Supervisor - Payroll

Job Summary

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. Live Nation Media & Sponsorship creates strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year.

• Supervise payroll related activities of the team to ensure payroll is delivered correctly and timely.
• Review staffing to ensure appropriate coverage for all payroll tasks and processing.
• Ensure special payrolls are processed timely and correctly, such as bonuses, special payments, and taxable cash and non-cash fringe benefits.
• Hire and train team members toward the achievement of department, company, and personal goals.
• Ensure SOX Controls are maintained and there are no gaps in control measures.
• Assist management in implementing quality control measures.
• Conduct direct reports’ annual performance evaluations.
• Conduct reconciliation, review, and audit of payroll records; escalate unresolved items timely.
• Update and maintain outstanding items list for effective communication to leadership.
• Point of contact for issue escalation and complex employee pay concerns.
• Initial point of research for changing payroll laws and how they apply to the employee base.
• Actively participate in team meetings and bring new payroll topics to the team; share relevant knowledge.
• Communicate and resolve issues for Human Resources, Accounting and other departments as needed.
• Act as a liaison between company and unions when necessary.

• CPP certification required.
• Minimum 7 years of payroll experience, multi-state, with at least 2 years in a management or supervisory role.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local wage and hour laws, garnishments, payroll tax and regulatory reporting.
• Must have experience in an organization with greater than 5,000 employees.
• Strong interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills.
• Union experience preferred.
• Strong work ethic and team player.
• Strong customer service skills.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to work without supervision and take initiative in areas of responsibility.
• Minimum of 2 years office environment experience.

• 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).
• Personal:
  Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days.
• Wealth: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program.
• Family:
  New parent programs including caregiver leave, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support.
• Career:
  Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment.
• Others:
  Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age, ancestry, color, religious creed, family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability, marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin, citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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. Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, including pregnancy, and will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case‑by‑case basis.

Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them in performing the essential functions of the position. Any applicant requiring an accommodation should contact a Human Resources Representative.