Finance Vice President, Live Nation
$200-250k
Entertainment events promoter and producer
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Entertainment events promoter and producer
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$200-250k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Live Nation's mission is to help live music fans more easily and quickly find concert tickets and information about their favourite artists and venues.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required; CPA/ MBA preferred
- Minimum 15 years of experience in corporate Accounting and Finance required
- Minimum 10 years of leadership/people management experience
- Background in entertainment nice to have
- Financial savvy; demonstrated ability to foster and lead cost-efficient initiatives without sacrificing quality or core values
- Exceptional analytical problem solving and data modeling experience; aptitude to apply modeling skills to resolve operational performance problems is a plus
- Skilled at arriving at and reaching understandings and agreements with a broad range of people internally and externally
- Ability to problem solve quickly and react to changes in business processes efficiently
- Must be willing to perform all functions, in addition to supervising
- Know how to work collaboratively and be a true business partner to leaders to drive results – top and bottom line
- Ability to solve problems by gathering information, discuss options and make recommendations
- SAPB1, Oracle and BPC experience are a plus (BPC will be retired and replaced with OneStream in 20250
What the job involves
- The VP of Finance will have responsibility for the development and execution of the financial strategy that supports the Company’s business plan for day-to-day finance operations for multiple Music Merchandising Entities and related Screen Printing and Poster Production Companies
- The selected candidate will be accountable for taking on a leadership role in all financial decision-making that affects each Company and will provide strategic financial input to each Company President that they support
- While keenly overseeing the accounting process, the successful VP, Finance will play a key role in developing and implementing financial procedures to improve and maintain the financial health of Live Nation
- Oversee the accounting/forecast processes of multiple Companies and serve as a financial advisor for strategic planning purposes
- Develop financial forecasts while driving systems, processes and controls to enable broader financial subject area expertise within the organization
- Review and approve all SAP/Oracle A/P and Wire/ACH payments
- Collaborate with HR on employee matters relative to hiring/headcount and other monetary/financial situations
- Review and approve all Month End supporting schedules (rollforwards, analytics, quarterly SOX disclosures, etc.)
- Review and certification of monthly, consolidated financial statements (Month End Close)
- Present monthly forecast package and operational overview to the Executive team
- Lead the Merch Nation forecasting and budgeting processes
- Review and approve joint venture NCI calculations, available cash calculations and tax distributions to the partners of each of the joint ventures
- Provide business development analysis support
Our take
Live Nation is the world's leading live entertainment company, sitting at the top of the market in live events and ticketing. Formed in 2009, it is a major international company, with key business segments made up of concerts, ticketing, and sponsorship and advertising.
Despite its dominant position in the market, the company saw an 84% drop in revenue during 2020 and the closure of live events. Since then, however, demand has been stronger than ever for their ticket sales. This is a reflection that live events remain a clear priority for consumers and has been further reflected in Live Nation's acquisitions of companies - like Goodlive - that complement and bolster Live Nation's portfolio.
In addition to live events, a key area to watch for Live Nation will be the rise of online concert streaming, like that undertaken by competitors such as Driift. Major festivals such as Glastonbury have trialled online concerts with mixed reviews. If it proves successful, this could be a major new section of the entertainment market and a big potential part of Live Nation's future ventures.
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Company benefits
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- HEALTH: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
- YOURSELF: Paid time off policy including holidays, sick time and day off for your birthday, free concert tickets
- WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program Reimbursement
- FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonus, infertility support
- CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
- OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network
Company values
- Live for artists - Artists are the heart of what we do and we have deep reverence and respect for their creativity. We believe live music is vital to art and culture which is why in 2019, we paid artists more than $6 billion, making Live Nation by far the largest financial supporter of musicians. Beyond global touring deals and festival performances, our Artist Nation group offers services such as management, business marketing and consulting to artists across all genres
- Live for decentralisation - We don’t believe in bureaucracy and we don’t mandate synergy. We keep our corporate teams small, because we trust that our decentralized divisions know how to make the best decisions for their businesses in real time
- Live for ideas - Part of working in a creative industry is imagining what could be and exploring the possibilities. We encourage everyone at Live Nation to dream big and email our CEO with ideas to move our business forward
- Live for entrepreneurship - Employees who thrive here are self-starters who are experts at what they do. While we give a tremendous amount of independence to our employees, we are also precise and exacting about performance. There is no hiding behind process here. You are evaluated on your results and concrete contributions to our business
- Live for focus - We have a long “To Do” list but an even longer “Not To Do” list. As the demand for live events continues to grow across the globe, we have to stay focused on our core mission of connecting artists with their fans for those magical hours of live music
- Live for talent - We believe talent comes from any place or background. This is not a place for elitists. We hire people for who they are – hard workers who deliver results and are passionate about what they do
Company HQ
Barbican, London, UK
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Leadership
Michael Rapino
(President and CEO, not founder)They worked for 10 years in various marketing and entertainment capacities at Labatt’s Breweries of Canada. They held several roles at Clear Channel Communications, including President and CEO of Global Music. They were named CEO and President of Live Nation in 2005.
People progressing
Joined as a Financial Accounting Manager in 2017, promoted to Director and then VP of Financial Accounting.
Joined as Executive VP Marketing in 2012, promoted to Senior VP & Head of Marketing after 2 years.
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