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House of Blues VP - Finance in New York, New York
Job Summary:
WHO ARE WE?
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 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.
WHO ARE YOU?
Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!
THE ROLE
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.
WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
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
WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
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
BENEFITS & PERKS
Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:
HEALTH: Medical, Vision and Dental benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
YOURSELF: Generous paid time off policy including paid holidays, sick time and paid days off for your birthday, Free concert tickets
WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program
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
Live Nation’s policy regarding vaccinations and masking related to a pandemic or other infectious disease control measures, acts of God, health and safety mandates and/or restrictions imposed by applicable local, state or federal governments has evolved over time. Currently, we strongly encourage employees to be fully vaccinated from such infectious diseases for which vaccinations are available. You are expected to follow Live Nation’s health and safety protocols and policies as they change from time to time.
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 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.
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.
HIRING PRACTICESThe preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job
Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.
The expected compensation for this position is:
$200,000.00 USD - $250,000.00 USD
** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.