Senior Manager, SEC Reporting

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:

Driven Brands is seeking a Senior Manager, SEC Reporting to lead the Company's SEC reporting activities and help build a best-in-class public-company reporting function. Reporting to the Director, Financial Reporting, who oversees both SEC and non-SEC reporting, this hands‑on leader will manage two Senior Accountants and be accountable for the accurate, complete, timely, and well-controlled preparation of SEC filings and related public-company reporting deliverables.

The role requires meaningful public-company SEC reporting experience, strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SEC rules, disciplined project management, and the ability to develop people and processes in an environment focused on remediating material weaknesses and significant deficiencies. The Senior Manager will strengthen reporting controls, documentation, review precision, disclosure governance, and cross-functional coordination while developing the technical and execution capabilities of the team.

• Lead the preparation, review, and filing of Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and other SEC filings, coordinating drafting, supporting schedules, tie-outs, XBRL activities, reviews, and filing readiness.

• Own the SEC reporting calendar and drive clear milestones, responsibilities, dependencies, review cycles, escalation protocols, and final deliverables across Accounting, Legal, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Investor Relations, and other stakeholders.

• Prepare and review financial statements, footnotes, management reporting inputs, disclosure checklists, and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC requirements.

• Monitor SEC rules, interpretive guidance, filing trends, and peer disclosures; assess implications and recommend enhancements to the Company's reporting and disclosure practices.

• Coordinate with external auditors, legal counsel, XBRL providers, and other advisors while maintaining clear internal ownership and accountability for deliverables.

• Partner with the Director, Financial Reporting to align SEC and non-SEC reporting processes, accounting conclusions, disclosures, and source data.

• Lead execution of remediation activities affecting SEC reporting and disclosure controls, including improvements to process ownership, review precision, evidence retention, information flow, and filing governance.

• Partner with the second line SOX function, Internal Audit, external auditors, and process owners to ensure reporting controls are appropriately designed, documented, implemented, and ready for validation and independent testing.

• Develop and maintain reporting policies, procedures, process flows, RACIs, control documentation, disclosure checklists, review…