Sr. Finance Director, SD Concerts

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Job Summary: WHO ARE WE? SD Concerts is a leading live entertainment company producing concerts, festivals, and major events in the Dominican Republic, with a presence across the Caribbean and Latin America. Behind every event is a fast-moving team coordinating people, production, venues, partners, and technology. Our systems must support both the daily business and the moments when thousands of people are counting on everything to work. WHO ARE YOU? Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! THE JOB The Senior Finance Director will serve as the finance leader responsible for all financial reporting, accounting oversight, internal controls, and financial compliance activities for SD Concerts. This role partners closely with executive leadership and operational teams to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting while providing strategic insights that support business performance and growth. WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO Lead the monthly forecasting process, providing guidance to SD Concerts business leaders on event forecasts, phasing, and key planning assumptions. Lead efforts to optimize accounting systems, including ERP systems, tools, and workflows to increase efficiency and improve data quality and accessibility. Prepare and deliver internal dashboards and analysis for senior management. Own the annual budgeting process and long-range financial planning, partnering with business leaders to align financial plans with strategic objectives. Consolidate financial results, operational metrics, and P&L activity, delivering variance analysis and actionable insights to senior leadership across forecast, budget, and prior year performance. Build and maintain sophisticated financial models that support strategic planning, business cases, investment decisions, and resource allocation. Prepare executive reporting packages, dashboards, and ad hoc financial analyses to support operational and strategic decision-making. Support long-term strategic planning, financial forecasting, budgeting, and reporting processes while continuously improving forecast accuracy and financial visibility. Oversee cash flow planning and reporting, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting and strong financial controls. Partner with senior leadership to strengthen the financial infrastructure, processes, and reporting capabilities required to support continued growth. Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and reporting enhancements that increase efficiency and improve financial decision-making. Leverage financial systems and reporting tools, including Oracle, Excel, BPC, Business Objects, and other analytics platforms to analyze large data sets and generate meaningful business insights. Lead, mentor, and develop finance team members through coaching, performance feedback, and professional development. WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Finance or related field 10+ years of relevant experience. Exceptional analytical problem solving and data modeling experience. Experience in applying these skills to resolve operational performance problems is a plus. ERP experience, preferably Oracle, but equivalent is sufficient Ability to work flexible hours in support of the business. Detail oriented, with a desire to understand every aspect of the business. Ability to interact with senior executives and management. Ability to solve problems by gathering information, discussing options and making recommendations. Strong communication skills in both English and Spanish; written and verbal. Must be able to handle multiple priorities and effectively meet critical deadlines. Knowledge Skills & Abilities: Must have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel; should be an advanced user with experience linking multiple worksheets and external databases, using pivot tables, and writing nested functions. Experience with data mining and/or statistical analysis tools (Business Objects, BPC, etc.) is a plus. 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 strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of 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. We also afford 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 consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. 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 to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis. 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. #LI-Onsite #LI-JS1 Live Nation Entertainment will never request payment or equipment purchases as part of the hiring process. Recruiters will only contact candidates from official Live Nation or affiliated brand email domains.