Senior Financial Analyst

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! 

We are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for the Corporate Accounting team to assist in providing finance/accounting support to Live Nation’s Global IT/Technology team and the Corporate Division. This role has a strong emphasis on supporting operational processes, including forecasting, budgeting, financial reporting and participation in finance system transitions.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

Assist with annual budget preparation including, but not limited to:

• Oversee updates to the budget model, capturing headcount movements, contractor costs, software license spend, capital project labor, and other key fixed costs.

• Cost allocations accounting for direct/indirect costs and historical variance analysis

• Collaborate with department leadership to prepare various budget presentations.

Serve as primary point of contact for finance support. Includes, but not limited to:

• Lead the monthly forecast cycle, including consolidations, variance drivers, and risk/opportunity assessments.

• Serve as a strategic finance partner to department leaders: Lead status meetings to review financial performance, staffing, capital projects, etc. Translate financial insights into actionable recommendations.

• Coordinate updates with the accounting team for month end accruals and forecast changes.

• Maintain and enhance financial planning models to improve accuracy and efficiency.

• Maintain and analyze headcount data including staffing changes, open positions, and external labor.

• Track and provide finance support for various capital initiatives, vendor contracts, software licenses, and consultant agreements.

Support the IT/Technology finance support team. Includes, but not limited to:

• ​Backup preparer/reviewer for various monthly JE’s and support schedules. Includes capitalized labor analysis for project allocations/accruals and intercompany recharges.

• Backup to the Purchase Order process

• Backup to the Manager and other team members

• Other duties as assigned by management

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required

• 5+ years related work experience - previous corporate accounting experience and growth in career preferred

• MS Excel power user

• Experience with data tools such as Power Query, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, etc.

• Oracle experience a plus

• OneStream experience a plus

• CPA, CPA eligibility, or FPAC a plus

• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)

• Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong organization skills

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

• HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
• YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
• FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
• CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. 

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation. 

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.  Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

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