LN Concerts, Staff Accountant I

Posted 3 Days Ago
Be an Early Applicant
New York, NY
Entry level
Events • News + Entertainment
The Role
The role involves maintaining accounting transactions, processing A/P invoices, preparing journal entries, and supporting audits while ensuring accuracy in transactions across multiple venues.
Summary Generated by Built In

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.

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 Staff Accountant I for Mercury East Presents, a segment of the Live Nation. Position is a blend of transactional and entry-level Accounting. This person must be a self-motivated individual with the ability to multitask.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

  • Maintain and record routine accounting transactions such as Ticketmaster and Groupon pushdown reports.
  • Work with local box office teams to ensure accurate and timely recording of daily box office sales for multiple venues.
  • Processing of A/P invoices, manual checks, and wires
  • Create project numbers for new events in QuickBooks.
  • Complete account reconciliations as assigned by supervisor.
  • Prepare and record journal entries.
  • Provide audit support as needed.  Communicate accounts receivable with intercompany departments to ensure they are cleared monthly.
  • Project reconciliations: both month-end project and special projects.
  • Other duties as assigned.

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred
  • Zero to one-year comparable work experience
  • Quality problem solving and communication skills
  • QuickBooks or 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
  • Live Nation’s policy regarding vaccinations and masking related to a pandemic or other infectious disease control measures, acts of God, health and safety mandates and/or restrictions imposed by applicable local, state or federal governments has evolved over time. Currently, we strongly encourage employees to be fully vaccinated from such infectious diseases for which vaccinations are available. You are expected to follow Live Nation’s health and safety protocols and policies as they change from time to time.

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.

----------

The expected compensation for this position is:

$24.00 USD - $30.00 USD Hourly

** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.

Top Skills

Oracle
Quickbooks
Am I A Good Fit?
beta
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company
Atlanta, GA
13,750 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2005

What We Do

Recognized three years in a row by Great Place to Work® and named one of People Magazine’s Top 50 Companies that Care, Live Nation Entertainment is the global leader in live events and ticketing. With business operations and corporate functions across 5 major divisions, Ticketmaster, House of Blues, Concerts, Media & Sponsorship, and Artist Nation, we offer exciting opportunities across every discipline.

Similar Jobs

Remote
10 Locations
13750 Employees

Capco Logo Capco

Senior Consultant, PRT Pricing, Operations & Technology

Fintech • Professional Services • Consulting • Energy • Financial Services • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
Hybrid
New York, NY, USA
6000 Employees
106K-140K Annually

Clear Street Logo Clear Street

Technology Audit Lead

Fintech • Software • Financial Services
Easy Apply
Hybrid
New York, NY, USA
471 Employees

Clear Street Logo Clear Street

Senior Associate - Asset Servicing

Fintech • Software • Financial Services
Easy Apply
Hybrid
New York, NY, USA
471 Employees

Similar Companies Hiring

EchoStar Thumbnail
Retail • News + Entertainment • Mobile • Information Technology • Digital Media • Cloud • Aerospace
Englewood, CO
14500 Employees
News 12 Thumbnail
News + Entertainment • Digital Media • Consumer Web
Bethpage, NY
400 Employees
Hedra Thumbnail
Software • News + Entertainment • Marketing Tech • Generative AI • Enterprise Web • Digital Media • Consumer Web
San Francisco, CA
14 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account