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Acuity

Accounting services from bookkeeping to CFOs

Business Operations Analyst

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Conyers, GA, USA
HybridHybrid position; requires at least 40% travel.
Business & StrategyBusiness Operations

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree, equivalent work experience, or certifications.
  • At least 3 years of experience in business, operations, or process improvement.
  • A solid understanding of industry specifics and business strategies.
  • Ability to provide direction on systems, processes, and company policy.
  • Experience collecting, accessing, and interpreting data to provide insights to customers and partners.
  • Reporting experience.
  • Ability to lead and drive results directly and indirectly through influence.
  • Ability to develop sustainable, repeatable, efficient, and continuously improving processes.
  • Ability to understand the reasons policies and processes exist, validate them, and seek opportunities for improvement.
Responsibilities
  • Own operational processes and access management for the Orders team, serve as the Agile Orders owner and internal champion, represent customer and team needs, approve permissions, and serve as the primary owner for SOX-related approvals.
  • Manage the Orders team calendar, cadence, and content, including creating and distributing content and managing deadlines.
  • Track KPIs and monthly operating results, ensuring Orders and ABL leadership teams are aware and aligned, and drive improvement.
  • Use data-driven approaches to validate potential problems, measure solution effectiveness, and drive accountability.
  • Build company and market knowledge to understand processes and policies that affect customers; partner with others to determine whether to create, retrofit, or maintain processes and policies.
  • Partner with ABL teams, including Product, Supply Chain, Compliance, Sales, and Marketing, to propose and implement solutions that improve connectivity, service-level agreements, accountability, policy alignment, operational flow, cost, and resolution cycle time.
  • Participate in interdepartmental projects and initiatives.
  • Communicate proactively and develop and train subject matter experts during process-improvement rollouts.
  • Identify, document, rank, prioritize, and execute improvement opportunities that positively affect the customer experience.
  • Advocate for internal and external users as the voice of operational processes.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience collecting, accessing, and interpreting data to provide insights to customers and partners is preferred, but not required.
  • Reporting experience is preferred, but not required.

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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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Paid Vacation
  • Gym Membership

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-3%
Associated Press
Oct 1st, 2026
Acuity reports $4.6B full-year sales, up 7%, with adjusted diluted EPS rising 11% to $19.90

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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