Senior, SOX Compliance

Driven Brands Inc.•Charlotte, NC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior, SOX Compliance will support the second line SOX team through detailed execution of documentation reviews, evidence quality checks, remediation tracking, walkthrough preparation, control owner support, and audit readiness activities. This role will help ensure controls are clearly documented, consistently executed, appropriately supported, and ready for Internal Audit and external audit review. The Senior role is intended for a detail-oriented SOX professional who can operate in a fast-paced remediation environment and work directly with Accounting, Finance, Operations, IT, Internal Audit, and external audit stakeholders. The role will support control documentation quality, evidence completeness, remediation follow-up, and SOX reporting needs while helping reinforce consistent control ownership across the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field.
3+ years of experience in SOX, internal controls, internal audit, external audit, risk advisory, accounting, or compliance.
Working knowledge of SOX 404, COSO, ICFR documentation, control testing concepts, deficiency remediation, and audit evidence standards.
Strong attention to detail and ability to evaluate whether control documentation clearly demonstrates performance and review.
Ability to manage competing requests, follow up effectively with stakeholders, and maintain accurate status tracking.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain SOX requirements in practical terms to control owners.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting SOX documentation, control testing support, control remediation, or audit readiness in a public company environment.
Public accounting, internal audit, risk advisory, accounting, or compliance experience preferred.
Experience reviewing control evidence for management review controls, reconciliations, journal entries, system reports, or IT-dependent controls.
Experience using SOX compliance, audit management, ERP, or reconciliation tools.

Responsibilities

Support SOX remediation activities by maintaining issue trackers, following up on action items, reviewing evidence completeness, and escalating delays or documentation gaps.
Review control evidence for completeness, accuracy, consistency, and alignment with documented control attributes, including control frequency, precision, preparer/reviewer responsibilities, and support retained.
Assist with updating process-level SOX documentation, including process narratives, risk and control matrices, flowcharts, walkthrough materials, control owner guidance, and related documentation.
Prepare control owners for walkthroughs, evidence submissions, quarterly certifications, and audit requests by clearly communicating expectations and documentation standards.
Identify and summarize potential control gaps, recurring exceptions, missing evidence, insufficient review precision, and incomplete remediation support for review by SOX leadership.
Coordinate evidence requests and status updates across Finance, Accounting, Operations, IT, Internal Audit, and external audit stakeholders.
Prepare supporting schedules and inputs for SOX reporting packages, remediation dashboards, deficiency logs, meeting materials, and leadership updates.
Identify opportunities to simplify control execution, standardize documentation, improve evidence retention, and strengthen repeatability across key controls.