Sr. Manager of Segment Accounting

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 Senior Manager, Segment Accounting is a critical leadership role responsible for stabilizing, rebuilding, and overseeing core accounting operations—including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and General Accounting—for certain brands within a reporting segment of Driven Brands. 

The Senior Manager will play a hands-on role in correcting historical issues, strengthening the control environment, rebuilding team capability, and restoring trust with corporate accounting, audit, and leadership. 

A key component of the role includes leading the clean‑up and stabilization of AP and AR processes, followed by a migration of AP and AR activities to other teams. Until that transition is complete, this role maintains full operational accountability for those functions. 

This position reports to a Director-level Controller of the impacted segment and partners closely with Corporate Accounting, Shared Services leadership, Internal Audit, and external auditors.

How you will Own It:

Segment Accounting & Financial Close 

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities for the segment, including journal entries, account reconciliations, flux analysis, and financial statement support 

• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, SEC reporting requirements, and internal accounting policies 

• Review segment‑level financial results for accuracy, completeness, and reasonableness prior to submission to Corporate Accounting 

• Serve as the primary accounting lead for the segment during external audit and internal audit engagements 

Accounts Payable Oversight (Interim Ownership) 

• Direct oversight of AP operations during the remediation and stabilization period, including invoice processing, vendor master controls, payment runs, accruals, and cutoff 

• Identify and remediate root causes of historical AP issues (e.g., late processing, duplicate payments, unsupported accruals, vendor disputes) 

• Design and implement documented AP procedures, approval matrices, and key controls aligned with SOX requirements 

• Partner with Procurement, Treasury, and IT to improve upstream processes and system controls 

• Prepare AP processes, data, and controls for eventual handoff to Shared Services 

Accounts Receivable Oversight (Interim Ownership) 

• Oversee AR processes including billing, cash application, credit management, adjustments, and bad debt reserves 

• Address historical deficiencies in billing accuracy,