Job Description:

ABOUT ENVISTA HOLDINGS CORPORATION

Envista is a global leader in the dental industry, uniting more than 30 trusted brands—including DEXIS, Kerr, Nobel Biocare, and Ormco—under one mission: partnering with dental professionals to improve patients’ lives. With a heritage of category-defining innovation, our brands have shaped modern dentistry: Nobel Biocare introduced the first dental implant, Ormco is a pioneer in both traditional and digital orthodontics, DEXIS has long been at the forefront of 2D, 3D and intraoral imaging, and Kerr has supported clinicians for over 135 years.  Our high-performing culture is underpinned by our CIRCLe Values and the Envista Business System.  Guided by these, we deliver a comprehensive portfolio of technologies, consumables, and services that empower clinicians to provide confident, efficient care—today and for the future.  Learn more at http://envistaco.com.

The Payroll Specialist will run compliant, accurate, and on-time Costa Rica payroll. The role partners with HR, Finance, and vendors to ensure strong employee experience and maintain audit-ready controls. Global payroll and/or shared services experience is a plus.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, delivers results quickly, and can influence employees and managers. The professional will support a highly skilled site team, including orthodontists, dentists, clinicians, and software design talent, while embracing new challenges and continuous learning.

Job Requirements:

Education/Experience/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, Economics, or a related field. Equivalent combination of education and relevant payroll experience will be considered.

Preferred Requirements:

• 5+ years of payroll experience with demonstrated expertise in Costa Rica payroll.
• Proven experience managing payroll calendars, validations, reconciliations, and employee support in a fast-paced environment.
• Plus: experience in global payroll operations (multi-country) and/or payroll shared services in a global environment, including working with service delivery models and SLAs.
• Bilingual Spanish English (written and verbal) is required.

Core Competencies

• High attention to detail, accuracy, and strong sense of ownership.
• Employee-centric mindset handles sensitive payroll topics with empathy, professionalism, and assertive communication.
• Ability to interpret policies and translate them into clear, compliant payroll actions.
• Strong problem-solving skills, root-cause analysis, and follow-through on issue resolution.
• Integrity and confidentiality when handling personal and financial data.
• Comfortable working across time zones and with diverse, global stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of HR data analytics to support payroll insights (trend analysis, error patterns, cycle time, service KPIs) and inform continuous improvement.
• Experience building dashboards or automated reports (e.g., Power BI/Tableau) and/or working with basic data tools (e.g., SQL) is a plus.
• Exposure to process automation and standardization initiatives within HR Operations or Shared

#LI-JN1

Operating Company:

Ormco

Ormco is a global leader and innovator of high-quality orthodontic products and solutions, including brackets and wires. For more than 60 years, our team has partnered with the orthodontic community to help create over 20 million smiles in more than 140 countries. We build trusted relationships. Each one is rooted in respect and understanding. We take that approach when we help orthodontists achieve their clinical and practice management objectives. We take the same approach when we help our team bring their personal best to work each day, ready to make a difference and reach their full potential.

Envista and its family of companies (Envista) will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.  Envista will consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes submitted by vendors such as search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies (Agency) to have been referred by the Agency free of charge and Envista will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt such unsolicited resumes.  An Agency must obtain advance written approval from Envista's internal Talent Acquisition or Human Resources team to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract approved by the Global Talent Acquisition leader and in response to a specific job opening.  Envista will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement and written approval in place.