Finance Assistant, Festivals

Job Summary:

Company: Live Nation

Department: UK & Ireland Festivals

Location: Farringdon, London

Reports to: Reporting Manager - Festivals

Working Hours: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Description

We are looking for a Finance Assistant to join the UK & Ireland Festivals Finance team, reporting to the Reporting Manager. The main focus on the role will be assisting in the preparation of the business’ monthly reporting, monitoring and assisting the Reporting Manager in deliverables to management and monitoring the control environment.

As a Finance Assistant for Live Nation Festivals, you will gain invaluable opportunities to build on your existing finance/administration experience as you work closely with the Festival Reporting Manager & Finance Director as well as the wider finance function including, Accounts Payable, Banking and Operations teams.

The successful candidate will have experience working within a finance department, with a keen eye for detail, be forward thinking with a positive attitude to change and be looking to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Live Nation is part of Live Nation Entertainment which is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, LN Media, and Artist Nation Management.

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.

Who you are

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Ideally currently studying/ planning to study ACCA or CIMA
• Experience working within a finance department.
• Strong organisational, numeracy and Excel skills, with experience of Oracle and BPC an advantage.
• Confident in your communication skills with good commercial awareness.
• Ideally currently studying/ planning to study ACCA or CIMA with strong accounting knowledge.

Behaviours

The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success

• Enthusiasm and ability to work independently in a fast-paced, growing organisation.
• Hard working with a pro-active approach to problem solving.
• Great attention to detail and passionate about getting it right first time.
• Committed to getting the job done and delivering to agreed deadlines.
• Happy to be flexible in working hours to facilitate working/attending the festivals.

What the role includes

• Assisting with the reviewing of month end actuals, forecast submissions and cashflows across the festival division
• Creation of weekly and monthly ticket count reports for internal use.
• Assisting with the review of monthly balance sheet packs, reconciliations and aging analysis.
• Liaising with finance teams across various legal entities covering the festival division to progress agreed action points.
• Involvement in monitoring and analysis of festival project reconciliations, reviews, and progress reports.
• Assisting and supporting the Reporting Manager to ensure relevant information is provided and deadlines are met.
• Supporting ad hoc project work including reconciliations, analysis and producing reports as required.

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 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. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday 7th April 2025. We reserve the right to close applications at anytime.

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