Business Unit:
Corporate Finance
Industry:
Capital Markets Group
Houlihan Lokey
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.
Capital Solutions
Our Capital Solutions Group provides capital-raising services for a wide variety of clients, from large, publicly held, multinational corporations to privately held companies either sponsor-backed or founded and run by entrepreneurs. In partnership with our Industry Coverage teams and Financial Sponsors Group, we combine superior sector knowledge and relationships with significant expertise in structuring and syndicating financings.
We approach each transaction with the goal of creating a capital structure that enables our clients to achieve their strategic objectives with the best terms available in the market. Houlihan Lokey has acted as a placement agent, an underwriter, or a strategic advisor for a wide variety of financings.
Job Description
Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Solutions Group originates, structures, and executes private and public debt and equity financings on behalf of the firm’s corporate and private equity clients. The candidate would work in the Financial Services & Structured Finance POD within Capital Solutions that focuses on structuring and placing debt and equity financings in a broad range of situations involving financial services companies and financial assets.
Our team works on transactions that provide exposure to various financing products, techniques, and applications, such as bank debt, senior loans, rated and unrated securitizations, second-lien debt, unitranche debt, mezzanine debt, and equity / equity-linked securities for a variety of uses, including growth capital, leveraged buyouts (LBOs), acquisition financing, refinancings, dividend recapitalization, and special situations.
Members of the Financial Services & Structured Finance POD within the Capital Solutions Group gain significant exposure to their counterparts at private equity firms, corporations, and private capital investors. They also work closely with Houlihan Lokey’s industry coverage, M&A, financial restructuring, and financial valuation and advisory teams.
You will:
- Work side-by-side with a talented, dedicated staff of senior professionals who will provide broad exposure to the many different considerations affecting public and private debt and equity financings;
- Assist with evaluating and structuring customized financing alternatives for private equity and corporate clients;
- Gain hands-on transaction experience by playing an integral role on deal teams from the initial pitch through closing;
- Develop general corporate finance and valuation skills relevant to raising capital, including rating agency methodologies for financial services companies and structured and fund finance, while building a detailed understanding of key developments in the debt and equity capital markets; and
- Interact with a broad range of businesses across different financial services sub-industry verticals and other clients with unique capital needs.
The environment at Houlihan Lokey is collegiate and entrepreneurial, and, as such, rewards financial analysts with substantial responsibility and interaction with senior-level professionals.
Preferred Qualifications
The ideal candidate would possess the following qualities and background:
- 3+ years of relevant work experience in similar roles within investment banking / private equity / corporate roles (credit underwriting, debt structuring and syndication, lending, experience with securitization and/or financial services clients or M&A experience)
- Undergraduate degree (business/economics degree preferred, but not required) and/or MBA from a strong academic institution
- Top academic performer and a quick learner capable of performing in an unstructured environment
Basic Qualifications
- Proven accounting, finance, financial modeling, and analytical abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff
- Very strong work ethic and careful attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills and a proven self-starter
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.
