Project Manager
About the job
- A university degree in engineering, project management, or a related field.
- Five to seven years of project management experience, including significant experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated experience in a multi-project context and with multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong skills in planning, coordination, deliverable tracking, and facilitating project team activities.
- Ability to influence and align stakeholders around a common objective.
- Fluency in spoken and written French and English.
- Strong results and quality orientation, with the ability to deliver quickly and effectively.
- Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, or an equivalent tool.
- Define project structures and objectives in coordination with stakeholders.
- Develop detailed project plans and manage schedules, milestones, and costs.
- Track task execution with operational teams, including research and development, quality, and production.
- Organize and facilitate governance forums, project reviews, progress meetings, and coordination meetings.
- Foster cross-functional collaboration and a positive, results-oriented working dynamic.
- Define and track key performance indicators for each project.
- Manage scope changes, arbitrate priorities, and resolve project blockers.
- Provide regular reporting to the project portfolio manager on progress, deviations, risks, and action plans.
- Document lessons learned at project closure for organizational knowledge sharing.
- For new product introduction projects, coordinate research and development, production, quality, and supply teams.
- Participate in design reviews, lead new product introduction into production, and validate industrial equipment and methods.
- Lead failure mode analyses for manufacturing equipment and processes in coordination with production technology.
- Ensure process stabilization in production and the supply chain and compliance with quality requirements through project completion and handoff to mass production.
- PMP, CAPM, or equivalent certification.
- Knowledge of the industrialization stages of electronic products.
- Experience in a rapidly growing or transformation-focused production environment.
- Familiarity with new product development processes.
- Experience in a certified environment involving ISO, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar practices.
About the company
Acuity provides accounting services designed for high-growth startups, offering everything from virtual bookkeeping to fractional CFOs. It combines highly certified people, proven processes, and world-class accounting technologies to manage a company’s books and financial reporting. Clients access a range of services tailored to their needs, from day-to-day bookkeeping to strategic financial guidance, all supported by standardized workflows and advanced software. This makes Acuity different from competitors by focusing specifically on startups and growth-stage businesses, delivering a full spectrum of accounting functions under one roof and emphasizing scalable processes and tech. The goal is to let startups concentrate on building their business while Acuity handles their financial operations and helps them scale efficiently.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$1.5M
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
Founded
2004
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Acuity's June 2026 blog and services pages show active client acquisition and content velocity.
- Sorren backing expands tax depth, niche expertise, and cross-firm resources for complex clients.
- Serving 1,000-plus companies proves repeatable demand across startups, ecommerce, SaaS, and creative agencies.
What critics are saying
- Kenji Kuramoto left for Basis in April 2026, weakening Acuity's founder-led brand.
- Acuity's 2025 Sorren merger and rebrand can confuse clients and erode loyalty.
- Basis's $100 million AI push threatens CAS firms by automating accounting workflows.
What makes Acuity unique
- Acuity, powered by Sorren, combines bookkeeping, tax, controller, and fractional CFO services.
- Dedicated humans plus cloud tools like QuickBooks, Xero, Gusto, and BILL reduce friction.
- No-contract, transparent pricing and Slack access fit startups needing flexible finance support.
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Growth & Insights and Company News
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-3%Acuity Inc. reported fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 net sales of $1.2 billion, up 3% year-over-year, and full-year sales of $4.6 billion, up 7%. The industrial technology company posted diluted earnings per share of $5.63 for the quarter, up 56%, and $17.05 for the full year, up 36%. Adjusted diluted EPS reached $5.77 in Q4, an 11% increase, and $19.90 for the full year, also up 11%. The company generated $826 million in cash flow from operations during fiscal 2026. During the quarter, Acuity received $44.9 million in tariff refunds and incurred $17.8 million in special charges related to product portfolio and supply chain initiatives. The company repaid $200 million of its term loan, increased its dividend by 18%, and repurchased over 940,000 shares for $287.2 million.
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