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, USA. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

Senior SAP Finance Process Lead

We are looking for an experienced and talented senior finance‑transformation leader responsible for driving SAP S/4HANA Finance strategy, overseeing solution architecture, team building, and stakeholder alignment across global finance organizations. This role combines deep functional expertise with strong people leadership, owning both successful program outcomes and the growth, engagement, and capability development of managers, consultants, and future leaders.

The Senior Manager provides functional leadership across Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO), manages cross‑functional delivery teams, and ensures alignment with accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and enterprise ERP strategy, ensuring a strong, scalable SAP Finance organization. Details below.

What Will You Do - Responsibilities for Employment

• Lead large‑scale SAP S/4HANA Finance implementations, migrations, and global rollouts, ensuring alignment with enterprise ERP strategy and finance transformation objectives.
• Own SAP S/4HANA FICO solution architecture and design, balancing standardization, scalability, and business value.
• Guide finance leadership through S/4HANA roadmaps, value realization planning, and post‑go‑live optimization.
• Oversee all the S/4 process leads across Record to Report (FICO) as they support the business in design, test, and implementation of standard processes globally
• Provide senior oversight across FI (GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, New GL) and CO (Cost Center, Profit Center, Internal Orders, Product Costing, CO‑PA).
• Lead end‑to‑end finance process design across Record‑to‑Report (R2R), Procure‑to‑Pay (P2P), Plan-to-Produce (PTP), and Order‑to‑Cash (O2C).
• Champion adoption of S/4HANA Finance innovations, including Universal Journal, Material Ledger, SAP Fiori, and real‑time analytics.
• Act as a trusted advisor to Finance leadership, Controllers, CFO organizations, and executive sponsors.
• Lead workshops, design reviews, and process alignment sessions with business stakeholders
• Translate business, regulatory, and accounting requirements into scalable SAP Finance solutions.
• Support roadmap discussions, investment cases, and (where applicable) proposal or business‑case development
• Build and scale high‑performing, diverse SAP Finance teams, ensuring the right mix of skills across functional, technical, and leadership capabilities.
• Provide regular coaching, feedback, and mentorship, developing future leaders and succession pipelines within the SAP Finance organization.
• Set clear expectations, goals, and development plans for team members, aligned to enterprise ERP priorities and delivery standards.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning across the team.
• Align with Corporate and Local Business leads to understand upcoming / ongoing initiatives and projects striving for consolidation and harmonization of business processes
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Who You Are - Qualifications

Education Bachelor Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field (MBA or CPA preferred).

Language skills

• English - Advanced (C1)

Years and Type of Experience

• 10+ years of SAP FICO experience, including multiple S/4HANA Finance implementations or migrations.
• Deep knowledge of accounting principles (US GAAP, IFRS, or local statutory requirements).
• Proven experience leading large, complex ERP transformation programs and other financial initiatives
• Operational expertise or a background in operational department at supervisor level

Key Skills, Knowledge & Capabilities:

• Able to communicate complex topics clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Softer skills that will ensure a successful application for S/4 role would be an enthusiastic and determined attitude together with a structured approach.
• Experience with Central Finance, Group Reporting, or advanced controlling scenarios.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Challenges others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model and mentor.
• Manages the development of team by ensuring, when possible, that project tasks are in line with each innovator's career interests.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change.
• Manages the process of innovative change effectively.
• Anticipated travel of 20-30% in normal circumstances.

We invite you to remove information from your CV regarding gender, marital status, caring responsibilities and any other information that may not be functional for the selection process.

Dentsply Sirona 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 Dentsply Sirona.

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