Sr. Financial Analyst

Job Description

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to provide finance and accounting support to Live Nation's Corporate Accounting team. Major responsibilities include assisting with building the annual budget model, assisting with coordinating forecast updates, preparing various operational and capital cost tracking schedules, cost allocations, and assist with AP functions such as purchase orders and invoice processing.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
• Assist with budget preparation annually. Includes, but not limited to:
• Assist with building yearly budget model accounting for headcount, software, contractors, capital projects with internal labor, and miscellaneous fixed costs
• Conduct variance analyses including scenario modeling and comparisons to prior years
• Assist with preparation of annual cost allocation model accounting for direct and indirect costs
• Coordinate with business leadership to build and present budget presentations
• Serve as a finance partner to the business. Includes, but not limited to:
• Assist with preparation of monthly financial variance analyses at the department and project level
• Participate in status meetings with business leaders to review financial performance, staffing updates, capital projects, etc.
• Coordinate updates with the accounting team for month end accruals, forecast changes, and budget needs
• Track headcount including new hires, terms, open positions, contractors and other personnel changes.
• Support invoice process. Includes, but not limited to:
• Coordinate Purchase Order workflow, invoice reviews/approvals, and GL coding
• Track spend at the invoice level by project/vendor for various projects, including confirming compliance with agreements and capex vs opex analysis
• Resolve invoice discrepancies
• Backup to FP&A Manager, Corporate Marketing finance lead, and other team members
• Other ad-hoc reporting and analysis assigned by management

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
• 4+ years related work experience
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office – specifically Excel
• CPA, CPA eligibility, or FPAC a plus
• Oracle experience a plus
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)
• Multi-task oriented
• Strong analytical 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 and baby bonuses, 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 is an equal opportunity employer. It hires and promotes employees based on their experience, talent, and qualifications for the job and does not tolerate discrimination toward employees based on 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.

Live Nation affords 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 or an employee consistent with its legal obligations to do so. 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 or employee to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants and employees are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek or currently occupy. Any applicant or employee who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact either the hiring manager for the role or a Human Resources representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.

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