Tour Accountant

Job Description

Company: Live Nation

Department: Finance

Location: Farmiloe Building, London

Reports to: Kemi Sulu

Working Hours: 9am – 5pm or 10am – 6pm – some antisocial hours/evening work throughout the year.
Occasional evening and weekend work required.

Role Description

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join the Tour Accounting division of Live Nation Music. The main purpose of the role is to provide business support to the Promoters for their events which range from club shows and theatres to multi-date arena tours, stadiums and outdoor events throughout the UK and Europe.

The role will work directly with the Promoters and their Assistants and also the wider LN Finance department throughout the show costing / budget and forecasting stages. This will includie preparing profit and loss show accounts, reviewing contracts, ascertaining foreign currency requirements across tours and also providing reconciliation support post event.

Strong interpersonal skills are required as the role will work closely with cross functional departments including marketing, ticketing, production and show reps. There will be instances whereby some tours require the presence of the Tour Accountant on site for settlement with Artist Management / Agents and therefore an element of travel is required across the UK.

Who you are

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience
• Experience in concert promotions, event management or music venue management would be advantageous
• Excellent numeracy skills with attention to detail and proficiency in using Excel at intermediate or above level
• Knowledge of and accounting for FEU
• Ability to multitask and handle multiple projects concurrently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines in a pressured environment when required
• Ability to self-motivate and work as part of a team and liaise with cross functional departments

Behaviours
• Self-motivated and takes ownership alongside priotising workload
• Proactive and demonstrates initiative, drive and commitment to achieve objectives and meet deadlines
• Uses interpersonal skills to establish excellent rapport and working relationships

What the role includes
• Preparation of full profit and loss account for tours from contractual stages to finalisation of account and obtaining Promoter signoff approval.
• Ensuring the accuracy of tour reporting in all aspects including providing appropriate support for tour settlements across:
• Dealing with ticket revenue
• Dealing with Marketing, PR and promotional spend
• Dealing with venue personnel to obtain final settlements for shows
• Tour floats
• Payments including obtaining purchase orders where required, approving payments of show invoices as appropriate through our system.
• Facilitating Artist deposit and balance payments.
• Show account reconciliation to the general ledger.

The Company

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r07441-3-147-65-65-42 in your application.