Sr. Financial Analyst

About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate financial results to executives, earnings support, investor meetings, and Board of Directors meetings
• Provide timely, accurate and meaningful financial analysis of variances between actuals and forecast, budget and prior year
• Coordinate and consolidate the annual budget shared cost charge process
• Analyze forecast accuracy and coordinate analysts' estimates with investor relations
• Ensure data integrity exists between Oracle (ERP system) and BPC (Forecasting system)
• Support Corporate Accounting SEC reporting requirements for 10-Q and 10-K reporting of financial results and operational metrics
• Support Corporate Accounting & Tax by providing accurate and timely financial information
• Support ad hoc requests, including financial information for external investor presentations, CEO/COO/CFO presentations and employee presentations by the CEO
• Identify improvement opportunities to the forecast and budgeting process that drive efficiencies in the organization
• Other duties and ad hoc analysis, as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration (Finance preferred)
• 4-6 years of relevant Financial Planning experience (budgets, forecasts, etc.)
• Entertainment industry experience a plus
• Public accounting / Big 4 audit experience a plus
• Experience with Forecasting software tools - BPC/Onestream experience a plus
• Advanced MS Excel skills, and proficient in MS Word and Powerpoint
• Must be a self-starter with a positive attitude
• Ability to meet critical deadlines by balancing and prioritizing multiple tasks in a fast paced environment
• Must be flexible with hours to accommodate workload fluctuations
• Ability to make independent decisions through thorough analysis and review
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal to all levels of the organization
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact appropriately with all levels of the organization
• Ability to participate in a collaborative team environment

Benefits

• Medical, Vision and Dental benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• Generous paid time off policy including paid holidays, sick time and paid days off for your birthday, Free concert tickets
• 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program
• New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and childcare cash, infertility support
• Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
• Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network