Acquisition Onboarding Manager, Live Nation
Accounting & Finance, Spanish Speaking Required
Entertainment events promoter and producer
Open for applications
Entertainment events promoter and producer
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help live music fans more easily and quickly find concert tickets and information about their favourite artists and venues.
Role
Who you are
- Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent experience in Accounting or Finance; MBA preferred
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in accounting, finance, group reporting, or financial transformation
- Demonstrated experience integrating acquisitions into finance organizations and systems
- Strong understanding of ERP and consolidation environments (e.g., OneStream, SAP, Rome, Workday)
- Solid knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS principles, internal controls, and financial reporting processes
- Proven project management capability with the ability to manage multiple integrations simultaneously
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with a continuous improvement mindset
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across functions and regions
- Experience working in fast-paced, evolving environments with a high degree of autonomy and accountability
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and sound judgment
- Fluent Bilingual and experience in Latin America are highly desirable
- Ability to travel internationally for extended durations is required
What the job involves
- The Acquisition Onboarding Manager will play a critical role in supporting the company’s growth strategy by leading the financial integration of newly acquired entities into the Group’s operating and reporting framework
- This role bridges the gap between transaction close and operational stabilization, ensuring a seamless transition to business-as-usual accounting, reporting, controls, and systems
- The successful candidate will partner cross-functionally with Accounting, Finance, Compliance, Internal Audit, HR, IT, and local business teams to deliver structured onboarding plans, strengthen financial controls, and enable timely and accurate financial reporting
- Lead the end-to-end accounting and finance onboarding process for newly acquired entities
- Develop and execute structured integration plans to ensure a smooth transition to business-as-usual operations
- Establish clear month-end close and forecast processes, reporting timelines, and accountability frameworks
- Review and validate budgets by comparing local submissions against original CER assumptions, identifying FX, financial and operational variances
- Coordinate with Finance Systems teams to integrate acquisitions into ERP, consolidation, and reporting platforms (e.g., OneStream, SAP, Rome)
- Align financial data structures, including chart of accounts, reporting hierarchies, and master data governance
- Standardize onboarding methodologies by developing integration playbooks, tools, templates, finance models and checklists
- Lead the integration of SOX and internal control frameworks, ensuring newly acquired entities are effectively aligned with internal audit standards per US GAAP, understand control requirements, and adopt compliant processes
- Support process mapping initiatives related to new system implementations and financial transformation projects
- Partner with Corporate Accounting, HR, IT, and divisional finance teams to align integration timelines and deliverables
- Facilitate knowledge transfer to local finance teams, including training on reporting systems, policies, and procedures
- Track integration progress and operational performance during the first 100 days post-acquisition
- Prepare executive-level updates, ad-hoc financial analysis, and status reports on integration success and key risks
- Support strategic finance initiatives and special projects as assigned by senior leadership
Our take
Live Nation is the world's leading live entertainment company, sitting at the top of the market in live events and ticketing. Formed in 2005, it is a major international company, with key business segments made up of concerts, ticketing, and sponsorship and advertising.
Despite its dominant position in the market, the company saw an 84% drop in revenue during 2020 and the closure of live events. Since then, however, demand has been stronger than ever for their ticket sales. This is a reflection that live events remain a clear priority for consumers and has been further reflected in Live Nation's acquisitions of companies - like Goodlive - that complement and bolster Live Nation's portfolio.
In addition to live events, a key area to watch for Live Nation will be the rise of online concert streaming, like that undertaken by competitors such as Driift. Major festivals such as Glastonbury have trialled online concerts with mixed reviews. If it proves successful, this could be a major new section of the entertainment market and a big potential part of Live Nation's future ventures.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company 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 baby bonus, infertility support
- CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
- OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network
Company HQ
Beverly Hills, CA
Leadership
Michael Rapino
(CEO & President)Michael joined Live Nation Entertainment in 2005 as CEO and President. Previously, he spent 10 years in various Marketing and Entertainment roles at Labatt's Breweries of Canada. He also held several roles at Clear Channel Communications, including CEO and President of Global Music.
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