LN Venues, Lead AI Engineer – Finance Transformation

Live Nation, Inc; Chicago (IL); Sur place; USD 170 000 - 250 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health benefits

Concert tickets

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Professional development

Résumé du poste

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking a Lead AI Engineer for Finance Transformation in Chicago to build AI-powered solutions across accounting, forecasting and reporting. You will ship code to production, collaborate with Finance leadership, and ensure auditable, deterministic financial logic within scalable workflows.

The role requires 8+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years on production AI/LLM projects, strong Python/SQL, and full-stack capabilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years professional engineering experience.
• 3+ years designing and delivering production LLM-based applications with leadership.
• Experience applying AI to finance or accounting processes.
• Strong Python and SQL skills; ability to ship user-facing apps.
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments.

Responsabilités

• Design and ship AI-powered solutions across the accounting lifecycle.
• Apply LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows to business problems.
• Collaborate with Data Science to apply AI to forecasting and planning.
• Deliver solutions with auditable, deterministic finance logic.

Connaissances

LLM apps

Python

SQL

Full-stack

Communication

Leadership

Finance knowledge

Formation

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science/Finance

Master's degree (preferred)

Outils

Databricks

ERP systems

React/Streamlit

Description du poste

LN Venues, Lead AI Engineer - Finance Transformation page is loaded## LN Venues, Lead AI Engineer - Finance Transformationlocations: Chicago, IL, USAtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: JR-93296Job Summary: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 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit .Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!**THE JOB**Venue Nation is seeking a technical leader to help transform how our Finance organization operates - from automating complex workflows to enabling smarter decision-making at scale. You will partner directly with Finance leadership and Accounting teams to identify high-impact opportunities, then design and build the AI-powered solutions that deliver on them, spanning financial reporting, close, reconciliation, and forecasting.This is a builder-leader role: your code ships to production, and your technical judgment shapes how AI is applied across the finance function. Based within Venue Nation Analytics alongside our Data Science team, you will own solutions from discovery through production. Your work will span a growing portfolio of projects sponsored by the Division CFO. We are looking for a self-starter who brings structure to undefined problems - someone who can break down a business process as readily as they can architect an agent.**WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO****Build and Ship*** Design and build AI-powered solutions across the accounting lifecycle, from high-volume transactional work (invoice coding, cash application, account reconciliations, journal-entry support, and close-task coordination) to management reporting, forecasting, and decision support.* Apply LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows to real business problems, selecting the right approach for each use case.* Stand up pilots in development environments to validate solutions with business users and partner with Data Services to deploy to production.* Collaborate with the Data Science team to apply AI to forecasting and planning workflows, including variance detection and driver analysis.**Partner and Discover*** Partner with Finance leadership and operational finance teams to understand how work is done today and decompose workflows to identify where AI can assist.* Serve as a translator between finance and technical stakeholders, ensuring solutions reflect how the business actually works.**Build for Trust and Auditability*** Develop evaluation frameworks that measure solution accuracy and reliability against defined thresholds, and produce the documentation needed to meet Finance governance and audit requirements.* Design human-in-the-loop review workflows, exception handling, and confidence-based routing so that AI-enabled solutions earn trust incrementally.* Ensure financial calculations are performed through deterministic, auditable logic rather than generative outputs.**Compound the Capability*** Contribute reusable components, patterns, and best practices that accelerate AI delivery across the Analytics organization.* Monitor deployed solutions for accuracy drift, performance, cost, and adoption, and iterate based on what you learn.**WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING****Required*** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.* 8+ years of professional engineering experience, including 3+ years designing and delivering production LLM-based applications and agentic workflows, with demonstrated technical leadership.* Experience applying AI, machine learning, or advanced automation to finance or accounting processes.* Solid understanding of finance and accounting concepts, including P&L structure, close and reporting processes, and how financial results relate to underlying transactional data.* Full-stack development experience, with the ability to build and ship user-facing applications and review interfaces (e.g., React, Streamlit, or similar) without relying on a separate front-end team.* Strong Python and SQL skills, with experience building against modern cloud data platforms.* Demonstrated ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments - defining scope, prioritizing, and delivering outcomes without dedicated project management support.* Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical and finance audiences and present clearly to senior leadership.**Preferred*** Experience with Databricks (Apps, Unity Catalog, MLflow, Genie) or a comparable lakehouse platform.* Experience integrating with ERP and Accounting systems of record.* Background in a multi-unit operating business such as live entertainment, hospitality, or retail.* Master's degree in a related field.**BENEFITS & PERKS**Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:**HEALTH**: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)**YOURSELF**: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days**WEALTH**: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program**FAMILY**: New parent programs including caregiver leave, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support**CAREER**: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment**OTHERS**: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match**EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY**We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. 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.Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.We also