Director, Finance - Studio Operations

Director, Finance - Studio Operations

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 ROLE

The Director of Finance will serve as the dedicated financial lead for Live Nation Studios, giving Studio leadership clear, timely visibility into project- and slate-level financial performance. This role will be embedded within the Studio organization and will partner closely with Corporate Finance and Accounting to ensure accurate reporting, forecasting, and financial controls.

The role will oversee production finance and accounting across the Studio's growing slate, including cost reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and project close. The ideal candidate will also bring broader financial planning and modeling capabilities to help evaluate new productions, financing structures, partnerships, and business opportunities.

This role requires strong accounting and financial discipline, an understanding of physical production, and the ability to translate financial information into actionable insights for Studio leadership.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

Studio & Production Finance

• Serve as the primary finance partner to Live Nation Studios leadership.

• Provide timely visibility into Studio and project-level spending, forecasts, and financial performance.

• Oversee production accounting and financial reporting across the Studio slate.

• Monitor production budgets, cost reports, commitments, and cost-to-complete forecasts.

• Track budget vs. actual performance and identify potential financial risks or variances.

• Manage and forecast project cash flow.

• Oversee vendor payments, accruals, reconciliations, and project close in partnership with Corporate Accounting.

• Partner with production leadership on budgeting and financial planning throughout the p