Senior Accountant

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 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 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! 

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Ensure Latin America financials are following US GAAP standards and SOX Compliance guidelines

• Reconciliation of Latin America event P&Ls and Show Settlements

• Assist locals and SA team with Corporate Reporting – Monthly Balance Sheet and P&L reconciliation to Third Party Latin America Systems

• Reconcile General Ledger accounts and research to ensure accuracy

• Prepare and enter month-end journal entries

• Maintain internal control policies, assist in audits, and liaise with internal auditors.

• Maintain, control, and reconcile complex accounts.

• Assist with quarterly reporting and special projects as assigned.

• Maintains and Reconciles Monthly Eliminations of IFRS adjustments.

• Position primarily office-based, may require travel to events and working evenings plus occasional weekends for month-end close and show settlements.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Master’s degree in accounting, CPA or CPA candidate

• 3-5 years related work experience – preferably Big 4 (Audit & Entertainment Experience a Plus)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Project Management Experience

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with multiple concurrent projects.

• Strong analytical skills and organization skills

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, primarily Excel

• Oracle and SAP experience a plus

• Bi-Lingual (Spanish & Portuguese) Requirement (Flexible on Portuguese not deal breaker)

• SOX and US GAAP experience - Highly desirable

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), gene