Senior Accountant, Wellspect Healthcare

Dentsply Sirona, Inc•Charlotte, NC

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or other related discipline
Minimum of 3-5 years of professional experience in related functions.
Strong financial and operational acumen
Strong technical accounting knowledge.
Strong moral compass, committed to operating with an unwavering commitment to ethics and compliance.
Proven ability to effectively collaborate across functional disciplines and geographies.
Fundamental knowledge and experience in design and analysis of business processes and systems.
Strong analytic skills and experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as M3 or SAP.
Strong problem-solving and logical thinking skills with a proactive and pragmatic approach to solving and correcting problems collaboratively.
Confident and persuasive with strong influencing skills; ability to win internal support for innovative ideas and initiatives.
Strong people skills with a proven ability to work effectively with all levels of an organization.
Motivated self-starter with strong decision-making, communication, organization, and multi-tasking abilities.
Ability to work in a challenging environment with multiple, changing, and competing priorities.
Must be flexible and willing to work as a team to cultivate change and process improvements.
Strong team orientation, and ability to fit in with Dentsply Sirona’s culture.
Must have the ability to identify problems involving several variables in a variety of situations and resolve.
Must be able to apply reasoning ability to spot errors, trends toward errors and process or procedure errors.
Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills; proficiency with Microsoft office suite – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Access
Ability to meet deadlines and willingness to work overtime, as necessary.
Excellent written/oral communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related discipline, preferred.
Professional certification in accounting (CPA) or (CMA), preferred.
Experience in medical reimbursement environment helpful (Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurance, Individual Pay).
Experience in E-Commerce environment helpful. ie. Shopify
Experience with Hyperion suite of products a plus

Responsibilities

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.