Manager, SOX Compliance- Second Line of Defense

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: The Manager, SOX Compliance will support and manage second line oversight activities supporting the SOX program and material weakness remediation activities. This role will help apply the SOX governance framework through disciplined day-to-day execution by working directly with control owners, process leaders, IT stakeholders, Internal Audit, and external auditors to improve control quality, evidence standards, readiness, and remediation progress. The Manager will be responsible for managing remediation workstreams, reviewing control documentation, monitoring deficiency remediation, preparing status updates and supporting inputs for SOX leadership, and ensuring control owners understand and meet SOX expectations. The role requires strong technical control knowledge, practical business judgment, effective project management, and the ability to challenge stakeholders constructively while helping the organization build sustainable ICFR discipline. How you will Own it: Manage SOX workstreams, remediation initiatives, control readiness activities, and governance routines under SOX leadership guidance and in alignment with the companys remediation priorities. Review control design, control narratives, risk and control matrices, flowcharts, key report documentation, completeness and accuracy procedures, and management review control evidence. Partner with first line control owners to clarify control expectations, support root cause analysis, remediate deficiencies, and prepare for walkthroughs, testing, and external audit inquiries. Perform quality reviews over control evidence and remediation support to ensure documentation is complete, precise, repeatable, and audit-ready. Track deficiency remediation progress, identify slippage or recurring themes, escalate risks, and prepare concise status updates for SOX leadership and remediation governance forums. Support quarterly certification activities, prepare inputs for deficiency evaluation, assist with control owner training, support SOX calendar execution, and contribute to management reporting. Advise on control implications of process redesign, system changes, automation opportunities, new reporting tools, and evolving business processes. Promote stronger ownership, accountability, and consistency across decentralized or evolving finance and operational control environments. What youll Bring: Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field; CPA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent certification preferred. 6+ years of experience in SOX, internal controls, audit, risk advisory, controllership, or public company compliance. Strong working knowledge of SOX 404, COSO, ICFR concepts, deficiency evaluation support, remediation tracking, and external audit expectations. Experience reviewing or testing controls across financial close, journal entries, account reconciliations, revenue, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, treasury, payroll, inventory, or IT-dependent processes. Ability to challenge control owners constructively, drive issue resolution, and communicate control risks in a clear, practical, and business-oriented manner. Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines, stakeholders, evidence requests, and remediation milestones. Added Fuel if you have: Experience supporting SOX remediation in a public company or accelerated control transformation environment. Public accounting, internal audit, risk advisory, or controllership experience preferred. ERP and EPM expertise (e.g., Oracle, NetSuite, FCCS, ARCS). Experience working with decentralized control environments, shared services, or multi-location operations. Key Competencies: Control mindset, project management, stakeholder management, clear communication, professional skepticism, practical problem-solving, ownership, attention to detail, and ability to support SOX leadership by driving remediation discipline and day-to-day execution across SOX activities. 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. Position Location: Kentucky Compensation Range: $94,300.00 - $168,400.00 Compensation Frequency: Annual Base pay offered may vary depending on actual location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Supplemental pay types may include commissions or bonus incentives, depending on the role. Driven Brands offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.drivenbrandsbenefits.com Get early access to 50% of your earned wages at any time through our myFlexPay program.