Business Unit:
Corporate Finance
Industry:
Industrials
Job Description

Associates are an integral part of Houlihan Lokey's business activities and play a key role in the delivery of exceptional service to our clients. Houlihan Lokey hires Associates to work specifically as part of industry aligned teams, assisting with a variety of investment banking services and transactions.

Associates support all facets of our investment banking engagements by:

• Managing client relationships
• Participating in end-to-end transaction execution including but not limited to the following:
• Preparing confidential information memoranda, marketing, and presentation materials
• Analyzing historical and projected financial information
• Developing complex financial and valuation models
• Coordinating transaction execution
• Building datarooms and managing due diligence processes
• Participating in the development of recommendations to clients alongside senior bankers
• Managing and supervising junior banking team members
• Assisting senior bankers with the new business development process, including the development of pitch books, identifying prospective new clients, etc.

Basic Qualifications

The environment at Houlihan Lokey is collegial entrepreneurial, and as such, rewards high performing team members that are driven to succeed with substantial responsibility. The ideal candidate should be motivated, creative and outgoing, and possess:

• At least three 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
• 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 - $225,000
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:

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