Business Unit:
Financial and Valuation Advisory
Industry:
DR - Dispute Resolution
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. The firm 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, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past nine consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past ten 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 LSEG (formerly Refinitiv).
Houlihan Lokey has established one of the largest worldwide financial 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. 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.
Scope
Our Financial and Valuation Advisory (FVA) business’ Dispute Resolution Consulting (DRC) team is led by financial experts who bring unique value to counsel and their clients on valuation and accounting/forensic matters related to disputes in litigation, arbitration, and mediation. Our services include case assessment, strategy design, complex financial modeling, damage theory formulation, settlement assistance, and expert witness testimony in a variety of legal matters.
An experienced Associate position is available in our DRC practice. You will play a key role on our engagement teams, which are typically comprised of a Managing Director or Director as the engagement principal, a Vice President as the engagement manager, an Associate, and one or more Financial Analysts. As an Associate in our DRC practice, your primary activities will include oversight of Financial Analyst teams as well as constructing and reviewing valuation, damages, and other financial models; performing financial-statement, economic, industry and other quantitative and qualitative assessments; participation in client and team meetings; designing and drafting work product; presenting analyses and conclusions internally to review committees; directing the efforts of Financial Analysts; and assisting with specific sales, marketing, and research initiatives.
Basic Qualifications
Houlihan Lokey offers a dynamic, entrepreneurial work environment and, as such, rewards professional staff with substantial responsibility. The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter, highly collaborative, creative, and possesses strong financial analysis, modeling, valuation, and organizational skills.
- Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, business, or economics
- Four to seven years of experience in a valuation, dispute, or litigation consulting firm
- Strong knowledge of finance, valuation, and accounting, and keen analytical capabilities
- Strong qualitative and quantitative research and analytical abilities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Prior investment banking, finance and accounting, or similar relevant experience
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with team members
- Intellectually curious and self-motivated
- Exceptional work ethic
Preferred Qualifications
- Graduate degree in finance, accounting, business, or economics
- Recognized credential(s) (e.g., ASA, ABV, CBV, CFA)
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:
$95,000.00-$160,000.00
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.
