Senior Payroll Specialist- Remote at Dentsply Sirona in Charlotte, North Carolina

Job Description:

Dentsply Sirona is the world's largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history 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 dentistry. Dentsply Sirona's global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company's shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

Bringing out the best in people

As advanced as dentistry is today, we are dedicated to making it even better. Our people have a passion for innovation and are committed to applying it to improve dental care. We live and breathe high performance, working as one global team, bringing out the best in each other for the benefit of dental patients, and the professionals who serve them. If you want to grow and develop as a part of a team that is shaping an industry, then we're looking for the best to join us.

Working at Dentsply Sirona you are able to:

Develop faster - with our commitment to the best professional development.

Perform better - as part of a high-performance, empowering culture.

Shape an industry - with a market leader that continues to drive innovation.

Make a difference -by helping improve oral health worldwide.

The Senior Payroll Specialist is responsible for the effective execution of payroll operations in the United States. The Payroll Specialist supports effective and accurate payroll data collection, calculations and disbursements, ensuring the integrity of payroll information posted to the general ledger, and support payroll related inquiries across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Applies specialist knowledge and skills required to support payroll activities such as the collection, review, and analysis of full-cycle payroll related data sources for use in payroll generation for all levels of the organization, across all locations and across multiple time zones.
• Support equity processing for stock activity in accordance with federal, state and local regulations.
• Support Tier 2 payroll inquiries, navigate complex situations by recognizing problematic areas, and take ownership of communications through timely resolution.
• Assist with testing new payroll earnings, deductions, accruals and other new programs in test environment.
• Continuous evaluation, improvement, and maintenance of existing work processes by implementing lean methodology to ensure most effective use of resources and drive operation excellence.
• Build and nurture strong working relationships with all levels across the organization, 3rd party providers, and others to resolve issues and drive process improvements.
• Follow proper governance of payroll data, time and attendance, record keeping and internal controls
• Improve local processes and systems to ensure cost and operational efficiency in accordance with global policies and best practice.
• Provide business continuity training for team members and ensure documentation is clear, accessible and audit-ready.

Key Behaviors:

• Ability to concentrate on both micro-and macro-level payroll information.
• Ability to establish, build and maintain positive working relationships and collaborative partnerships with members of the HR function and other internal/external partners
• Ability to work independently, and coordinate multiple large projects through planning, prioritizing, and multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem solving and organizational skills required
• Must have an ability to influence and excellent customer centric approach
• Continuous improvement and process mindset
• High energy with very strong organizational skills
• Proactively manage and resolve conflict.

Education: FPC and Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related discipline

Years and Type of Experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years experience processing payroll on a multicultural team.
• Foundational understanding of rules, regulations, policies, and practices governing wage payments, distributions, and record keeping across multiple jurisdictions.
• Payroll Certification or demonstrated knowledge of the fundamentals of the payroll cycle, FLSA, multi-state tax withholding, gross to net, deductions, taxes, direct deposits, and preparing live off cycle.

Key Required Skills, Knowledge and Capabilities:

• Advanced mathematical and data modeling skills using excel formulas, such as v-lookup, pivot tables and data filtering.
• Ability to work under pressure and perform multifaceted projects in conjunction with daily activities.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated technical and software ability
• Knowledge and understanding of HR, Benefits and Payroll interfaces and downstream impacts
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills required
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office suite
• Experience working in virtual teams.
• Must be able to handle confidential information with discretion
• Proactive, agile, number-sensitive, analytical, and a detailed-oriented, critical thinker.

DentsplySirona is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or protected Veteran status. We appreciate your interest in DentsplySirona.

If you need assistance with completing the online application due to a disability, please send an accommodation request to careers@dentsplysirona.com . Please be sure to include "Accommodation Request" in the subject.

For California Residents:

We may collect the following categories of personal information in connection with the submission of your resume or application materials to us for employment, and if hired, your employment with us: identifiers (e.g., name, address, email address, birthdate); personal records (e.g., telephone number, signature, education information, criminal background information, passport number and visa information); consumer characteristics (e.g., sex, marital status, veteran status, race, disability, sexual orientation); professional or employment information (e.g., resume, cover letter, employment history, background check forms, references, certifications, transcripts and languages spoken); and inferences from personal information collected (e.g., a profile reflecting abilities and aptitudes).

The above categories of personal information are collected for the following business purposes: performing recruitment and hiring services; processing interactions and transactions (e.g., to comply with federal and state laws requiring us to maintain certain records, managing the workforce); and security (e.g., detecting security incidents, protecting against fraudulent or illegal activity).

For additional details and questions, contact us at careers@dentsplysirona.com