Director, Finance Technology Architect

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network.  Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five eCommerce sites, with over 26 million monthly unique visitors.  Live Nation Concerts produces over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists globally.  Front Line is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists.  These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling over 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.

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 ROLE

The Director of Financial Systems Architect reports to the Vice President of Financial Systems Analytics for a major Entertainment company. The successful candidate will be responsible for acting as liaison between Finance and other business units and IT. Understanding the needs and priorities of the business, Director will establish, drive and enforce overall global financial system architecture and standards throughout the business. Director will be responsible for leading project team(s) (e.g., business users, outsourced providers, database, infrastructure etc.) to deliver multiple, simultaneous projects that could span across several business or technology areas.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Participate in definition and implementation of the Enterprise Application strategy in alignment with the overall IT and Business strategy, including roadmap and release management, as well as continuously check effectiveness and propose improvements.
• Actively provide expertise and guidance on the Oracle Cloud ERP implantation project and provide subject matter expertise and educate business users and functional team.
• Provide functional - and technical specifications for support ERP resources that are involved in build phases.
• Ensure technical interoperability and data flows with neighboring IT domains (e.g., Workday, SAP B1, Salesforce, Concur, and multiple other applications
• Work with business stakeholders to define business cases, identify potential system prospects (including definition of selection criteria), select best-fit-solutions and setup solid implementation plans.
• Perform (and supervise) detailed requirement workshops with end-users translating them into detailed system purchases, configuration, enhancements, and program modifications. Facilitate project/ enhancement governance and prioritization.
• Review functional and technical design solutions to meet business needs
• Perform business and financial analysis of strategic projects to ensure proper cost/value relationship, helping to reduce risk and focus investment more efficiently.
• Effectively collaborate with IT team to ensure exchange of business information, develop innovative approaches to problem solving, and continuously seek ways to improve communication
• Works with business areas in understanding problems and pain points, identifying process and/or system improvements to resolve them. 

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Ten plus years’ experience with Oracle ERP application is required.
• Experience with full cycle implementation of Oracle Cloud Financials is required.
• Strong functional knowledge or Oracle Cloud GL, Projects, AP, AR, FA modules is required.
• Effective communication skills with strong emphasis on customer-service
• Ability to effectively interface with technical (IT) groups as well as finance/business teams.
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills.  Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Accounting or Finance is required.

BENEFITS & PERKS

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

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

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.

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, 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.