---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-005339"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CARS"
cik: "0001683606"
company_name: "Cars.com Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T09:50:14.225361+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cars.com CFO Sonia Jain resigns; Jandy Tomy named interim CFO; outlook reaffirmed

## Summary
- Sonia Jain resigns as CFO effective April 15, 2022 to join a pre-IPO VC-backed company.
- Jandy Tomy, VP & Treasurer, appointed interim CFO; she previously served as CFO from Jan 2020 to June 2020.
- Company reaffirms full-year 2022 outlook provided on Feb 24, 2022.
- Reports Q1 2022 year-over-year and sequential growth in Dealer Customers.
- A nationally-recognized search firm has been retained to find a permanent CFO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-005339
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CARS
- cik: 0001683606
- company_name: Cars.com Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000095017022005339/0000950170-22-005339-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000095017022005339/cars-20220329.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-005339.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sonia Jain resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Cars.com Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 4, 2022, Cars.com Inc. (the “Company” or “CARS”) announced the resignation of Sonia Jain, Chief Financial Officer, effective April 15, 2022, to pursue a new opportunity with a pre-IPO, venture capital-backed company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000095017022005339/0000950170-22-005339-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jandy Tomy was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at Cars.com Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Jandy Tomy, the Company’s Vice President, and Treasurer will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer effective immediately following Sonia’s departure.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000095017022005339/0000950170-22-005339-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.