Manager, Strategic Initiatives and Operations

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network.  Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five eCommerce sites, with over 26 million monthly unique visitors.  Live Nation Concerts produces over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists globally.  Front Line is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists.  These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling over 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.

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 contract Strategic Initiatives & Operations Manager position will be dedicated to enterprise-wide financial systems transformation - supporting change management, training, and communications for the first go live date for the transformation in February 2025, when all of Live Nation will transition to a new FP&A system; and the US and Canada which will also transition to a new Accounting system (continued support through April 2025).

On this project, you will partner with the US-based Live Nation employees who are supporting change management, the project management team, and the heads of accounting and financial planning, as well as collaborate with Los Angeles-based employees leading training and communications for the systems transformation.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL DO:

• Collectively, you and the employees leading training and communications will be responsible for:

  • Manage the creation and revision of training materials, including working with vendors and subject matter experts within the business

  • Creating the schedule and materials for live Zoom and in-person trainings on various accounting and financial planning topics, leveraging input from subject matter experts

  • Provide training and support for a group of 150+ superusers across the company (divisional users who will support end users at Go Live), including scheduling Q&A sessions with process experts and collecting and executing on feedback

  • Stakeholder management with senior finance leaders across Live Nation

  • Potential additional change management responsibilities, such as process improvement discussions with finance leaders

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING:

• Bachelor's Degree required; MBA (or equivalent graduate degree) preferred

• 4-7 years of experience with 2+ years in management consulting, preferably in large-scale operational transformations or large-scale financial systems transformation

• Prior experience with accounting or finance functions

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to formulate and articulate viewpoints in a clear, succinct manner

• Detail-oriented, organized and able to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced environment

• Exceptional teamwork and collaboration skills

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 w