Director/Controller, Franchise Brands

Driven Brands Inc.

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Vice President - Corporate Controller, this position is responsible for leading and overseeing the respective accounting teams that perform all accounting for the Franchise Brands segment. This position requires a desire to work in a fast-paced organization while initiating and actioning process improvements and driving a fun and inclusive culture that embraces hard work and critical thinking. The successful candidate will instill best practices to improve technical accounting and SOX control application while utilizing technology to advance accuracy and efficiencies in processes (KPI creation, Close acceleration, reconciliation automation). This role will perform and review SOX control documentation, work with internal and external auditors, and support the generation of certain standalone financial statements in partnership with Financial Reporting. This role will have visibility to and opportunity to collaborate with many executive team members, as well as Tax, AP, AR, Treasury, FP&A, and Financial Reporting, Consolidations, and Accounting Systems teams to advance the direction of the accounting functions of the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required – Accounting and/or Finance; CPA required
• U.S. GAAP and Internal Controls/SOX required
• Public company experience required
• Public Accounting experience required
• 10+ years' experience required

Nice To Haves

• Multi-currency and international company experience preferred
• Experience with securitized debt, significant compliance / management reporting, global tax reporting, Canadian operations, and franchisees highly preferred
• Strong leadership, decision making and technical skills
• Strong U.S. GAAP and SOX working knowledge
• Historical success with managing and improving teams that demonstrate end-to-end process knowledge, and managing and streamlining work performed in a multi-location organization
• Demonstrated ability to quickly establish trust and build relationships with all levels of professionals throughout the organization
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Seeker and enabler of driving value-added process improvements (experience with process automation preferred)
• Strong systems experience including Microsoft Office and Oracle ERP and EPM tools
• Ideal candidate will be a highly motivated, self-directed, and independent thinker
• Ability to travel as needed, minimal travel anticipated

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a multi-location group of accounting professionals
• Improve the overall accuracy and timeliness of accounting processes for all areas of responsibility, including leading downstream through improvements in the preparation and review of: journal entries, account reconciliations, variance analyses, and support utilized in financial reporting activities, tax accounting activities, and support for internal/external auditors
• Remediate and work to actively prevent control deficiencies through improving requisite public company disciplines with other teams and departments in the end-to-end processes under responsibility
• Prepare and manage certain monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting inputs, including government reporting processes
• Serve as a critical stakeholder for numerous audits performed in areas of responsibility
• Build foundational processes (including policies) that leverage best-in-class tools and technology available, while driving continuous process improvements to ensure all information is timely and accurate
• Demonstrate deep understanding of areas of responsibility to drive rapid improvement and ability to provide ad hoc reporting to management, tax, and financial reporting as needed
• Partner with upstream process stakeholders and FP&A to ensure that all financial information is delivered in accordance with timelines for analytical needs
• Special projects as assigned

Benefits

• Driven Brands offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay.
• Get early access to 50% of your earned wages at any time through our myFlexPay program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees