Finance Analyst

Job Description

Company: Live Nation

Department: European Concerts Finance

Location: Farringdon, London (1-2 days per week)

Reports to: FP&A Director

Working Hours: Full time, fixed term contract, until March 2024

Role Description

Finance Analyst within Live Nation EMEA Head Office Finance team, working across markets based in 22 countries across EMEA. The role reports to the FP&A Director of the EMEA Concerts Division of Live Nation.

Live Nation is part of Live Nation Entertainment which is the world's leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, LN Media and Artist Nation Management.

What we can offer you

Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits including tickets to shows and festivals and unlimited annual leave. The newly opened Farmiloe Building in Farringdon, London is a beautiful office to work in. Staff can enjoy use of arcade games in the basement games room, onsite gym equipment plus fitness and meditation classes. In addition to this, the office has a fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista to serve you your favourite coffee as you walk into the office and offers heavily subsidised lunch options. We hold regular staff events in our atrium stage space including hosting speakers and open mic nights to showcase Live Nation employee talent.

Who you are

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience

Essential:
• ACA qualified (or equivalent)
• Strong Excel skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to take a higher-level view of data to highlight important points

Desired:
• Experience of variance reporting
• Experience of US GAAP
• Experience of stakeholder management
• Oracle / EPM experience

Behaviours

The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success
• Hard working
• Self-motivated
• Reliable
• Adaptable

What the role includes

Month end responsibilities
• Review market report submissions of forecast vs. actual sponsorship variances.
• P&L variance analysis for sponsorship to be reported to US group (actual vs. forecast, budget & prior year).
• Data handling and reviewing key data metrics such as total show attendance, events and show profitability. It includes commentary of variances arising from current forecast and annual Budget.
• Responsible for reporting divisional legal costs.
• Review of non-financial data including actual head count, actual events and total attendance metrics for each of the local markets of the division. Includes commentary of variances arising from current forecast and annual Budget.
• Reconciliation of CAPEX actuals between finance systems

Monthly forecast and annual budget responsibilities
• Review monthly market report submissions of forecast vs. prior forecast sponsorship variances.
• P&L forecast variance analysis for sponsorship to be reported to US group (current forecast vs. prior forecast, budget & prior year).
• Together with the FP&A team; assist and support the EMEA operations to ensure relevant information is provided and deadlines are met during the preparation of monthly forecast and annual budget.
• Ownership of the preparation and analysis of timely and accurate reports referring to head count, legal, consultant, and capital expenditure of the division. It includes commentary and analysis of variances arising versus previous period's forecast and current budget
• Responsible for identifying, reviewing and analysing the financial impact of Digital and Sponsorship activity on the division's P&L.

Weekly responsibilities
• Preparation of a profit/flash report which shows profitability and information for shows across the EMEA markets. This report provides key information to senior management
• Responsibility for analysing and explain variances arising in this profit/flash report vs. current forecast and annual Budget.
Other responsibilities
• Responsible for the management of the talent ID database, ensuring this database is up to date where support and planning team is aware of any artist or band to include.
• Liaise with EMEA finance teams to ensure information is presented in an effective manner and deadlines are met.
• Project work on testing & delivery of new Global Accounting & FP&A system being rolled out during 2023 & 2024.
• Other ad hoc analysis reports as required

The Company

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d256v6-3-17-150-163-42 in your application.