- Reporting to the Vice President, Operations Finance, the Senior Director, Operations Finance owns operational accounting for Live Nation Canada. This is the senior operating leader of a function that accounts for every show, venue and festival we run in this country; tens of thousands of transactions a year, settled under contract in a fast-paced environment where the work is visible and the stakes are real
- The Senior Director’s mission will be to elevate the function by building a high-performing team and setting standards nationally for how shows and venues are accounted for. They will be responsible to evolve current processes toward greater automation, control and scale
- Success in the first 12 months will be explicit and measurable: a functioning management layer that consistently delivers on deadlines; a faster, cleaner close with a defensible timetable and fewer post-close adjustments; one written national process standard in use across all markets; an automated end-to-end workflow that is live, adopted and measurably reducing manual effort or error; and a solid control environment where audit findings are closed promptly and none repeat
- Working in close partnership with the Vice President, the Senior Director will help shape the direction and priorities of the function. They will be the trusted go-to partner for the business on all matters of operational accounting
- This is a great chance to own a national function, build a team around it, and elevate how Live Nation Canada does its accounting
- Own the structure, capability and performance of a ~12-person operational accounting team spanning show settlement, venue accounting and financial close
- Lead through managers: develop the management layer, set transparent ownership accountabilities,



establish performance standards and hold managers accountable for their teams’ deadlines and quality
- Own talent strategy for the function: hiring standards, onboarding, development plans, succession depth, and a coverage model that holds through peak season, festival periods and major tours
- Accountable for the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of all events, venues and festivals accounting nationally (including the integrity of reported contribution margin by show, venue and market)
- Own the close calendar end to end and commit to the timetable; ensure corporate reporting deadlines are consistently met
- Own the accounting treatment of show settlement: from artist final settlements against contract, withholding tax, charity and merchandise/bundle recognition, co-promoted events, joint venture splits, venue expense settlement and shared ancillary revenue
- Own accounting for owned and operated venues, including inventory, labour costs and cash handling
- Own balance sheet integrity for the function: reconciliation quality, accrual adequacy, deferred revenue, AR aging and collections performance for event-related balances
- Develop and recommend accounting positions on complex deal structures such as co-promoted events, joint ventures, festival vehicles, rental versus promoted, international artist withholding, multi-year ancillary agreements




- Partner with regional controllers to ensure consistent application of policy across markets, and resolve differences rather than reporting them
- Partner with VP, Operational Accounting and Corporate for all technical accounting approval
- Accountable for the day-to-day operation of internal controls over settlement, cash floats, AP approval and wire release, including SOX-relevant controls in scope
- Play a critical role in internal and external audits; owning remediation of findings to closure while ensuring every settlement is audit-ready with proper documentation backup
- Proactively identify control gaps as volume, venues and deal structures change, and implement corrective action
- Develop, implement and sustain a national operational accounting playbook: settlement process, documentation standards, close process and checklist, reconciliation methodology, escalation path
- Identify and improve workstreams end to end; from business case through delivery to adoption and measured benefit
- Define and report the function’s operating metrics: days to close, settlement cycle time, restatement and error rates, aged AR, control exception volume. Use them to drive decisions and continuous improvement
- Own the data standards that allow event economics to be reported consistently
- Provide the actuals, trend data and event-level insight that Strategic Finance and FP&A; build the budget and forecast on; accountable for the reliability of what they plan from
- Support due diligence, integration planning and post-close financial integration
- Deputize for the VP, Operational Accounting on function matters with senior leadership to set pri

📌 Operations Finance Senior Director (Toronto)
🏢 Live Nation
📍 Toronto