Senior Accountant, Wellspect Healthcare

Requistion ID: 83318 

 

Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with over a century of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands.

 

Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality, and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dental care. Dentsply Sirona’s headquarter is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY. Visit www.dentsplysirona.com for more information about Dentsply Sirona and its products.

 

Position Summary:

The Senior Accountant assigned to US Wellspect, NBMS and Wellspect DTC entities reports directly to the NA Accounting Manager.  The Senior Accountant will be an integral member on the accounting team to meet all aspects of the legal entity’s financial reporting (internal and external).   This position will concentrate on timely and accurate processing of accounting activities based on US GaaP, to include but not limited to, preparing, maintaining, analyzing, verifying and reconciling of various financial transactions, accounts, statements, records and reports.  The Senior Accountant will play a significant role in the month-end closing process, audits, SOX compliance and various related tasks.  The role will also include close collaboration and business partnering with the commercial team to ensure ongoing open communication and smooth transition of any changing business processes. 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Senior Accountant works within the North America Accounting organization.
• Responsible for the timely preparation of monthly financial statements, analyses and reports including preparation of journal entries and account reconciliations. 
• Performs aspects of monthly financial close. Assists with the preparation of special reports as required by management-local, corporate or other functions. 
• Reviews assigned components of the monthly balance sheet, income statement and supporting schedules and accounts to ensure financial accuracy and when necessary, prepare correcting entries to ensure integrity of reported data.
• Assists in completing financial queries\information requests from internal management and from internal \ external auditors.
• Performs US GaaP research and analysis of significant accounting transactions.
• Completion and submission of year-end reporting packages.
• Completion and submission of required SOX testing, remediation activity and documentation requirements into Audit Board.
• Supports and collaborates with various FP&A personnel as required including but not limited to forecast as it relates to accounting activities including accruals, account mapping and data analysis. 
• Understands Dentsply Sirona’s reporting structure due to the many intercompany relationships between the US and other legal entities. 
• Understands the structures of Product Groups/Commercial/Corporate and legal entities as it relates to accurate financial and management reporting. 
• Leads or assists with special projects, as needed. 
• Acts as business partner to teams including but not limited to Site Management Team/FP&A/Commercial-Sales and Marketing/Customer Service/GBS/IT.
• Liaises with internal and external auditors as required.
• Ensures strong working relationships with relevant corporate departments including Compliance, Legal, Technical Accounting, Internal Audit, Tax and follows guidance and directives.

 

Qualifications:

 

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or other related discipline
• Graduate degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related discipline, preferred.
• Professional certification in accounting (CPA) or (CMA), preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of professional experience in related functions.