Business Unit:
Financial and Valuation Advisory
Industry:
PV - Portfolio Valuation
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, 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 global M&A transactions under $1 billion, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past eight consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past nine consecutive 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 Refinitiv.
Houlihan Lokey has established one of the largest worldwide financial and valuation advisory practices. Our transaction expertise and leadership in the field of valuation inspire confidence in the financial executives, boards of directors, special committees, retained counsel, investors, and business owners we serve. In 2020, Refinitiv (formerly known as Thomson Reuters) ranked us the No. 1 U.S. M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 20 years.
Our stability, integrity, technical leadership, and global capabilities make us a trusted advisor for clients worldwide, across a wide range of services, including Transaction Opinions, Transaction Advisory Services, Corporate Valuation Advisory Services, Portfolio Valuation & Fund Advisory Services, Real Estate Valuation & Advisory Services, and Dispute Resolution Consulting.
Houlihan Lokey’s PV practice is well-recognized and regarded in the alternative asset valuation community. In 2020, the PV Practice received the HFM US Hedge Fund Services Awards in which Houlihan Lokey was named “Best Valuations Firm for Hard to Value Assets,” its fourth time receiving this award. We also received this same honor in Europe in 2020. And, for the first time ever, Houlihan Lokey received the HFM Asia Hedge Fund Services Award for “Best Valuation Firm,” underscoring the outstanding valuation services the firm provides its hedge fund clients around the world. Also, Houlihan Lokey was named “Best Valuation Service” for the Alt Credit European Services Awards in both 2019 and 2020, which recognizes “service providers, credit hedge funds, CLO and private debt funds who are outperforming their competitors and leading the way in Europe.”
Scope
Within our Portfolio Valuation practice, our clients include many of the world’s largest hedge funds, private equity funds, direct lending funds, business development companies, among other asset managers, and we advise them on the valuations of illiquid debt, equity and complex securities in order to meet their investor and regulatory financial reporting requirements. Our market-leading practice has a strong reputation with regulators, auditors, and investors and we rapidly mobilize the right team for the job, drawing on our expertise in a wide variety of asset classes and industries, along with our firm’s real-world transaction experience and market knowledge.
The open position is for a Vice President or Senior Vice President based in the Dallas or Houston office who will be dedicated to executing client engagements as well as growing Houlihan Lokey’s Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory (PV) practice.
Our Financial Valuation Advisory (FVA) practice is looking to add talented financial professionals at the Vice President or Senior Vice President level to focus on managing the execution of client engagements and building out our Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory (PV) practice. While the primary execution and business development focus will be for PV, all members of the FVA practice are expected to broadly facilitate our firm’s growth by cross selling other FVA, Corporate Finance, and Restructuring service offerings provided by Houlihan Lokey.
The PV-dedicated Vice President / Senior Vice President in our Financial and Valuation Advisory Services business will be a fully integrated member of engagement teams, which can range in size from two to ten members.
Responsibilities
- Leading FVA portfolio valuation teams, which provide valuations of illiquid debt and equity securities held by hedge funds, private equity funds, and business development companies in connection with fair value reporting of the funds’ assets to investors;
- Leading business and financial due diligence sessions with clients;
- Providing leadership and guidance towards valuing companies, businesses, and securities;
- Directing the efforts of Associates and Financial Analysts and reviewing their work product to ensure the delivery of an accurate and thorough work product within the required timeframe;
- Reviewing published financial information, such as public company filings, press releases, reports from published research analysts, and Bloomberg data across a wide range of industries and sectors, including the energy industry and oil and gas sector;
- Reviewing third-party and in-house oil and gas reserves reports, understanding relevant energy industry metrics, and reviewing net asset value analyses for upstream oil and gas companies;
- Presenting valuation analyses and conclusions internally and externally;
- Managing client deliverables;
- The ability to assist in building and reviewing complex financial models (e.g., to value specific securities or transaction structures);
- Assisting in quality control, execution, and industry consultation across the entire financial advisory services platform;
- Creative content development, thought leadership and collaboration across service lines;
- Leading internal discussions of key takeaways from quarterly engagements across the energy portfolios of PV clients and preparing summaries for internal and external circulation;
- Assisting in the preparation of quarterly energy market updates;
- Coordinating with internal administrative support teams to complete revenue accruals, prepare engagement invoices, working paper files, and other compliance/end-of-engagement close out procedures;
- Preparing fee proposals to clients, including scoping discussions, pitch materials and internal engagement pricing committee memoranda;
- Preparing confidentiality agreements, engagement letters and ad-hoc agreements, coordinating with prospects, clients and the legal department to negotiate and execute such agreements;
- Pitching engagements and leading in business development initiatives; and
- Building relationships and maintaining direct contact with current and prospective clients.
Qualifications
The environment at Houlihan Lokey is aggressive and entrepreneurial and, as such, rewards Vice Presidents / Senior Vice Presidents with substantial responsibility. The ideal candidate should be motivated, creative, commercially driven, and possess strong skills in overall project management, leading, managing, performing financial analysis, and business development. Candidates must have a strong knowledge of finance and valuation, including valuation of oil and gas assets. Candidates must also have strengths in applied financial theory, analytical capabilities, and verbal and written communication skills.
Basic Qualifications
- A minimum of six years of experience in financial services for Vice Presidents and a minimum of eight years of experience for Senior Vice Presidents.
- Prior equity and/or debt valuation or related experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Advanced accounting, finance, financial modeling, and analytical abilities
- Demonstrated experience managing Analysts/Associates or other personnel.
- Entrepreneurial attitude: desire and willingness to support a growing practice and contribute across the full suite of offerings.
- Strong command of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and common database systems
- Highly motivated with an exceptional work ethic and demonstrated ability and desire to work cooperatively with team members and client professionals.
Preferred Qualifications
- Big Four valuation or; independent valuation consultants experience, and/or is a plus;
- Master’s degree or progress towards an advanced degree a plus; and
- CFA designation a plus.
Salary Range
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:
$145,000.00-$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, as well as the service line and location where this position may be filled.
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.
