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.

C3 Presents creates music festival experiences for millions of fans across the globe, setting the new standard each year for events that are as memorable as they are spectacular, including Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas, Lollapalooza in Chicago (and seven other countries), and Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee.

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 full-time Staff Accountant in Austin to join our team. This is a hybrid role with a combination of in-office and remote work. This position will ensure accurate information is reported and analyzed & prepare key financial schedules/deliverables for multiple festivals, while also supporting the Senior Accountant assigned that oversees management of the budgets & financial statements.
 

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

•Month-end close; run project accounting and ensure deferrals are recorded, prepare and record monthly net downs and assist Senior Accountant with reclasses & accruals as needed

•Serves as the primary liaison with Brinks to coordinate secure cash pickups, deliveries, and resolve service issues

•Serves as the primary liaison with PEX to coordinate funding, defunding, and resolve service issues

•Maintain tracker of all cash/pex floats and perform monthly reconciliation to Prepaid balance

•Manage cash/pex requests, returns and prepare journal entries

•Reconcile cash floats immediately following event

•Review monthly Brinks charges and prepare journal entries

•Manage C3PO workflow/approvals and assist with reconciling to project actuals

•Prepare bank and balance sheet account reconciliations and submit for review

•Create invoices and record corresponding revenues

•Work with AP/AR Specialists to ensure that all receivables, receipts, and payable items are processed and recorded accurately and timely

•Record and apply customer payments in Oracle to ensure accurate account balances

•Monitor receivable balances and collection efforts, ensuring adequate reserves are recorded as necessary

•Maintain accounting files; provide audit support as needed, ensure that files are in compliance with GAAP and all company policies/procedures

•Set up wires in the bank and provide supporting documentation to AP

•Perform other accounting functions as assigned
 

REQUIREMENTS:

•Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

•2+ years industry accounting experience (no audit or tax)

•Exceptional Microsoft Office skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel

•Oracle experience a plus

•Possess excellent organizational, communication, and analytical skills with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

•Self-motivated

•Strong analytical/problem solving skills

•A positive attitude

•Ability to travel on occasion

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 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.