Event Specialist

You'll work directly with the Director to keep a complex, multi-event season running on time and on budget. Across 6 events and dozens of active vendor relationships, there's a lot happening simultaneously — your job is to make sure nothing falls through the cracks. This role lives at the intersection of finance and operations. You'll manage vendor payments and onboarding in Ramp, maintain our event budgets, surface emerging issues before they become fires, and help the Director to stay focused on the right things at the right time. Strong communication and a proactive mindset are as important as technical skills here. Budget & Vendor Payments Own day-to-day maintenance of the season event budget — record actuals, track variances, and flag when something is trending off-plan across any of the 6 events Manage vendor onboarding and payment processing in Ramp, including setting up new vendors, submitting payments for approval, and ensuring invoices are coded correctly Monitor staged vendor payment schedules (deposits, milestone triggers, final payments) and proactively alert the team when action is needed Support multi-currency reconciliation across USD, AUD, and CAD; flag conversion impacts on the budget. Issue Visibility & Communication Actively surface emerging risks — budget overages, vendor delays, missing deliverables, or timeline slippage — before they escalate Serve as a clear, reliable communication hub between the team and external vendors: coordinate timelines, follow up on deliverables, and hold vendors accountable without requiring the Director to step in on every thread Prepare concise budget summaries and status updates for leadership, translating complex budget data into clear, actionable snapshots Maintain visibility on all open items across the season so the team always has a current picture of where each event stands Project & Operations Coordination Triage the task queue in Asana — identify what's urgent, what's blocked, and what needs escalation Build and maintain event timelines, pre-production checklists, and run-of-show documents Track vendor contracts and ensure payment and deliverable milestones are met on schedule Support ad hoc operational needs as the season progresses Tools used Budget & Finance: Google Sheets, Ramp Project Management: Asana Communication: Slack, Google Workspace Expenses & Payments: Ramp