Financial Analyst Intern

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, Live Nation Media & Sponsorship and Artist Nation Management. Ticketmaster is the global event ticketing leader with nearly 455 million tickets sold, over 145,000 events ticketed and more than 12,000 clients in 21 countries. Live Nation Concerts has become the single largest provider of live entertainment in the world producing nearly 23,000 shows annually for over 2,700 artists in 33 countries. Artist Nation Management is one of the world’s leading artist management companies, representing approximately 280 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to deliver music marketing programs across 750 brands enabling advertisers to tap into the 59 million fans Live Nation Entertainment delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. 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 US Concerts division of Live Nation is looking for a talented summer intern motivated to succeed at anything they do. This summer role will be spent working with a national FP&A team that focuses on operational finance, analysis and reporting for many key aspects of the business. The primary focus of the intern’s program will be on new or updated reporting and analysis of Food & Beverage (F&B) activity within the division’s Owned & Operated venues. There will also be opportunity to contribute to analysis and reporting within several other departments including Premium Seats, Marketing, Venue Operations or other ad hoc projects as assigned. This is a paid internship that will be expected to start at the beginning of May and complete at the end of August working approximately 30 hours per week.

Responsibilities:
Compiling, Reviewing and Importing F&B nightly event recaps into the event management database

Comparing nightly recaps reports to Point of Sale (POS) system data via data warehouse to determine completeness and accuracy of data in both systems

Reviewing POS system data for item and vendor reporting completeness and accuracy

Updating and creating reports aggregating previous day’s F&B sales along with other event metrics to both (1) report results and (2) identify opportunities to increase future sales

Updating and creating reports to analyze event performance against specific action plans and other targeted priorities

Analyze monthly financial settlements from concessionaire for completeness and reasonableness compared to nightly reported sales

Collect labor reports & analyze against scheduling reports

Monitor compliance and completeness of Marketing Plans & Ad Server data

Test dashboards & reports before distribution to business leads

Review Premium Seat inventory for completeness & accuracy at the venue & event level

Work with FP&A staff to improve or further automate processes and document those reporting processes

Other ad hoc or special projects as assigned

Qualifications:
Pursuing or completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related major required

Minimum GPA 3.2 – Overall and Major

Must have completed junior year coursework

Must have strong working knowledge of MS Office especially the ability to use medium/advanced level MS Excel tools (Look-ups, Pivot Tables, Nested Formulas, Logical Formulas, etc.)

Coursework in or understanding of relational database fundamentals, data warehouses (Business Objects), and basic query processes is a plus

Must have a positive attitude, the ability to communicate within all levels of the organization, and the ability manage multiple tasks simultaneously

If the above description sounds like you and fits your background, apply online at www.livenationentertainment.com/careers to join the Live Nation Entertainment team today!

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Live Nation Entertainment strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

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 Entertainment recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation Entertainment may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, Internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.