Head of Finance

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?

Highly organized and solutions oriented. Resourceful, collaborative, detail-obsessed, and operationally driven. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities — so if this sounds like you, then please read on!

THE ROLE

Timeline is looking for a Head of Finance who will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operational, financial, and HR processes. This role will serve as the primary liaison between Timeline and Live Nation’s centralized HR, Finance, and AP teams ensuring smooth execution of employee lifecycle processes, financial operations, vendor management, and overall business administration. This individual will play a critical role in supporting both internal teams and external artist clients, driving operational excellence across all facets of the business.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Provide financial and operational support to the CEO

• Act as the primary point of contact between Timeline employees and Live Nation HR for employee inquiries, benefits, and policy guidance

• Manage daily financial operations including receivables reporting, vendor payments, invoicing, and commission tracking by artist/band

• Provide monthly financial projections and commission summaries to leadership and managers

• Review and approve all expenses, including vendor invoices, artist chargebacks, contractor payments, and employee T&E reports; lead annual budgeting and forecasting processes

• Maintain strong relationships with external business management firms and artist teams to ensure timely financial reporting and payments

• Support operational needs for artists without business managers, including billing and financial tracking

• Manage contracts and compliance documentation

• Maintain financial records, artist files, and operational documentation

• Oversee general office administration including IT coordination, equipment ordering, and systems management

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• 5+ years of experience in financial operations, business management, or financial operations, preferably within the music, entertainment, or agency industries

• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail

• Experience managing HRIS systems, preferably Workday

• Financial acumen including budget tracking, invoicing, billing, and vendor management

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, artist-driven environment

• High level of discretion and professionalism in handling confidential information

• Collaborative mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and financial tracking tools

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through our 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

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 is an equal opportunity employer.  It hires and promotes employees based on their experience, talent, and qualifications for the job and does not tolerate discrimination toward employees based on 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.

Live Nation affords 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 or an employee consistent with its legal obligations to do so.  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 or employee to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants and employees are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek or currently occupy. Any applicant or employee who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact either the hiring manager for the role or a Human Resources representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.

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.

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The expected compensation for this position is:

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