Manager of Intercompany 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 Intercompany Accounting Manager reports into the Sr. Director – Corporate Accounting, this position is responsible for performing the global intercompany accounting processes, ensuring accurate accounting and reconciliation of intercompany transactions, and managing US GAAP and some statutory accounting for international subsidiaries and holding entities. This newly-created role plays a critical part in monthly closing and consolidation procedures, while ensuring compliance with accounting standards, transfer pricing and management fee policies, and ensuring compliance with SOX controls.

How you will Own it :

Intercompany Accounting & Close 

• Create processes to perform all intercompany accounting activities, including intercompany billing, settlements, eliminations, and reconciliations across global entities 
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual intercompany close processes 
• Resolve intercompany imbalances and disputes in collaboration with segment and corporate accounting teams
• Create and enforce intercompany accounting policies, procedures, and governance 
• Support consolidation and elimination entries for global financial reporting 

International Subsidiary & Holding Company Accounting 

• Perform all accounting for international subsidiaries and holding companies, including general ledger oversight and review 
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP and local statutory accounting requirements (leveraging third parties as needed to perform annual statutory financial reporting requirements and audits) 
• Oversee accounting for dividends, capital contributions, intercompany loans, equity transactions, and restructuring activities 
• Coordinate with external advisors and local teams on statutory reporting, audits, and filings 
• Monitor foreign currency accounting, including remeasurement and translation 

Controls, Compliance & Audit 

• Ensure strong internal controls over intercompany and subsidiary accounting processes 
• Support internal and external audits, including preparation of documentation and resolution of audit findings 
• Partner with Tax to ensure alignment with transfer pricing policies and documentation 
• Identify and mitigate accounting and operational risks across global entities 

Process Improvement & Systems 

• Drive standardization and automation of intercompany and subsidiary accounting processes 
• Partner with systems teams on ERP and EPM design, enhancements, and global rollouts 
• Develop scalable processes to support acquisitions, restructurings, and geographic expansion as applicable
• Document and continuously improve accounting policies, procedures, and close calendars 

Leadership & Collaboration 

• Act as a subject‑matter expert for intercompany and global entity accounting 
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Tax, Treasury, Legal, FP&A, and regional finance leaders 
• Provide clear guidance and training to global teams on accounting policies and expectations 

What you’ll Bring:

COMPETENCIES are classified as the work habits, attitudes, personal characteristics, and behaviors that reflect how a person accomplishes the duties and responsibilities of their job.

Process Management Efficient at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others cannot; can simplify complex proce