Sr. Manager, General Accounting

CosmoProf Beauty; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Senior General Accounting Manager (Corporate) to lead the Accounting team from our Plano-based Legacy West center.

The role requires guiding month-end closes, ensuring GAAP-compliant reporting, and upholding internal controls while partnering with internal/external audit teams. The ideal candidate has 6–8 years of progressive accounting experience, a solid GAAP background, and strong communication abilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required or CPA preferred.
• 6–8 years of progressive accounting experience with demonstrated management success.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal controls.
• Experience with Oracle EBS and Oracle Planning (Smart View) preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word, with good communication skills.
• CPA preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach the General Accounting team to deliver high-quality, GAAP-compliant financial statements.
• Oversee month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end closes and cross‑functional reconciliation.
• Ensure SOX controls are properly documented and remediated as needed.
• Review journal entries, reconciliations, and period-over-period variances.
• Partner with internal and external audits and respond to inquiries.
• Drive process improvements for efficiency and controls across accounting.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Leadership

Verbal & written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

CPA preferred

Tools

Oracle EBS

Oracle Planning (Smart View)

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Senior General Accounting Manager (Corporate)

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

This position is responsible for managing a team of accountants in the preparation and accuracy of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, while ensuring compliance with all internal control requirements. The Manager will provide day‑to‑day leadership to the General Accounting team, support departmental objectives, and help drive consistency, efficiency, and accuracy across accounting processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of accounting professionals to ensure high‑quality output and continuous improvement.
• Manage team workloads, establish priorities, provide ongoing performance feedback, and maintain appropriate cross‑training and succession coverage.
• Lead and oversee month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end close activities for core accounting functions to ensure timely, accurate, and GAAP‑compliant financial reporting, ensuring deadlines are met and accounting issues are identified and resolved timely. Core accounting functions include the following areas: Revenue recognition, SG&A expenses, Cash and cash equivalents, Prepaid expenses and other assets, Accrued liabilities, Payroll and benefits accounting.
• Activities will include review of journal entries and account reconciliations prepared by staff, review account activity, financial results, and period‑over‑period variances, investigating and explaining unusual or material items.
• Ensure accounting policies and procedures are appropriately documented, consistently applied, and updated as business processes evolve.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls, including proper documentation and support for audit requirements. Oversee the execution and documentation of applicable SOX controls and support the timely remediation of control deficiencies.
• Assist with internal and external audits, including preparation of schedules and responding to auditor inquiries.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to support financial reporting and operational needs.
• Research and resolve accounting matters in accordance with U.S. GAAP, escalating complex or judgmental matters as appropriate.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and strengthen controls.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, CPA preferred.
• At least 6-8 years of progressive experience in accounting, with demonstrated success in a management role.
• Knowledge of GAAP.
• Experience with Oracle EBS and Oracle Planning (Smart View) preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Excel and Word.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Competencies & Attributes

• Passionate Learner – inquisitive about the business, open to feedback and coaching, applies learning quickly.
• Flexible & Agile Adapter – responsive and open to change, works well with ambiguity, adapts to new plans or directions.
• Talent Builder – encourages input from others, invests time as a coach or buddy, works to build a diverse team with the right skills and knowledge.
• Effective Communicator – articulates in an appropriate and accurate manner, encourages others to express views and opinions, demonstrates active listening and uses probing questions.
• Team Builder – values teamwork, collaboration and sharing, builds and participates in effective teams, values inclusion.
• Customer Focused Partner – understands internal and external customer needs, contributes to plans and actions to improve the customer journey.
• Strategic Thinker – brings new ideas to life, works with others to develop progressive and cost‑effective strategies.
• Big Picture Thinker – understands own department and how other key departments operate, seeks feedback, adapts plans as needed.
• Results Driver – drives and delivers on plans, holds self and team accountable to high standards of delivery, focuses on priorities and uses resources wisely.
• Problem Solver & Decision Maker – consumes data to identify business challenges, makes recommendations and takes action.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

This will be a hybrid role required to be onsite at the corporate office on specified days. 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. The work area is adequately lit, heated, and ventilated. The work is sedentary with occasional walking, standing, bending, and may require carrying, moving and setting up 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. Associates may also take advantage of our in‑house salon with complementary services and a varied selection of food options at our corporate campus. A Sally Beauty and CosmoProf professional onsite store offers associates a great merchandise discount.