Director, SEC Reporting & Technical Accounting

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

The Director of SEC Reporting, Technical & Intercompany Accounting, is a leadership role responsible for the integrity, quality, and timeliness of the Company’s external financial reporting, technical accounting conclusions, stock-based compensation accounting, intangibles and impairment, intercompany accounting, and statutory reporting activities. This role serves as the enterprise owner of SEC reporting and disclosure, leads most technical accounting analysis across the organization, and ensures compliance with U.S. GAAP, SEC regulations, and applicable statutory requirements.

The Director partners closely with multiple cross functional partners across the organization as well as  external auditors to deliver high-quality financial statements, transparent disclosures, and a strong internal control environment. This position combines strategic oversight with hands-on execution and plays a critical role in supporting complex transactions, regulatory compliance, and corporate initiatives including mergers and acquisitions.

Responsibilities

SEC Reporting & External Financial Reporting

• Lead all aspects of SEC reporting, including the preparation, review, and timely filing of Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and earnings-related disclosures.
• Serve as the enterprise owner for external financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance across consolidated financial statements, footnotes, MD&A Management’s Discussion and Analysis, and other narrative disclosures.
• Manage the SEC reporting calendar and coordinate cross-functional inputs from Finance, Legal, Tax, Investor Relations, and other stakeholders.
• Oversee XBRL, eXtensible Business Reporting Language, tagging and ensure compliance with SEC taxonomy and evolving reporting requirements.
• Act as the primary point of contact with external auditors, advisors, and regulators on SEC reporting matters.
• Lead the preparation and coordination of materials for the Disclosure Committee and Audit Committee related to external reporting and disclosures.

Technical Accounting Leadership

• Serve as the Company’s primary leader for technical accounting analysis, including both routine and complex accounting matters under U.S. GAAP and SEC regulations.
• Research, document, and communicate technical accounting positions across a broad range of areas, including revenue recognition, leases, stock-based compensation, equity transactions, intangibles, goodwill, long-lived assets, business combinations, restructurings, and other non-routine transactions.
• Draft, review, and maintain high-quality technical accounting memos and position papers to support accounting conclusions, audit review, and regulatory scrutiny.
• Lead the implementation of new accounting standards and pronouncements, assess impacts, and communicate changes to senior leadership and impacted stakeholders.
• Review material contracts, transactions, and new business initiatives for accounting implications and advise leadership on financial reporting impacts.

Stock-Based Compensation

• Oversee the accounting and financial reporting for all stock-based compensation programs in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements.
• Partner closely with Human Resources, Legal, and external valuation specialists on equity plan design impacts, valuation methodologies, expense recognition, forfeitures, modifications, and disclosures.
• Ensure appropriate controls, documentation, and audit support related to stock-based compensation accounting.

Intangibles, Impairment & Valuation

• Own the accounting and financial reporting for intangible assets, including initial recognition, useful life det