Event Finance Manager

Live Nation Entertainment Inc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tickets to shows and festivals

Unlimited annual leave

Office gym and coffee bar

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment in London (Farringdon) is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead day-to-day finance delivery for the festivals portfolio, managing a team of Event Finance Coordinators. You will ensure supplier invoices, payments, reconciliations and event actuals are complete and timely.

Collaborate with Festival Finance Business Partners, Operations and Financial Reporting to provide reliable financial information for forecasts and monthly close.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified or qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or substantial experience leading finance operations.
• Strong experience of supplier invoicing, purchase orders, payment runs, reconciliations and financial controls.
• Experience managing or coaching a team and prioritising competing deadlines across multiple stakeholders.
• Good understanding of monthly reporting, event or project actuals, cost commitments and outstanding liabilities.
• Experience reconciling ticketing or other revenue settlements and managing debtor collections is desirable.
• Experience in live events, leisure, hospitality or another high-volume, seasonal environment is desirable.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence with finance systems and process improvement.
• Ability to communicate clearly with suppliers, operational budget holders and senior finance colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and organise a team of Event Finance Coordinators, allocating workloads effectively, and plan for peak festival periods.
• Oversee accurate supplier invoice processing, appropriate coding, purchase-order matching, credit notes and resolution of routine supplier and operational queries, leveraging the use of AI to automate where possible.
• Manage purchase-order administration and open commitment records; ensure operational budget-holder authorisation and Festival Finance Business Partner approval are obtained within delegated limits.
• Oversee preparation and checking of non-artist supplier payment runs, escalating exceptions and obtaining sign-off from authorised approvers.
• Ensure ledger-derived event actuals, open POs, known commitments and missing-cost schedules are updated and supplied to Festival Finance Business Partners by agreed monthly forecasting deadlines.
• Coordinate ticketing and other event revenue reconciliations, raise and track relevant receivables, proactively manage accounts receivable debt collection, follow up outstanding income, elevated overdue balances where required, and investigate material settlement differences.
• Own the operational post-event close-out tracker, following up unbilled costs, open POs, revenue balances and supplier issues; provide timely supporting evidence to Financial Reporting.
• Oversee accurate, timely PRS calculations and submissions using reconciled event revenue information, and maintain appropriate supporting documentation and approvals.
• Work with Festival Business Partners and Financial Reporting to resolve financial exceptions, improve standard procedures and automation, and ensure processing, commercial approvals and accounting review remain appropriately separated.

Skills

Financial leadership

Supplier invoicing

Team management

Excel skills

Stakeholder communication

Education

ACCA

CIMA

Tools

Finance ERP systems

Job description

Job Summary

Company: Live Nation Department: LN Festivals Finance Location: Farringdon, London Reports to: Head of Festival Finance Working Hours: Full-time Job Type: Permanent

Role Description

Lead the day-to-day finance delivery function across the festivals portfolio, managing a team of Event Finance Coordinators. Ensure supplier transactions, commitments, payments, ticket and other revenue reconciliations, and event actuals are complete, accurate and timely. Work closely with Festival Finance Business Partners, Operations and Financial Reporting to provide dependable financial information for event forecasts and financial close-out.

What it’s like to work in the Team

You will lead a central team supporting a diverse portfolio of major live events, with the heaviest operational demands in the summer festival season. You will work closely with Festival Finance Business Partners, Festival Directors, event Operations and Financial Reporting to deliver a responsive service while maintaining robust financial controls.

What we can offer you

Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits including tickets to shows and festivals and unlimited annual leave. The 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. 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.

Who you are

• Part-qualified or qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or substantial experience leading finance operations in a complex business.
• Strong experience of supplier invoicing, purchase orders, payment runs, reconciliations and financial controls.
• Experience managing or coaching a team and prioritising competing deadlines across multiple stakeholders.
• Good understanding of monthly reporting, event or project actuals, cost commitments and outstanding liabilities.
• Experience reconciling ticketing or other revenue settlements and managing debtor collections is desirable.
• Experience in live events, leisure, hospitality or another high-volume, seasonal environment is desirable.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence with finance systems and process improvement.
• Ability to communicate clearly with suppliers, operational budget holders and senior finance colleagues.

Behaviours

• Highly organised, responsive and calm under pressure, especially during peak event delivery.
• Detail-focused and accountable for processing accuracy, timeliness and effective control.
• A collaborative team leader who develops others and provides practical support.
• A proactive problem-solver who investigates exceptions and improves recurring processes.
• Commercially aware and able to balance stakeholder service with proper approval and control requirements.

What the role includes

• Lead, coach and organise a team of Event Finance Coordinators, allocating workloads effectively, and plan for peak festival periods.
• Oversee accurate supplier invoice processing, appropriate coding, purchase-order matching, credit notes and resolution of routine supplier and operational queries, leveraging the use of AI to automate where possible.
• Manage purchase-order administration and open commitment records; ensure operational budget-holder authorisation and Festival Finance Business Partner approval are obtained within delegated limits.
• Oversee preparation and checking of non-artist supplier payment runs, escalating exceptions and obtaining sign-off from authorised approvers.
• Ensure ledger-derived event actuals, open POs, known commitments and missing-cost schedules are updated and supplied to Festival Finance Business Partners by agreed monthly forecasting deadlines.
• Coordinate ticketing and other event revenue reconciliations, raise and track relevant receivables, proactively manage accounts receivable debt collection, follow up outstanding income, elevate overdue balances where required, and investigate material settlement differences.
• Own the operational post-event close-out tracker, following up unbilled costs, open POs, revenue balances and supplier issues; provide timely supporting evidence to Financial Reporting.
• Oversee accurate, timely PRS calculations and submissions using reconciled event revenue information, and maintain appropriate supporting documentation and approvals.
• Work with Festival Business Partners and Financial Reporting to resolve financial exceptions, improve standard procedures and automation, and ensure processing, commercial approvals and accounting review remain appropriately separated.

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 Live Nation Entertainment

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.