Sponsorship Accountant

Job Description

THE ROLE

Working closely with the Sponsorship and Accounting teams, the Sponsorship Accountant is responsible for full cycle expense reporting. This includes overseeing payment of all sponsorship expenses, including accurately coding, recording, reconciling, and reporting expenses, ensuring compliance with company policies and sponsor requirements.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
• Responsible for the accounts payable cycle for the sponsorship division
• Code sponsorship payables and collect required approvals
• Enter sponsorship payables into appropriate accounting systems for payment
• Track and report ticket usage for sponsors
• Review and ensure proper coding for internal staff expenses
• Generate monthly reports on sponsor expenses
• Prepare monthly expense to budget variance analysis to the project level
• Communicate individual sponsor expenses to appropriate management teams
• Report and manage sponsorship accruals with appropriate account managers
• Update lead sheets and prepare account reconciliations
• Support month-end and year-end close processes.
• Ensure compliance with internal control requirements
• Assist with other duties, projects and financial reporting as requested by the management team

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
• Post secondary education with accounting background
• Minimum 2 years bookkeeping/accounting role
• High level attention to detail and organizational skills
• Excel proficiency (pivot tables, vlookups, mathematical formulas)
• Proven ability to handle high volume with accuracy, manage multiple concurrent tasks and deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot/problem solve, results-oriented
• Strong communication skills

BENEFITS & PERKS
Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:
• HEALTH: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, along with Employee Assistant Programs through Modern Health and ComPsych
• YOURSELF: Generous paid time off policy including paid holidays, sick time and paid days off for your birthday, Free concert tickets
• WEALTH: RRSP program with company match, Stock Program Reimbursement
• FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and childcare cash, infertility support
• CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network

We thank all candidates for their interest, only those who will be selected for an interview will be contacted.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

Sits for extended periods of time at a computer station or work desk; stands and walks throughout the day; occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.; uses hands and fingers to operate computers and office equipment for up to 8 hours each day; lifts up to 10 pounds regularly; exposed to typical office environment conditions and noise levels.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. 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. It's talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

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, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

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.

This job description is a summary of duties that are expected to be performed. Duties outlined on this job description may not be all-inclusive, and can be modified at any time if requested by management.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-mk6932-18-218-145-54-42 in your application.