Junior Financial Analyst

Job Summary:

THE TEAM

Live Nation Entertainment is the largest live entertainment company in the world, consisting of five businesses: concert promotion and venue operations, sponsorship, ticketing solutions, eCommerce, and artist management. At Ticketmaster Fans come First, as the world’s leading ticketing company, we are committed to setting the standard for a great fan experience. The Junior Financial Analyst role sits within the Fan Experience Team. The team is responsible for 23 Contact Centres and Offshore BPO partners, we work across the world to support fans and clients needs.

THE JOB

Reporting to the Finance Manager, this role will be part of the Ticketmaster Fan Experience and Fan Support teams. The Junior Financial Analyst will provide finance and accounting support to Ticketmaster’s Fan Experience team. Major responsibilities include assisting with the annual budgeting process and forecast updates, preparing various operational and capital cost tracking schedules, cost allocations, and coordination of purchase orders and invoice processing.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Participate in monthly close activities, including account reconciliation, G/L analysis, and accruals/journal entries liaising with accounting teams to ensure P&L accuracy.
• Maintaining Financial and Non-Financial database for Monthly Reporting, Modeling and Budgeting.
• Assist in the preparation of timely and accurate monthly management reports, including variance and trend analyses at the Regional and Department levels.
• Assist in the development of annual budgets.
• Maintain Shared Resource Cost Allocation Process.
• Provide support to the business teams for purchase orders and invoices to facilitate timely vendor payments.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (or TECHNICAL SKILLS)

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 2+ years of accounting work experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Power Point
• Strong analytical skills
• Oracle and BPC experience a plus
• Detail-oriented, organized and ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

YOU (BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS)

• Earn the trust of co-workers; deliver high quality work on time and on task; take the time to do things right
• Methodical concerning accuracy of data, transparent to the core, and willing to share “facts” in a professional and meaningful way. Act with good intentions; represent information and data accurately and completely
• Results driven, energetic, creative, and hardworking
• Collaborate with others; share information openly; listen and take time to understand where others are coming from; show recognition and appreciation for the contributions of others
• Listen intently, ask probing questions, and be willing to dig into details in order to deliver the highest quality of work

LIFE AT TICKETMASTER

We are proud to be a part of Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s largest live entertainment company.

Our vision at Ticketmaster is to connect people around the world to the live events they love. As the world’s largest ticket marketplace and the leading global provider of enterprise tools and services for the live entertainment business, we are uniquely positioned to successfully deliver on that vision.

We do it all with an intense passion for Live and an inspiring and diverse culture driven by accessible leaders, attentive managers, and enthusiastic teams. If you’re passionate about live entertainment like we are, and you want to work at a company dedicated to helping millions of fans experience it, we want to hear from you.

Our work is guided by our values:

Reliability - We understand that fans and clients rely on us to power their live event experiences, and we rely on each other to make it happen.

Teamwork - We believe individual achievement pales in comparison to the level of success that can be achieved by a team

Integrity - We are committed to the highest moral and ethical standards on behalf of the countless partners and stakeholders we represent

Belonging - We are committed to building a culture in which all people can be their authentic selves, have an equal voice and opportunities to thrive

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Ticketmaster 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, 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, Ticketmaster 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, Ticketmaster 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. Ticketmaster 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.

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