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 and bonus calculations. Review staff expense reimbursements.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: One direct report initially. Will recruit a growing transactional finance team.

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 leading a small finance team and has had responsibility of ensuring financial records are maintained in compliance with country fiscal regulations and relevant accounting standards.

·       Communicates in a clear, concise, understandable manner, and is able to listen attentively to others.

·       Proactive, self-motivated, self-disciplined with leadership and team building skills, and the ability to coordinate between departments.

·       Must be customer and success orientated, possess strong analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and negotiating skills.

·       Has the ability to develop processes, set and apply policies.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:  Bachelors degree in finance. Ten or more years of progressively responsible related experience in finance in The Netherlands. Or any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Familiarity with the Orthopedic industry is a distinct advantage.               

LANGUAGE SKILLS:  Work requires professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills. Fluent in Dutch and English.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to perform various financial analyses.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:  Requires a valid driver’s license.

Other Skills and Abilities:  Ability to work independently but also motivate teams to produce quality output and results within tight timeframes while concurrently managing several projects. Ability to facilitate, present at and participate in group meetings. Will need the ability to operate a variety of common office equipment. Must have knowledge of ERP’s and accounting software as well as exposure to supply chain, purchasing management, and inventory systems. A high degree of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel is required.

physical demands:  (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel.  The employee is frequently required to climb stairs, talk and hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. 

Work Environment:  (The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

The noise level in the work environment is that found in a “normal office environment; noise levels during visits to other locations in the building may be moderate and occasionally loud.  The employee occasionally performs work in other locations, with an expectation of up to 20% of time spent on travel.

The above statement reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation described and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the occupation.