Ticketmaster Looking for Strategic Finance Manager at Beverly Hills, CA Full Time

THE JOB

The Strategic Finance Manager role will serve as a key business partner for various business lines at Ticketmaster. You will help define and drive business strategy by providing critical financial insights to business leaders as well as supporting them in daily operations through budget management and forecasting.

What You Will Be Doing

• Key partner to business leaders in day-to-day management of their budgets
• Prepare and deliver monthly P&L and KPI performance packages, including analysis of results
• Partner with VP Strategic Finance on Revenue, CM, CapEx, & OpEx forecast guidance to be provided to finance leaders
• Partner with VP Strategic Finance on periodic financial performance updates and drive strategic shifts based on results and budget performance
• Create and maintain various financial planning and forecasting models
• Prepare detailed annual budgets for all supported business lines
• Partner with the business on financial modeling and scenario planning, including assessment of new opportunities and existing investments
• Partner with HR to track headcount budgets and corresponding labor spend, including internal and external labor strategy
• Track and report on product and program level spend, including tracking and managing capex and opex labor budgets and alignment to strategic goals/priorities
• Improve and scale by developing repeatable processes, including standardizing and automating reports and improving how we leverage internal systems
• Ad-hoc reports and analysis as needed

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (or TECHNICAL SKILLS)

• 5+ years of relevant experience (FP&A, investment banking, private equity, strategy, consulting, Big 4)
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Experience building forecast and scenario models
• Strong proficiency in Excel & PowerPoint
• Familiarity with ERP systems (Oracle, OneStream, BPC, Workday)
• Experience with BI tools (Domo experience a plus)

You (behavioural Skills)

• Ability to communicate with all levels of the organization, particularly Executives, and having the ability to distill detailed analysis into actionable insights & recommendations
• Entrepreneurial spirit, comfortable with ambiguity, and eager to drive improvement
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and embrace and drive change
• Work cross-functionally and drive consensus among various stakeholders

Benefits & Perks

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

• HEALTH: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• YOURSELF: Paid time off policy including holidays, sick time, and day off for your birthday, free concert tickets
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program Reimbursement
• FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and infertility support
• CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network

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.

The Expected Compensation For This Position In California Is

$104,000.00 USD – $131,000.00 USD

• Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the California Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements Law. It is estimated based on what a successful California applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in California or perform the position from California. Similar positions located outside of California will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the California Law, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.