Sr. Tax Accountant

Live Nation Entertainment; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company seeks a passionate Sr. Tax Accountant to manage corporate and partnership tax compliance. Responsibilities include preparing tax returns, managing quarterly payments, and ensuring audit readiness. Ideal candidates will have a strong accounting background and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits

Free concert tickets

401(k) program with company match

Paid time off including holidays and sick time

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years public accounting and/or corporate tax experience.
• CPA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare corporate and partnership federal tax returns.
• Assist with tax research and planning.
• Maintain detailed, audit-ready workpapers.

Skills

Analytical

Problem-Solving

Communication

Education

BS degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Excel

Oracle

Corptax

Fixed Asset software

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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

Under the direction of the Tax Compliance Director, responsibilities include preparing corporate and partnership federal tax returns, calculating quarterly estimated payments, responding to notices, and assisting with the preparation of the US quarterly and annual income tax provision (ASC 740).

Duties also include assisting the Tax Compliance Director and other Tax Managers with corporate and partnership tax research, planning, and calculating tax depreciation and amortization.

What This Role Will Do

• Prepare federal, state, and local partnership income tax returns
• Prepare federal, state, and local corporate income tax returns
• Prepare tax depreciation and amortization calculations for reporting purposes
• Prepare federal and state quarterly estimated tax payments and extensions
• Maintain detailed, audit-ready workpapers to support compliance and reporting
• Prepare and e-file tax returns and extensions
• Prepare and perform detailed review of income tax provision in accordance with ASC 740 and reconcile U.S. deferred tax accounts
• Communicate with team members and other departments on tax related matters
• Assist in IDR requests for IRS corporate and partnership audits
• Complete assigned projects under various deadlines
  
  

What This Person Will Bring

• 3 to 5 years public accounting and/or corporate tax experience, or in the tax function of a publicly traded multinational corporation, with knowledge of US corporate consolidated and partnership rules
• BS degree in Accounting or Finance required, CPA preferred
• Emphasis on strong systems skills, including Excel, Word, Oracle
• Proficient in Corptax
• Proficient in Fixed Asset software
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proactive team player while also being able to work independently
  
  

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 is an equal opportunity employer. It hires and promotes employees based on their experience, talent, and qualifications for the job and does not tolerate discrimination toward employees based on 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.

Live Nation affords 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 or an employee consistent with its legal obligations to do so. 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 or employee to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants and employees are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek or currently occupy. Any applicant or employee who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact either the hiring manager for the role or a Human Resources representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.

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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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Entertainment Providers

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