Business Unit:
Financial Sponsor Coverage Group
Industry:
No Industry
Overview
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Houlihan Lokey serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services.
The firm is the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions for the past two years, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past 10 years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past 11 years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by LSEG.
Financial Sponsors Coverage Group
Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Sponsors Group is one of the broadest and deepest in the world, with 30 senior bankers dedicated to the sponsors community. Our international team provides coverage to more than 1,800 private equity firms, hedge funds, family offices, private credit funds, and other private capital investors across United States, Europe and Asia. The group’s mandate is to provide best-in-class advice to private equity firms, hedge funds and other sources of alternative capital on mergers and acquisitions, valuations and capital structures. Our clients value our independence, analytical rigor and deal savvy in various advisory functions, including:
- Selling companies to and for financial sponsors,
- Arranging debt and equity financings for their portfolio companies,
- Advising on complex financial restructurings and liability management issues,
- Rendering fairness and solvency opinions for the boards of directors of portfolio companies, and
- Valuing large and complex portfolios of illiquid securities.
Responsibilities
Senior Associates work with experienced senior coverage officers to provide coverage officer support on important client initiatives, including new business origination, transaction execution support, firmwide marketing efforts, and more. Senior Associates will support senior coverage officers in their coverage responsibilities which includes new deal introductions, idea generation, portfolio reviews and other projects. This support role will evolve and grow over time and lead to more of a client-facing role focused on business development and long-term relationship building.
The environment at Houlihan Lokey is collegial and entrepreneurial, and as such, rewards Senior Associates with substantial responsibility and interaction with senior-level professionals.
Basic Qualifications
The environment at Houlihan Lokey is collegial and entrepreneurial, and, as such, rewards high performing team members who are driven to succeed with substantial responsibility. The ideal candidate should be motivated, creative and outgoing, and possess:
- At least five years of professional working experience
- At least two years of investment banking experience
- An undergraduate degree with academic distinction
Preferred Qualifications
- Extensive financial modeling experience and strong analytical abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- A very high degree of intellectual curiosity and the ability to think independently
- The ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff
- The ability to manage multiple projects and hit deadlines in a highly organized manner
- An independent, solutions-focused mindset
Compensation And Benefits
Houlihan Lokey is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive total compensation package, which may include other components such as discretionary incentive compensation. The firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible salary range for this role at the time of posting is:
$175,000.00-$225,000.00
Actual salary at the time of hire may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant qualifications, skills, and experience and the location where this position may be filled.
Houlihan Lokey provides a competitive benefits package. Our current benefits offerings can be found here:
2025 Benefits
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
