FP&A Manager, Corporate Functions & SG&A

OVERVIEW

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 IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE:

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.

YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS BY:

• 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…