Payroll Analyst - Vancouver - Live Nation Entertainment

Description

About the Company

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. For additional information, visit

Position Overview

Payroll Analyst role, reporting to the SVP Finance, partners with HR, Finance, and the central Payroll team at Live Nation to ensure accurate payroll processing, identify gaps, and implement process improvements for all Live Nation Canada payrolls.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as point of contact with the Central Payroll Team and third‑party payroll provider for all payroll operations and solutions for Canada.
• Manage integrations, system configurations, and updates with third‑party payroll platforms to ensure smooth data flow and system alignment.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, and Central Payroll teams to ensure accurate and timely processing of all pay runs, including regular payroll, bonuses, commissions, milestone awards, and special reimbursements.
• Oversee hourly timekeeping system, including staff training, and ensure accurate calculations of wages, overtime, statutory holiday pay, retroactive adjustments, and provide timely validated data for payroll processing.
• Ensure the accuracy of employee wages each pay period through reconciliation of approved submissions, deductions, and payroll outputs.
• Verify compliance with all federal and provincial payroll regulations and ensure all applicable deductions (taxes, benefits, RRSP, etc.) are calculated and remitted accurately.
• Reconcile payroll data across systems to maintain data integrity and accuracy; perform periodic, quarterly, and annual payroll audits and coordinate corrections with the Payroll Team.
• Submit and validate all Canadian benefit deductions (STD, LTD, Life, AD&D, etc.) and complete related month‑end reporting, including vacation, WSIB, and benefit billings.
• Prepare journal entries and inter‑company transaction entries related to payroll, benefits, and vacation.
• Support reconciliation and settlement of inter‑company stock‑related balances.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to identify, implement, and streamline payroll improvement processes, policies, and procedures.
• Troubleshoot payroll issues with HR and people managers to ensure prompt resolution.
• Handle sensitive and complex payroll projects as required.
• Consolidate and deliver payroll data required by third parties each pay period.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years minimum of experience supporting, and consulting on Canadian payroll.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian payroll practices and relevant legislation (e.g., income tax; employment standards, etc.).
• Membership with the National Payroll Institute (formerly the Canadian Payroll Association).
• Strong knowledge of absence laws and regulations in Canada.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Excel (e.g., VLOOKUP and pivot table skills).
• Experience working with/in using ADP WorkforceNow and Dayforce.
• Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) designation, or similar and/or designation in progress is a bonus.

Behavioural & Interpersonal Skills

• Demonstrated ability to be a critical thinker and solutions‑oriented when tackling problems.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Expert in handling sensitive and confidential information.
• Resourceful self‑starter who can work independently while understanding the importance of teamwork.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to multi‑task and shift direction easily while working in a fast‑paced environment with tight deadlines.

Benefits & Perks

• Health: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, along with Employee Assistant Programs through Modern Health and ComPsych.
• Yourself: Generous paid time off policy including holiday closures, and sick time for you and dependents, along with free concert tickets.
• Wealth: RRSP program with company match, Stock Program Reimbursement.
• Family: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonus, and infertility support.
• Career: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings.
• Others: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network, gender reassignment support.

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

The expected compensation for this position in British Columbia is: $75,000 - $85,000.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment

Sits for extended periods of time at a computer station or work desk; stands and walks throughout the day; occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.; uses hands and fingers to operate computers and office equipment for up to 8 hours each day; lifts up to 10 pounds regularly; exposed to typical office environment conditions and noise levels.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and home life. 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. It's talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of 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, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We also afford 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 consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, provincial and / or federal law. 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 to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case‑by‑case basis.

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.

This job description is a summary of duties that are expected to be performed. Duties outlined on this job description may not be all‑inclusive, and can be modified at any time if requested by management.