Tax Manager

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 550 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

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 ROLE

We are seeking a Canadian Tax Manager that will lead corporate tax reporting and compliance for the Live Nation Canada and Ticketmaster Canada groups of companies. This role will be relied upon as an internal Canadian subject matter expert in consultation with internal specialists and external advisors.

This position will report to the SVP, Global Tax and will work closely with finance and accounting leads of Live Nation Canada and Ticketmaster Canada as well as tax professionals across the organization.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

Corporate Tax Planning & Compliance

• Complete annual tax compliance for Live Nation Canada and Ticketmaster Canada entities

• Lead tax planning approach to intercompany accounts, profit distributions and payment of cash taxes

• Assist internal International Tax Team with corporate structuring in establishing tax effective hierarchy

Transfer Pricing

• Regular review of business operations and workflows to assess transfer pricing strategy and processes including cost structure, intercompany charges and markups, including documentation for compliance

• Coordinate necessary charges and payments with finance/accounting groups across the organization

Cross-Border Tax

• Evaluate contract structure and transaction flows of Canadian entities that transact cross-border, both internally and externally

• Provide subject matter expertise on Non-Resident Withholding Tax as issues arise when transactions occur with non-resident clients

• Support internal International Tax team with detailed insights from the Canadian businesses

Tax Provision

• Prepare calculations for monthly tax provision and remittances across business segments

• Primary point of contact on behalf of Live Nation Canada and Ticketmaster Canada to provide quarterly tax reporting on provisions and payments and provide ad hoc updates for public reporting and financial statement audits

Tax Developments

• Provide updates and guidance regarding tax developments impacting Canadian businesses; recent examples include federal Digital Services Tax and provincial Marketplace Facilitator rules

• Lead evaluation on the impact to Canadian businesses and assist in structuring operational response

Audit support

• Lead income tax and transfer pricing audits

• Support the businesses when undergoing CRA audits in all areas of tax including GST/HST/PST, payroll tax, etc

Additional responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with SOX and internal audit requirements

•  Support the international tax team with special projects and analysis

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• 5+ years of comparable experience in large corporate environment for publicly-traded company, and/or public accounting with a preference for Big 4 or large regional firm

• CPA designation or equivalent

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax or related subject required

• Completion of In-Depth Tax Program

• Focused experience on corporate tax with exposure to a variety of business taxes

• Demonstrated experience interacting with CRA on audits and guidance

We thank all candidates for their interest, only those who will be selected for an interview will be contacted.

$110,000 - $150,000 CAD **  

**Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the British Columbia Pay Transparency Act. It is estimated based on what a successful British Columbia applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in British Columbia or perform the position from British Columbia. Similar positions located outside of British Columbia will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Pay Transparency Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions