Cost & Procurement Analyst

Live Nation (Music) UK Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tickets to shows and festivals

Unlimited annual leave

Arcade games in basement games room

Onsite gym and fitness classes

Complimentary coffee bar with barista

Subsidised lunch options

Staff events in atrium with speakers

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment in the UK seeks a cost and commercial finance professional to lead complex supplier reviews and cost modelling for festivals and outdoor events, driving procurement improvements and better purchasing outcomes.

You will develop benchmarking measures, analyse bids and cost drivers, and present findings to senior stakeholders, supporting cross-event cost optimisation and strategic procurement decisions.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial finance or procurement analytics experience.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Experience evaluating supplier bids, rates, scope and commercial terms.
• Ability to design fair benchmarking measures across different events.
• Strong understanding of cost drivers, volume assumptions and savings baselines.
• Experience presenting commercial findings to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to lead analytical workstreams and review data quality.
• Relevant live-event, hospitality or operational sector experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex commercial reviews of major supplier categories, including detailed cost modelling, pricing comparisons and analysis of service specifications.
• Develop and maintain comparable cross-event cost benchmarks using meaningful operational drivers such as attendees, site size, days and service requirements.
• Support Central Operations with financial assessment of tenders, contract proposals, supplier alternatives and volume or scope changes.
• Identify and quantify potential recurring and one-off cost improvements, clearly distinguishing genuine savings from changes in activity levels.
• Maintain financial evidence for the savings register, tracking agreed baselines, delivery owners, forecast benefits and realised results.
• Work with Festival Business Partners and Operational teams to explain cost differences and support adoption of viable procurement and operating improvements.
• Challenge data completeness and coding to ensure robust supplier and category analysis.
• Prepare executive-quality recommendations, clearly setting out costs, risks, implementation dependencies and commercial trade-offs.
• Support Pink Moon and other portfolio specific commercial analysis as required.

Skills

Commercial finance

Procurement analytics

Excel modelling

Supplier bids evaluation

Benchmarking in events

Stakeholder presenting

Analytical workstreams

Live-event/ hospitality experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Summary

Company: Live Nation Department: LN Festivals Finance Location: Manchester or Farringdon, London (UK) Reports to: Head of Cost & Commercial Finance Working Hours: Full-time Job Type: Permanent

Role Description

Lead complex cost-category reviews and commercial analysis across the festivals and wider outdoor events portfolio. Develop supplier models, meaningful benchmarks and recommendations that enable Operations to improve purchasing outcomes.

What it’s like to work in the Team

You will work with the Head of Cost & Commercial Finance, Central Operations, the Festival Business Partners and a Cost & Procurement Assistant. Your analysis will inform procurement decisions, not replace operational contracting ownership.

What we can offer you

• tickets to shows and festivals
• unlimited annual leave
• use of arcade games in the basement games room
• onsite gym equipment plus fitness and meditation classes
• fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista
• heavily subsidised lunch options
• 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

• Strong commercial finance or procurement analytics experience.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Experience evaluating supplier bids, rates, scope and commercial terms.
• Ability to design fair benchmarking measures across different events.
• Strong understanding of cost drivers, volume assumptions and savings baselines.
• Experience presenting commercial findings to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to lead analytical workstreams and review data quality.
• Relevant live-event, hospitality or operational sector experience advantageous.

Behaviours

• Analytical, questioning and evidence-led.
• Constructive in challenging supplier economics.
• Clear and commercially focused in recommendations.
• Collaborative with Operations and BPs.
• Accountable for the quality and validation of findings.

What the role includes

• Lead complex commercial reviews of major supplier categories, including detailed cost modelling, pricing comparisons and analysis of service specifications.
• Develop and maintain comparable cross-event cost benchmarks using meaningful operational drivers such as attendees, site size, days and service requirements.
• Support Central Operations with financial assessment of tenders, contract proposals, supplier alternatives and volume or scope changes.
• Identify and quantify potential recurring and one-off cost improvements, clearly distinguishing genuine savings from changes in activity levels.
• Maintain financial evidence for the savings register, tracking agreed baselines, delivery owners, forecast benefits and realised results.
• Work with Festival Business Partners and Operational teams to explain cost differences and support adoption of viable procurement and operating improvements.
• Challenge data completeness and coding to ensure robust supplier and category analysis.
• Prepare executive-quality recommendations, clearly setting out costs, risks, implementation dependencies and commercial trade-offs.
• Support Pink Moon and other portfolio specific commercial analysis as required.

Equal Opportunities

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 we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender identity, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

The Company

The Company 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 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year.

Recognized for seven years as a Great Place to Work® and named one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, 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. Our world-class teams specialize in all aspects of the live entertainment industry, from ground-breaking innovations in ticketing, global venue development and operations, concert promotion and production, sales and brand partnerships, and unparalleled artist management supported by professionals in all facets of corporate operations. We believe in taking care of the countless employees helping artists bring live music to fans all around the world. Our many unique benefit programs are designed to help our teams live life to the fullest including generous vacation, healthcare, retirement benefits, student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, six months of paid caregiver leave for new parents including fostering and perks like Roadie Babies helping new parents care for their babies on work trips. And of course, access to free live events through our exclusive employee ticketing program. There is no bigger stage for your career. See what your future looks like at Live Nation Entertainment.

Application Deadline

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday 22nd November 2026.

Live Nation Entertainment will never request payment or equipment purchases as part of the hiring process.