Supervisor - Payroll

Live Nation Entertainment; Georgia; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Concert tickets

Company match 401k

Parental leave programs

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead the payroll team across multiple states, ensuring accurate and timely processing. The role emphasizes compliance, control, and cross-functional collaboration with HR and Accounting.

The position requires CPP certification, 7+ years of payroll experience (multi-state), and at least 2 years in a supervisory role. You will hire, train, and evaluate staff while maintaining SOX controls and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• CPP certification is required and at least 7 years of payroll experience with multi-state scope.
• Minimum 2 years in a management or supervisory role.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local wage and hour laws, garnishments, payroll tax and regulatory reporting.
• Experience in an organization with more than 5,000 employees.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Union experience preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to work without supervision and take initiative.
• Minimum of 2 years in an office environment.

Responsibilities

• Supervise payroll related activities of the team to ensure payroll is delivered correctly and timely.
• Review staffing to ensure appropriate coverage for all payroll tasks and processing.
• Ensure special payrolls (bonuses, etc.) are processed timely and correctly.
• Hire and train team members toward department and company goals.
• Maintain SOX controls and close gaps in control measures.
• Assist management in implementing quality control measures.
• Conduct direct reports’ annual performance evaluations.
• Handle reconciliation, review, and audit of payroll records.
• Act as liaison with HR, Accounting and other departments as needed.
• Research changes in payroll laws and their application to employees.

Skills

CPP certification

Payroll management

Multi-state payroll

Regulatory compliance

SOX controls

Interpersonal skills

Excel proficiency

Team leadership

Independent worker

Job description

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!

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Supervise payroll related activities of the team to ensure payroll is delivered correctly and timely
• Review staffing to ensure appropriate coverage for all payroll tasks and processing
• Ensure special payrolls are processed timely and correctly, such as bonuses, special payments, and taxable cash and non-cash fringe benefits
• Hire and train team members toward the achievement of department, company, and personal goals
• Ensure SOX Controls are maintained and there are no gaps in control measures
• Assist management in implementing quality control measures
• Conduct direct reports’ annual performance evaluations
• Conduct reconciliation, review, and audit of payroll records; escalated unresolved items timely
• Update and maintain outstanding items list for effective communication to leadership
• Point of contact for issue escalation and complex employee pay concerns
• Initial point of research for changing payroll laws and how they apply to the employee base
• Actively participate in team meetings and bringing new payroll topics to the team; share relevant knowledge
• Communicate and resolve issues for Human Resources, Accounting and other departments as needed
• Act as a liaison between company and unions when necessary
• Maintains confidentiality and security of payroll information and data files
• Other duties and special projects as assigned

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• CPP certification required
• Minimum 7 years of payroll experience, multi-state, with at least 2 years in a management or supervisory role
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local wage and hour laws, garnishments, payroll tax and regulatory reporting
• Must have experience in an organization with greater than 5,000 employees
• Strong interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills
• Union experience preferred
• Strong work ethic and team player
• Strong customer service skills
• High level of attention to detail
• Advanced EXCEL skills
• Ability to work without supervision and take initiative in areas of responsibility.
• Minimum of 2 years office environment experience

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 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. Live Nation may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support application screening and assessment. All hiring decisions are made with human review.

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.