LN Venues, Senior Accountant I

Job Summary Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprising 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. Live Nation Media & Sponsorship creates 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 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 Job We are seeking a Senior Accountant I for the Live Nation Concerts division. This role supports core accounting operations, including event and general ledger accounting, in a fast‑paced environment. The ideal candidate is detail‑oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines. Responsibilities Participate in the monthly, quarterly, and year‑end close process, ensuring assigned deadlines are met. Prepare and post journal entries in accordance with GAAP and company policies. Maintain the general ledger and supporting balance sheet reconciliations for multiple venues. Prepare and review account reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies. Analyze financial results and explain significant variances. Prepare and reconcile event profit and loss (P&L) reports following each event, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and proper supporting documentation in partnership with operations. Reconcile event financial results and investigate variances between event settlements and supporting documentation. Partner with the operations team to ensure timely processing of artist settlement payments. Review accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, and cash activity to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies. Prepare information and supporting schedules for tax reporting processes. Assist with internal and external audits by preparing requested documentation and ensuring timely responses. Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes through automation, standardization, and continuous process improvement. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to resolve accounting issues and support operational initiatives. Assist with ad‑hoc reporting, financial analysis, and special projects as assigned. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. 5+ years of progressive accounting experience. Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and month‑end close processes. Experience preparing journal entries, maintaining the general ledger, and performing account reconciliations. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP, and data analysis. Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills with strong attention to detail. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments. Experience with Oracle, Oracle Fusion, or similar ERP systems. Experience supporting accounting for multiple entities, locations, or business units preferred. CPA or progress toward CPA certification is a plus. Benefits & Perks 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.