Overview
Merch/Finance Intern Jobs in Plano, TX at Sally Beauty
Title: Merch/Finance Intern
Company: Sally Beauty
Location: Plano, TX
Overview
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.
Finance/Merch Finance Internship
Essential Function:
The Finance internship provides an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience with financial analysis, planning and reporting in a professional environment. The intern position is responsible for assigned finance projects and may rotate among the various Finance Organizations in a fast-paced team environment. The internship will have a hybrid work arrangement and will be required to join us at the Support Center in Plano, Texas on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays each week. **A Final presentation to senior leadership (topic TBD) will be required at the end of internship**.
Primary Duties:
- Each finance intern will partner with an experienced finance leader who will serve as a mentor to guide how we conduct business and how tasks are completed.
- Interns will be assigned several projects giving exposure to different areas of corporate finance and the product lifecycle including: segment financial analysis, Merchandise Finance Planning, Replenishment and Buying
- Specific projects can include process mapping to discover opportunities for efficiency, building financial models to support analysis and/or forecasting efforts, or comparing financial performance of key categories and brands
- Partners with project manager in specific finance area to complete each assigned project
- Communicates with business partners throughout the organization as needed
- Each intern will give an end-of-summer presentation to Sally executives on one of their projects
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Pursuing a major in Finance, Merchandising, or a related field
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Software, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Some knowledge or education in General Ledger software (e.g., Oracle, SAP) is a plus
Competencies / Attributes
- Excellent Communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent Organizational skills
- Ability to use data to understand and analyze complex business problems
- Ability to communicate financial information to non-financial business partners
- Ability to work with multiple departments and various levels of management
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements
The typical working environment is in the support center office, and the work is sedentary. Typically, the associate may sit comfortably to do the job. However, some tasks and activities may be walking, standing, bending, carrying light items such as papers, files, books, and small parts, driving an automobile to a store location, etc. These activities are not frequent and do not require significant physical demands to perform the work.
While involving everyday risks or discomforts, the work environment is designed with standard safety precautions. These precautions, typical of offices, meeting and training rooms, retail stores, residences, or commercial vehicles, include using safe work practices with office equipment, avoiding trips and falls, observing fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated, ensuring the safety and comfort of our associates.
