Business Finance Manager Live (m/f/d)

EVENTIM LIVE GMBH; Hamburg; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation + up to 15 unpaid

25 days workation within the EU

Flexible working hours

Sofa Concerts and employee events

Ticket purchase discounts

Corporate benefits and discounts

Bike leasing

Mental health program

Company pension scheme

GoFluent language platform and Lunch &

Learn sessions

Job summary

EVENTIM LIVE GMBH is looking for a senior finance professional to own budgeting, forecasting and commercial controlling for promoter entities within an international network. You will consolidate financial outlooks and manage cash planning in close collaboration with Finance & Treasury teams.

You will provide KPI benchmarks, analyze promoter P&L and variances, support audits, and deliver monthly indicators across the network while working with managing directors and local teams.

Qualifications

• Several years of professional experience in business-close commercial controlling or finance business partnering.
• Budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and analysis of P&L and cash flows.
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable management recommendations.
• Understanding of liquidity management and funding processes.
• Strong stakeholder management with directors, promoters and local teams.
• Ability to challenge budgets and forecasts and identify opportunities.
• Experience in international or decentralized structures.
• Knowledge of live entertainment, media, or events is advantageous.
• Analytical, conceptual thinking with strong execution and ownership.
• Fluent English; German language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop budgeting, forecasting, and commercial controlling for promoter entities.
• Prepare consolidated financial outlooks and analyze variances.
• Publish monthly leading indicator reporting across the network.
• Review promoter P&L, benchmark KPIs, and conduct cost analyses.
• Coordinate funding and loan processes with Finance and Treasury.
• Oversee cash planning, loans, payments, due dates and commitments.
• Support projects with cash flows, advances, and artist payments.
• Assist external audits and management requests as needed.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management reporting

P&L analysis

Cash planning

KPI benchmarking

Financial insights

Stakeholder management

Excel

Consolidation tools

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Consolidation tools

Job description

In this role, you will work at the heart of our international live entertainment business, with high visibility and direct influence on financial and business decisions. You will work closely with the Group’s central Finance and Treasury teams as well as with our international promoter network to drive transparency, consistency, and financial performance across the organization. You will take ownership of budgeting, forecasting, consolidated financial outlooks, funding processes, and cash management for selected promoter entities. By analyzing promoter P&Ls, developing KPI benchmarks, you will provide the financial insights required to support sound management decisions. You will also shape and further develop monthly leading indicator reporting across the promoter network, working closely with local finance teams, managing directors, and promoters. Through your approach to work, you will set the standard for analytical rigor, pragmatism, ownership, and effective collaboration across functions and markets. You enjoy working with complex financial information on an international level, constructively challenge assumptions, and see yourself as a proactive businessorientated individual?

Your responsibilities include:

• Managing and further developing budgeting, forecasting, and commercial controlling processes for promoter entities
• Preparing consolidated financial outlooks and analyzing budget, forecast, and actual variances
• Preparing and updating monthly leading indicator reporting across the network
• Conducting promoter P&L reviews, KPI benchmarking, and cost analyses
• Coordinating funding and loan processes with Finance and Treasury
• Maintaining oversight of cash planning, loans, payments, due dates, and financial commitments
• Providing financial support for projects, including cash flows, advances, and artist payments
• Supporting external audits, ad hoc analyses, and management requests

What you will ideally bring to the table:

• Several years of relevant professional experience in business-close commercial controlling, financial planning and/or analysis, and/or a comparable finance business partnering role
• Solid experience in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and the analysis of profit and loss statements, cash flows, and financial performance indicators
• Strong ability to translate financial data into clear commercial insights and actionable recommendations for management and investment decisions
• Good understanding of liquidity management, financing, and funding processes
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work effectively with managing directors, promoters, local finance teams, treasury, and other central functions
• Ability to constructively challenge budgets and forecasts, identify commercial opportunities, and align different stakeholder interests
• Experience working in international, decentralized, or complex organizational structures
• Knowledge of the live entertainment, media, or events industry is an advantage
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, combined with confidence in handling complex financial and business data
• Entrepreneurial thinking, pragmatism, and a sound understanding of operational business models and commercial drivers
• A high degree of ownership, proactivity, and execution strength, with the ability to drive topics independently
• Strong interpersonal skills, a confident manner, and the ability to operate effectively in an international and dynamic environment
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and common planning, reporting, and consolidation tools
• Business-fluent English; very good German language skills are an advantage

Benefits

• 30 days of paid vacation plus the option of up to 15 days of unpaid leave
• 25 days of workation within the EU
• Flexible working hours
• Sofa Concerts and employee events
• Discounts on ticket purchases & opportunities for clearing assignments
• Corporate benefits and discounts at KESS Central location & subsidy for a Job Ticket or Germany Ticket
• Bike leasing
• Mental health program & company pension scheme
• "GoFluent" language learning platform as well as Lunch & Learn sessions

We value diversity and treat all applications equally - regardless of gender, background, age, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. Different perspectives enrich our team and make EVENTIM stronger.

As Europe's number one in ticketing and live entertainment and number two worldwide, we are active in over 25 countries. Among other things, we develop software and e-commerce platforms that form the basis for the commercial success of many event organisers and artists. At the same time, we provide millions of fans around the world with unforgettable experiences. In the ticketing segment, our e-commerce and tech teams bring decades of experience, technical expertise and comprehensive know-how in software development, data science, product management and quality assurance, as well as agile working methods.