Sr. Director, Corporate Accounting

Driven Brands Inc.•Charlotte, NC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Driven Brands is North America's largest automotive services company with a portfolio of iconic brands including Take 5 Oil Change®, Meineke Car Care Centers®, Maaco®, 1-800-Radiator & A/C®, Auto Glass Now®, and CARSTAR®. Our vision is to fuel the pursuit with the simplest, most convenient, and most reliable car care experience. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Driven Brands is more than a workplace. We're a launchpad — for careers, for dreams, and for people driven to do great things. Every day, we fuel the pursuit — for our customers chasing life's moments, for our franchisees building lasting legacies, and for each other as we grow, lead, and succeed together. Performance matters. We take pride in it. We own it. We show up for one another and for our communities. Because at Driven Brands, we're not just fixing cars. We're building futures, unlocking potential, and fueling what's possible — together. JOB DESCRIPTION: Reporting to the Vice President - Corporate Controller, this position is responsible for leading and overseeing the respective accounting teams that perform corporate accounting (including debt, insurance, Ad funds, legal and corporate support functions), and long-lived asset accounting (including both fixed assets and leases). 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 improve 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

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
Bachelor’s degree required – Accounting and/or Finance; CPA required
Multi-currency and international company experience preferred
U.S. GAAP and Internal Controls/SOX required
Experience with securitized debt and franchisees highly preferred
Strong leadership, decision making and technical skills
Public company experience required
Public Accounting experience required
12+ years' experience required
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
While partnering with FP&A, 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