Software Engineer (IT Finance)

This position is hybrid working from our Legacy West Support Center located in Plano, Texas

About Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

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.

About the role

We are seeking an Entry-level Software Engineer to join our IT Finance team. This role is ideal for candidates with a strong foundation in Software Engineering and an academic or practical background in Information Technology and exposure to Finance and Accounting processes. The successful candidate will be involved in large-scale transformation programs and enhancements/maintenance of existing finance applications. The candidate will work on designing, building, enhancing and maintaining financial applications like Oracle ERP, EPM, Sales Audit etc. The candidate will work closely with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and cross-functional IT teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable technology solutions that support critical financial processes.

Responsibilities

60% 

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications supporting Finance IT systems

• Assist in building and enhancing financial applications, reports, and data integrations

• Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code following development standards

• Participate in system upgrades, enhancements, and bug fixes for finance-related platforms

• Follows company development standards specific to the team.

• Responsible for unit testing their codes, involved in code review process and documenting their development work

25%

• Collaborate with finance users to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions

• Support data validation, reconciliation, and audit requirements for financial systems

• Contribute to automation of finance processes (reporting, controls, reconciliations, workflows)

10% 

• Individuals should be able to collaborate with the team and proactively work with the Dev Lead and Architect to identify areas for optimization

5%

• Comply with existing documentation requirements required for the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Knowledge, skills & abilities requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems. Exposure to Finance, Accounting, or a related field

• Basic understanding of software development principles and SDLC

• Academic or practical exposure to finance concepts such as: Financial statements, accounting principles, budgeting, forecasting, or financial analysis

• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Python, C#, or JavaScript)

• Basic understanding of databases and proficiency with SQL

• Basic knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Basic knowledge of AI platforms and LLMs – leveraging AI in projects to improve speed-to-market, efficiency etc.
• Experience with scripting or automation tools
• Proficiency with MS tools such as Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Software development and debugging

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Data analysis and attention to detail
• Willingness to learn Finance systems and business processes
• Strong documentation and organization skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Internship or project experience in Finance IT or financial systems
• Exposure to: 
  • ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Workday, or similar)
  • Financial reporting or BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Excel)
  • APIs and system integrations

Preferred Qualifications

• Internship or project experience in Finance IT or financial systems

• Exposure to: 

  • ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Workday, or similar)
  • Financial reporting or BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Excel)
  • APIs and system integrations

Competencies & attributes

• Analytical skills- interpret and report on market and consumer data 

• Aptitude for Innovation - Keeps up with industry trends and knowledge.
• Shows a Bias for Action - Proactively researches and solves issues. 
• Excellent relationship-building across IT and business units and manage internal politics and buy-in.
• Strategic focused w/the ability to operate at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work with a brief list of assumptions and support Sponsor’s to drive initiatives.
• Willingness to take the first steps to inspire others to follow and deep dive into new domains.
• Optimistic, strategically minded and generally curious about areas impacted by new systems, new processes, and customer behaviors.
• Strong technical aptitude

Working conditions & physical requirements

The work environment generally involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, retail stores, and residences or commercial vehicles, e.g., 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. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, and occasionally requires carrying, moving and setting up of computers, for example desktops, monitors, printers, and other small hardware in the testing lab.

Benefits

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. In addition, associates of SBH may take advantage of our in-house salon with complementary services and a varied selection of food options at our corporate campus. Also, featured at our corporate campus, is both a Sally Beauty and CosmoProf Professional onsite store, where associates enjoy a great merchandise discount!

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