Manager, Resale Financial Planning & Analytics

JOB DESCRIPTION – FP&A MANAGER  Location: Remote in the US - Chicago preferred Division: Ticketmaster NA  Line Manager: Director of Finance  Contract Terms: Permanent, Full-Time, 40 hours per week    THE TEAM   Partnership Finance is a strategic partner to the business, helping leaders make smarter, data-informed decisions that drive growth and performance. We work at the intersection of finance, strategy, and data, translating complex financial information into clear insights and actionable direction. Our team works closely with stakeholders across the organization to forecast performance, identify opportunities, and improve outcomes. Whether it’s guiding investment decisions, enhancing reporting, or uncovering margin and growth opportunities, our work directly shapes how the business operates and scales.   THE JOB   This is a key strategic Global Finance role responsible for setting business expectations and delivering financial results to the CFO, COO and President of Ticketmaster and the finance executives of our parent Live Nation Entertainment. The ideal candidate will partner closely with Revenue Management, Marketing, Category Management and Accounting to deliver actionable financial insights that drive business performance. The candidate must be able to translate detailed financial information to various audiences, persuasively presenting complex business issues and potential solutions in a clear and concise manner. This role is responsible for financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting across our North American and International business. It will be important to proactively build relationships within the team and across departments, as a trusted and reliable source of information and support. Reporting to Ticketmaster’s Director of Finance, this position will work closely with peers in Finance and strategic partners across the division to incorporate real-time data into budgets and forecasts.

Oversee the month-end close process, including issue resolution, budget owner management, variance analysis, and monthly reporting.  Compile, consolidate, and distribute international results and Global Monthly Actuals reporting, including variance analysis.  Act as a key contributor/creator of the annual budget and forecast – the two processes work together to plan for and manage spend.  Manage marketing spend tracking, reporting, and analytics – including contract monitoring, category-level spend, and margin summaries distributed to Marketing stakeholders.  Support recurring operational reporting across pacing, cost tracking, royalty reconciliation, and event-level analytics.  Identify data points that are reliable indicators of future performance, continually exploring sources to challenge assumptions, clarify our understanding of financial relationships, and enhance accuracy.  Partner with leads across Ticketmaster to reflect departmental priorities into budgets and departmental realities into forecasts.  Understand risks & opportunities and incorporate them into sensitivity analysis on short-, medium- and long-term time horizons.  Create compelling presentations of business results and forecasts that tell the story of inputs, outputs and delivery in a straightforward manner, tailored to the particular audience.  Present forecasts and results to senior finance and business leaders that focus on core themes.  Develop and track KPIs that will result in the business meeting its objectives.  Identify ways to enhance financial processes and reporting capabilities to drive efficiency.  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (or TECHNICAL SKILLS)  Bachelor’s degree in marketing strategy or finance 5+ years related work experience, preferably proven success in Finance, Analytics, and/or Marketing Strong financial modeling and forecasting skills with attention to detail  Natural financial literacy with the ability to distill complicated