Finance Lead - OPNL

Founded in 2006, OrthoPediatrics is an orthopedic company focused exclusively on advancing the field of pediatric orthopedics. As such it has developed the most comprehensive product offering to the pediatric orthopedic market to improve the lives of children with orthopedic conditions. OrthoPediatrics currently markets 53 products that serve three of the largest categories within the pediatric orthopedic market. This product offering spans trauma and deformity, scoliosis, and sports medicine/other procedures. OrthoPediatrics’ global sales organization is focused exclusively on pediatric orthopedics and distributes its products in the United States and over 70 countries outside the United States. For more information, please visit www.orthopediatrics.com.

GENERAL SUMMARY:  Our fast growing business in The Netherlands services customers throughout Europe and in a number of international markets across EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa). This is a key role, reporting to the EMEA Finance Director and working closely with the local and regional management teams as well as corporate head office. The Finance Lead is responsible for the proper execution of all financial aspects of the business, and will contribute to developing and implementing our strategy in The Netherlands and beyond.  

The Finance Lead takes ownership for accounting policies and controls compliance as directed from the parent company and in line with local Netherlands and EU standards. This encompasses budgeting and forecasting as well as ensuring all transactions are accurately captured and reported.

This is a hybrid role within The Netherlands and offers a rare and exciting opportunity to shape the business in line with corporate objectives, while helping create the structures, processes and IT systems needed to deliver excellence across EMEA in the years ahead. Two critical 2025 projects will be implementing a new ERP system (Business Central) and supporting the establishment of a new European Distribution Centre in Breda. As the business continues to expand, this role will too, enabling significant personal and professional growth.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

·       Absolutely the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

·       Partner with management to drive growth, building customer, vendor and intercompany relationships. 

·       Will engage in frequent interaction with the regional team and have occasional contact with the corporate office and supporting resources to monitor and resolve daily and project related issues.

·       Cross functional coordination to implement corporate policies including with Operations, IT, Legal, HR, Quality, Regulatory, and the wider commercial teams.

·       Drive the implementation of a local company ERP system.

·       Contribute to corporate multi-year plans. Lead on regular forecasting and annual budgeting activity.

·       Implement an effective control environment under guidance from corporate and the regional team.

·       Oversee payments from the bank account and transactional data capture to ensure that transactions are appropriately authorized and are within policy.

·       Ensure all transactions are allocated such that reporting accurately reflects the business results achieved.

·       Develop management and statutory reporting to meet local requirements and fulfil regional and corporate reporting deliverables. Highlight areas for improvement and propose solutions.

·       Liaise with outsourced partners (example payroll and tax) to ensure compliance with all fiscal and regulatory requirements. Provide appropriate data for submissions including VAT and taxation filings.

·       Optimize working capital and cash resources. Ensure timely accounts receivable collections from customers.

·       Oversee payroll and staff benefit contributions. Perform sales commission a