Senior International Tax Manager

Live Nation Entertainment; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Free concert tickets

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer time off

Career development programs

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment in Houston, TX, is seeking a Senior International Tax Manager to oversee withholding tax, VAT/GST/HST filings, and cross-border tax planning for its global productions and touring operations. You will collaborate with Finance, Legal, and Operations to ensure compliant international tax strategy, improve processes, and advise on treaties and permanent establishment risks.

CPA preferred; Vertex experience valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or related field required.
• CPA, CA or equivalent preferred.
• 10+ years of international tax experience and withholding tax compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage international tax compliance for assigned authorities.
• Prepare and file VAT, GST, HST and other international tax returns accurately and on time.
• Oversee the withholding tax compliance related to artist withholding, fees, productions services, touring, licensing, and cross-border payments.
• Advise internal teams on tax implications of international productions, performances, artist engagements, sponsorships, and content distribution.
• Coordinate tax registrations, filings, payments, refunds, and correspondence with foreign tax authorities.

Skills

International tax experience

Cross-border payments knowledge

Withholding tax expertise

Contract tax implications

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business

CPA/CA or equivalent preferred

Tools

Vertex

Excel

Power Query

Tax research tools

Job description

WHO ARE WE?

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 www.livenationentertainment.com.

Job Summary

WHO ARE WE?

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 www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

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 ROLE

A Senior International Tax Manager is a senior-level tax professional who will assist the company in the international tax department. This role supports entertainment productions, touring artists, talent, and related business operations by managing withholding taxes and indirect tax obligations, including VAT, GST, and HST filings across multiple authorities.

What This Role Will Do

• Manage international tax compliance for assigned authorities.
• Prepare and file VAT, GST, HST and other international tax returns accurately and on time.
• Oversee the withholding tax compliance related to artist withholding, fees, productions services, touring, licensing, and cross-border payments.
• Advise internal teams on tax implications of international productions, performances, artist engagements, sponsorships, and content distribution.
• Coordinate tax registrations, filings, payments, refunds, and correspondence with foreign tax authorities
• Review contracts and payment structures to identify withholding, permanent establishment, indirect tax, and treaty considerations
• Cross-functional support
• Special Projects

What This Person Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business, or related field required
• CPA, CA or equivalent preferred
• 10+ years of international tax experience and withholding tax compliance.
• Certifications: CPA, CMI or other relevant tax certifications is a plus.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Vertex tax software, Excel, Power Query, and tax research tools.
• Strong knowledge of cross-border payments, tax treaties, non-resident withholding, VAT registrations, and refund processes.
• Experience supporting entertainment, media, music, live events, talent, sports, or similarly international service-based businesses is highly desirable.

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 and baby bonuses, 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 afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

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Live Nation Entertainment will never request payment or equipment purchases as part of the hiring process. Recruiters will only contact candidates from official Live Nation or affiliated brand email domains.