Senior SOX Compliance Lead — Controls & Audit Readiness

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

Benefits offered by this job

Early wage access

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

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