with the maintenance of the chart of accounts and related governance processes.
• Support Black Line configurations and processes, including automated journal entries (AJDs), matching, account reconciliations, close tasks, variance analysis, and other enabled functionality.
• Partner with Accounting, Finance, Technology, and system owners to define and document business requirements for system enhancements and process changes.
• Participate in system implementations, upgrades, testing, and deployment activities, including the development and execution of test scripts.
• Investigate accounting-system issues, coordinate resolution with appropriate partners, and validate that solutions meet business and control requirements.
• Maintain process documentation, configuration records, desktop procedures, and training materials for assigned accounting and system activities.
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate, standardize, and improve accounting processes through Blackline, Alteryx, SAP S/4
  
  HANA, and other available tools.

Controls and Compliance

• Perform assigned SOX controls and help ensure compliance with accounting policies, internal-control requirements, and established procedures.
• Evaluate the control implications of new accounts, entities, configurations, system changes, and process enhancements.
• Assist with internal and external audits by preparing documentation,…