Job Opening: Accounting Operations Manager at TORQ Coatings

Are you an ambitious accounting professional who wants to step into a leadership role from day one? Do you thrive in fast-growing environments where you can build systems, improve processes, and truly make an impact? TORQ Coatings has an exciting opportunity for an Accounting Operations Manager to join our team on a full-time basis. This key position requires a dedicated individual ready to manage various facets of our accounting operations, ensuring precision and efficiency across the board. This is not a remote job, reinforcing the need for dynamic, on-site leadership at our bustling headquarters.

TORQ Coatings is hiring an Accounting Operations Manager as a Day 1 foundational hire. This role will be responsible for accounting operations, job costing accuracy, purchasing oversight, payroll coordination, and financial reporting—while preparing to grow quickly into a Controller-level position as the company expands into additional markets. If you’re hungry for growth, want a seat at the table, and are ready to help build the financial engine of a fast-growing home improvement company, this is your opportunity.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations (AP, AR, GL accuracy, reconciliations).
• Prepare financial data for month-end close and work directly with our fractional CFO.
• Maintain financial accuracy across all departments and job costing inputs.
• Build processes and SOPs for scalability as TORQ grows into multi-location operations.
• Own the entire purchasing workflow: POs, vendor pricing checks, packing slip matching, invoice accuracy.
• Ensure all material purchases align with job budgets.
• Track spending, job cost variances, and margin impact.
• Maintain purchasing documentation and vendor relationships.
• Complete job costing before each job starts and after completion.
• Track labor, materials, overhead, returns, waste, and profitability.
• Provide weekly profitability insights to leadership.
• Identify variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare payroll inputs including hours, reimbursements, bonuses, and sales commissions.
• Maintain accurate employee files and HR documentation.
• Support benefit administration and onboarding paperwork.
• Maintain accurate financials in QuickBooks.
• Utilize AI tools to improve workflow efficiency, automation, reporting, and document processing.
• Maintain and update CRM data to support job costing, invoicing, and financial accuracy.
• Help build cross-department workflow automations.
• Act as a Day 1 leader in building TORQ’s financial systems.
• Create documentation, processes, and reporting frameworks.
• Prepare to hire, lead, and mentor future accounting team members.
• Clear pathway to Controller as the company scales.
• Build dashboards for job profitability, margins, expenses, and accounting KPIs.
• Provide weekly reporting and insights to the Founder & fractional CFO.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 4–7+ years of accounting or financial operations experience.
• Strong understanding of job costing, accrual accounting, and reconciliations.
• QuickBooks experience (Required).
• Comfortable using AI tools to streamline processes.
• Familiar with CRM systems and workflow accuracy.
• Experience building or improving accounting processes.
• Highly organized, accurate, proactive, and able to meet deadlines.
• Willing to grow professionally and move into a Controller-level role.
• Experience in construction, home improvement, or manufacturing (Preferred).
• Prior experience supervising others or leading projects (Preferred).
• Experience working in high-growth or multi-location environments (Preferred).

Benefits:

• Competitive Base Salary

• Quarterly Bonus Plan tied to performance & leadership objectives

• Health insurance

• 401(k)

• PTO + Paid Holidays

• Full-time in-office role

• Direct collaboration with the Founder & fractional CFO

• Clear path to Controller and future team leadership opportunities

• Professional development and growth support