Payroll Analyst

Payroll Analyst

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. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

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

Reporting to the Payroll Director within Shared Services, the Payroll Analyst will research payroll-related unclaimed property, contact employees with outstanding checks, maintain a list of employee overpayments, and follow up on repayments to ensure appropriate tax treatment.

The Payroll Analyst will also assist with special projects, reporting, and preparation of manual payments. This employee will demonstrate high processing accuracy and superior customer service in the demanding, fast-paced live entertainment industry.

What This Role Will Do

Maintain an updated list of all uncashed checks and returned payroll wages

Maintain an updated list of all garnishment refunds and re-issue monies owed

Communicate with employees to update addresses or banking information and follow through with the re-issuance of any outstanding monies owed to employees

Maintain a listing of employees that have been overpaid, timing and plan for repayment as well as calculation of all tax effects of the repayments

Maintain a list of employees who have received advances and ensure appropriate deductions

Create and maintain standard operating procedures

Assist in answering the payroll hotline and handling employee requests or issues

Review and test system update releases

Serve as a backup to the rest of the team for issuance of out of cycle manual checks

Continuous evaluation and improvement of all payroll processes seeking maximum processing efficiency and accuracy by researching and making recommendations regarding new technology and automated solutions for payroll processing

Maintain high level of customer service including timely research and response to inquiries and consultation on payroll issues including tax and regulatory matters

Maintain confidentiality and security of payroll information and data files

Other duties and special projects as assigned

What This Person Will Bring

Minimum 5 years of processing end-to-end payroll experience

Minimum of 2 years of experience in a corporate environment

Multi-state experience that includes California payroll law experience required

Extensive working knowledge of high-volume payroll processing, greater than 10,000 employees preferred

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required

Strong time management skills and the ability to maintain open communications and a collaborative team environment

Attention to detail and ability to learn and understand the unclaimed property requirements

Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time

Ability to work with minimal supervision and take initiative in areas of responsibility

Ability to learn and understand the necessary components of processing payroll

Strong customer service orientation, exhibiting patience and an ability to maintain a professional demeanor in all communications, both verbal and written

Effective organizational and interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication with employees at all levels

Excellent analytical and independent thinking skills

Benefits & Perks

Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:

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)

Yourself: 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 and baby bonuses, 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

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 is an equal opportunity employer. It hires and promotes employees based on their experience, talent, and qualifications for the job and does not tolerate discrimination toward employees based on 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.

Live Nation affords 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 or an employee consistent with its legal obligations to do so. 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 or employee to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants and employees are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek or currently occupy. Any applicant or employee who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact either the hiring manager for the role or a Human Resources representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.

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.