Accounting Associate - 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 challenging and important role reports to the Finance Lead for The Netherlands, and will support the delivery of accurate financial data for the business. The role will also contribute to the maintenance of an effective control environment and ensuring compliance with all relevant fiscal regulations.

This is a hybrid opportunity within The Netherlands and comes at an exciting time in the evolution of our business in EMEA. We are expanding our operations, implementing a new ERP system (Business Central) and establishing a new European Distribution Centre in Breda. This role will be instrumental in supporting these initiatives and helping to set up the structures, processes and IT systems needed to deliver on our strategy.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Managing the administration and accounting entries for the company.
• Support the monthly close cycle to deliver timely reporting to the required standard.
• Responsible for general ledger entries, bank transactions including payments in and out, vendor transactions, accounts receivable, assets and inventory, month end journals, reconciliations etc.
• Take ownership of inter-company transactions and monthly balancing between entities.
• Ensure that all transactions processed are appropriately authorized and are within policy.
• Ensure account allocations accurately reflect the underlying business transactions.
• Ongoing collaboration with the wider finance team. Will have frequent interaction with the operations team, and regular contact with international colleagues.
• Key contributor to the implementation of a local company ERP system.
• Key contributor to establishing and maintaining an effective control environment to ensure compliance with all fiscal and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to the development of management and statutory reporting to meet local requirements and fulfil external reporting deliverables.
• Provide appropriate data for required company submissions including VAT and taxation filings.
• Ensure timely accounts receivable collections from customers.
• Calculate sales commissions and process staff expense reimbursements.
• Offer input on ways to optimize processes and simplify procedures.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. (The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Able to adjust priorities and manage time wisely in a fast-paced high-demand environment.
• Has prior experience working in a small finance team.
• Has prior experience of the transactional finance and administrative work that is required to be performed in an ERP system.
• Has maintained financial records in compliance with relevant regulations and accounting standards.
• Communicates in a clear, concise, understandable manner, and is able to listen attentively to others.
• Proactive, self-motivated, self-disciplined, able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Must be customer and success orientated, posses