Director Of Project Finance

Job Description

WHO ARE YOU?

A relationship driven individual who is passionate about live music and the future of marketing. You work well in a collaborative, fast paced environment and are excited about the future of live event marketing. You are an excellent communicator and relationship builder and develop and maintain strong professional relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. You are a partner to our client and artist teams, not an order taker - you help advise and collaborate with them to balance priorities and ensure we are developing the best marketing plans to achieve their goals. You are adept at translating client and artist needs into actionable insights and can clearly communicate with internal teams to deliver marketing plans that meet their goals. You have a keen attention to detail, and you are adept at balancing multiple projects at the same time. You are a self-starter, and you see things through to completion - no job is too big or too small. You are passionate about music and being part of a team that connects fans to the artists they love.

THE JOB

The Director of Project Finance will oversee all finance operations for Live Nation's destination events. This role is responsible for the company's long-term financial health and growth. Ideal candidates should be organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated. This candidate will join our expert team of passionate travel and music lovers. We produce intimate and exclusive experiences where everyone is a VIP and no detail is overlooked.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
• Oversee all company accounting operations, financial planning, and strategy
• Work with event leadership to develop forecasts and comprehensive budgets for each destination event
• Analyze and report on financial performance
• Update event and company budget forecasts throughout the year
• Ability to work between Finance and Operations to forecast accurate expense allocations and coding for all events
• Maintain clean and organized coding of all expenses
• Review and approve payment submissions with Live Nation, entering into quick books
• Ensure all payment requests are being processed and paid on time
• Work on hotel folio settlement
• Finalize event pre-settlement and event settlement with the Event Director and leadership team
• Ensure all payments are compliant and adhere to company-wide policies
• Assess, manage, and minimize company risk
• Implement and communicate financial policies and procedures to the team
• Oversee Finance team

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
• 5+ years experience as a finance manager or similar operations
• Event financial management experience
• Proficiency in accounting software
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Strong excel skills and a strong aptitude for math
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience working with foreign currencies
• Experience analyzing hotel folios
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in accounting or finance
• Ability to get all tasks and assignments done in a timely manner, while managing your own workload and day to day schedule
• Ability to maintain, control and communicate deadlines, roadblocks, and escalations as needed
• Ability to provide leadership, prioritize, organize, motivate, problem solve, delegate, follow up, and communicate
• Willingness to adopt new project management tools and communication platforms as used by the company
• COVID-19 vaccination will be required for this position subject to legally valid exemptions

BENEFITS & PERKS - Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:
• 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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g6xwm8-3-23-101-60-42 in your application.