Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting

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 Sr. Director – Corporate Accounting, this position is responsible for overseeing the accounting and financial reporting-supporting process for Corporate activities and Ad Funds. This includes debt, payroll, short-term and long-term incentives, and general accounting (prepaids, accruals, etc.) for various Corporate functions (Legal, HF, IT, Finance, Procurement, etc.).

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 utilizing technology to improve accuracy and efficiency in processes (KPI creation, Close acceleration, reconciliation automation), 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.

How you will Own It:

• Prepare, manage, and improve the overall accuracy and timeliness of accounting processes for areas of responsibility, including preparing and reviewing: journal entries, account reconciliations and variance analyses

• 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

• 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

• 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

What you’ll Bring:

Process Management Efficient at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others cannot; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.
Leading Change Ensures that energy and resources are sustained over the long-term of the change. Leverages technology, processes, or systems to enhance organizational learning and change. Clearly defines the expectations and how they will change for internal and external stakeholders. Manages any resistance to change within teams. Monitors the team’s successes and failures and shows a willingness to course correct whenever necessary.

Bias for Action Favors action over inaction and is not comfortable maintaining the status quo; acts decisively with a strong sense of ownership and accountability following advance alignment of stakeholder needs.
Drive for Results Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Presentation Skills Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, direct reports, and bosses; is effective both inside and outside the organization, on both cool data and hot and controversial topics; commands attention and can manage group process during the presentation; can change tactics midstream when something is not working
Business Acumen Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting their business and organization; knows the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.
Decision Quality Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of their solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.
You’re Good-to-Go if you have:

• 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

• 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

• Multi-currency and international company experience preferred

• U.S. GAAP and Internal Controls/SOX required

• CPA required

• Public company experience required

• Public Accounting experience required

• 7-9+ years' experience required

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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