Tour Accountant (Asia-based Role)
Tour Accountant (Asia-based Role)

Tour Accountant (Asia-based Role)

England Full-Time 36000 - 60000 Β£ / year (est.) No home office possible
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Key Responsibilities

  • Support the Asia Touring Team and local markets through building, reviewing, and updating tour budgets, reports and Settlements.
  • Liaise with LN Production Rep and local finance to ensure production cost budgets are up to date and accurate, plus all quotes and final invoices are provided in a timely manner for settlement.
  • Work closely with relevant Production and Tour Managers, Agents, Venues, Vendors where appropriate to ensure costs are being managed across a tour.
  • Highlight and explain variances and reduce the financial uncertainty around each tour.
  • Liaise with local finance teams to obtain settlements, review, and negotiate any points of issue, agree funds transfers.
  • Facilitate artist deposit payments, interim payments, as required.
  • Arrange cash float in advance for tours, through the local finance departments.
  • Key contact on the ground during the tour, available to provide support and approval for request from the Tour/Agent.
  • Prepare artists show settlements and fee reconciliations for settlement with Promoter, Agent or Artist tour accountant as required.
  • Work closely with Promoter, Agent (or artist management) and tax agent to ensure Withholding Tax being calculated correctly.
  • Provide artist or artist tax accountant with Tax Certificates as required.
  • Ensure VIP has provided you with the settlement and fee reconciliations within the required deadlines.
  • Ensure Marketing has provided you with the final spend and settlement pack within the required deadlines.
  • Ensure the finance department has Tour settlements in a timely manner for month end reporting.
  • Complete and manage the Tour Report and Final Tour Cross Settlement and Payment Summaries.
  • Ensure all event related reports/summaries/invoices saved in tour folders.
  • Save payment remittances & supporting documents in tour folder.
  • Actively review settlement process to identify efficiencies / improvements.

Requirement

  • An excellent communicator and team player
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with attention to detail.
  • Excellent time management with ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
  • Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and Outlook
  • 5-10 years’ experience in an accounting function, experience in touring or live events is highly regarded
  • You are highly inquisitive, not afraid to ask questions and constructively challenge, to understand other perspectives and what you need to know to deliver desired outcomes.
  • Good knowledge of major ticketing audits and reports (Ticketmaster, Ticketek, Moshtix etc) is an advantage.
  • Willing to travel frequently
  • The actual work location can be further determined, but it will be based in an Asian market where we have a presence and will be subject to the respective work authorisation requirements (e.g., visa approval).
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Live Nation Asia Recruiting Team

Tour Accountant (Asia-based Role)
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