Senior Manager, Corporate IT Security & Compliance Audit

Senior Manager, Corporate IT Security & Compliance Audit

Live Nation is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Manager, Corporate IT Security & Compliance Audit to lead the organization's IT compliance, governance, risk management, and audit programs. This role is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, assessment, and continuous improvement of IT controls that support regulatory compliance, cybersecurity governance, financial reporting integrity, and operational excellence across the Corporate IT landscape.

The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to technology and business leadership, driving a strong culture of accountability, compliance, and risk awareness while ensuring alignment with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), industry standards, and corporate objectives. This role will lead IT audit and compliance initiatives, manage internal and external audit relationships, strengthen the enterprise control environment, and support strategic technology transformation efforts.

This role provides a unique opportunity to shape the future of IT governance, security, compliance, and risk management within the world's leading live entertainment company. You will partner with senior leaders across technology and business functions to strengthen the enterprise control environment, reduce organizational risk, and support transformative business initiatives while advancing a culture of accountability, compliance, and operational excellence.

• Develop and execute the Corporate IT SOX compliance strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Lead annual and quarterly IT SOX planning activities, including risk assessments, scoping, control evaluations, testing coordination, and audit execution.
• Establish and maintain governance processes supporting the full IT control lifecycle, including control design, implementation, testing, monitoring, remediation, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct enterprise-wide IT risk assessments to identify financially significant applications, infrastructure, automated controls, and technology dependencies supporting key business processes and financial reporting.
• Define and maintain risk-based compliance frameworks that align technology initiatives with regulatory, operational, and business objectives.
• Establish escalation protocols and issue management processes to proactively identify, assess, prioritize, and remediate control deficiencies and technology risks.
• Assess emerging technologies, cloud platforms, AI-enabled solutions, and digital transformation initiatives for security, compliance, and operational risks.

• Oversee the design, implementation, and monitoring of IT General Controls (ITGCs), IT Application Controls (ITACs), automated controls, interface controls, and key IT-dependent business process controls.
• Evaluate control design and operating effectiveness across key technology domains, including:
• Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• Change Management
• System Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Technology Operations
• Data Management and Governance
• Cybersecurity Controls
• Assess financial reporting risks associated with ERP systems, cloud platforms, SaaS applications, integrations, and supporting infrastructure.
• Provide subject matter expertise on SOX 404, Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR), COSO, COBIT, SOC 1, SOC 2, NIST, ISO 27001, and other applicable governance and security frameworks.
• Support vulnerability management, security assessments, and compliance monitoring initiatives by providing guidance on control design and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Enterprise Applications, Finance, Legal, and Internal Audit teams to strengthen the overall control environment.

• Lead the planning, execution, and oversight of IT SOX audits, including walkthroughs, risk assessments, control testing, evidence review, and documentation management.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Corporate IT and external auditors, internal auditors, and compliance stakeholders.
• Coordinate audit requests, walkthroughs, evidence collection, testing activities, issue remediation, and management responses.
• Ensure audit readiness through the maintenance of high-quality, inspection-ready documentation, control narratives, risk assessments, and evidence repositories.
• Support auditor reliance through disciplined testing methodologies, reporting practices, and governance processes.
• Partner with Internal Audit to develop risk-based audit plans and support broader enterprise governance initiatives.
• Track audit findings, control deficiencies, and remediation efforts to ensure timely and sustainable resolution.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership by translating complex technology, security, and compliance risks into…