Senior, SOX Compliance

Driven Brands Inc.; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

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Job summary

Driven Brands, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, seeks a Senior SOX Compliance professional to support the second-line SOX program. The role partners with Accounting, Finance, Operations, IT and Internal/External Audit to ensure controls are documented, tested, and audit-ready.

You will maintain remediation trackers, review evidence, update narratives and matrices, and prepare for walkthroughs and certifications while driving process improvements and stronger control ownership across the

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Maintain issue trackers for SOX remediation, follow up on actions, review evidence completeness, and escalate gaps.
• Review control evidence for completeness, accuracy, consistency, and alignment with control attributes.
• Update process-level SOX documentation: narratives, risk/control matrices, flowcharts, walkthrough materials.
• Prepare control owners for walkthroughs, evidence submissions, quarterly certifications, and audit requests.
• Identify gaps, recurring exceptions, missing evidence, and weak remediation support for SOX leadership.

Skills

SOX knowledge

Attention to detail

Stakeholder communication

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/IS

Tools

ERP systems

Audit management software

SOX/compliance tooling

Job description

Company:Driven Brands

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

Role Purpose

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.

Position Overview

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.

How You Will Own It

• 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.

What You’ll Bring

• 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.

Added Fuel If You Have

• 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.

Key Competencies

Attention to detail, organization, follow-through, clear communication, curiosity, professional skepticism, teamwork, accountability, and ability to manage deadlines in a fast-paced remediation environment.

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