Regional Accounting Director, Managed Venues Division

POSITION:
Regional Accounting Director, Managed Venues Division DEPARTMENT:
Finance

REPORTS TO:

Vice President, Finance, Managed Venues Division

LOCATION:

Remote (Position based out of Norwalk, CT) LEGENDS GLOBAL

Legends Global is the premier partner to the world’s greatest live events, venues, and brands. We deliver a fully integrated solution of premium services that keeps our partners front and center through our white-label approach. Our network of 450 venues worldwide, hosting 20,000 events and entertaining 165 million guests each year, is powered by our depth of expertise and level of execution across every component — feasibility & consulting, owner’s representation, sales, partnerships, hospitality, merchandise, venue management, and content & booking — of world-class live events and venues.

The Legends Global culture is one of respect, ambitious thinking, collaboration, and bold action. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can be authentic, make an impact, and grow their career. Winning is an everyday thing at Legends Global. We have the best team members who understand every win is earned when we come together as one unified team.

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The Regional Accounting Director, Managed Venues Division will be responsible for supporting and overseeing all aspects of accounting and financial reporting activities at the venues they support by performing the following duties. The role is the strategic Accounting and Finance business partner to the Vice Presidents of Operations and provides leadership, functional guidance and valuable insights to leadership teams across venues.

This role serves as an interdependent part of the core business unit leadership team within the business unit or region and serves as functional leader for venue based DOFs. As a business partner to VPs of Operations, this role provides business/financial perspective to help make optimal business decisions, uses financial skills and diverse sources of information identify profitable opportunities, anticipate challenges, and creates competitive advantages and drive performance.

Role has responsibility on accounting oversights of supporting venues and balance sheet review/reconciliation.

• Accounting and Financial Reporting oversight: Has a fiduciary responsibility of the overall accounting within the region. Establish a timely review schedule of P&L and balance sheet reviews to ensure proper accounting guidelines are being followed in conjunction with US GAAP, Legends Global policies and procedures and Client requirements. This role should complete Balance Sheet review of his/her venues at least twice a year and manage any remediation/action plan thereafter post review and report out to VP Finance.
  
  Additionally, role is responsible with ensuring venue compliance with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements, tax filings and Legends Global Policies and Procedures.
• Business Partnering and Business Unit Performance :
  Creation and embracing the culture of business partnering by working with the division Vice Presidents of Operations, the Regional DOF and Venue DOFs within the business unit/region, together with the RVPs are jointly responsible for achieving optimal operating performance without losing sight of all measured KPI’s. Review financial performance of each venue within the region, analysis of variances, trends, forecasts, and budgets.
  
  Challenge existing strategies and/or recommend alternate strategies to continually improve effectiveness of the business or financial management. Highlight potential operating opportunities and weaknesses with VP Finance and VP of Operations.…