Software Engineer (IT Finance)

About the role

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

About Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. is the leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through its Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. The company inspires a more colorful, confident, and welcoming world by offering 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, sells professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers.

Responsibilities

• 60% Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications supporting Finance IT systems
• Aid in building and enhancing financial applications, reports, and data integrations
• Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code following development standards
• Follows company development standards specific to the team. Responsible for unit testing their codes, involved in code review process and documenting their development work
• 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)

Requirements

• Individuals should be able to collaborate with the team and proactively work with the Dev Lead and Architect to identify areas for optimization
• Comply with existing documentation requirements required for the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Qualifications

• 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

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

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!