Experienced Financial Analyst, Financial and Valuation Advisory - London

Business Unit:

Financial And Valuation Advisory

Industry:

Portfolio Valuation

Overview

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognized for delivering independent strategic and financial advice to corporations, financial sponsors, and governments. With uniquely deep industry expertise, broad international reach, and a partnership approach rooted in trust, the firm provides innovative, integrated solutions across mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Our unmatched transaction volumes provide differentiated, data-driven perspectives that help our clients achieve their most critical goals. To learn more about Houlihan Lokey, please visit HL.com.

Financial and Valuation Advisory

Over the past 50+ years, 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, investors, and business owners we serve. In 2025, LSEG ranked us the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years. Our stability, integrity, technical leadership, and global capabilities make us a trusted advisor for clients worldwide, across a wide range of services, including the Transaction Opinions, Fund Opinions, Transaction Advisory Services, Corporate Valuation Advisory Services, Portfolio Valuation, Real Estate Valuation and Advisory Services, and Dispute Resolution Consulting practices.

Responsibilities

Houlihan Lokey’s Financial and Valuation Advisory team is looking to hire an experienced Financial Analyst to be based in our London office.

As an Analyst in this team, you will be a fully integrated member of our engagement teams. You will work with a dedicated, highly talented staff of professionals who will give you broad exposure to many issues and concerns affecting businesses today.

We offer a unique opportunity to work on a wealth of projects that provide exposure to various financial advisory challenges, including the valuation of complex businesses, securities, and transaction structures.

Responsibilities

• Develop complex financial models and analyze financial statements, industry developments, acquisitions and divestitures, and various investment attributes of publicly traded and privately held companies.
• Support active engagements and participate in our firm’s marketing efforts.
• Assist in the preparation of materials for clients, conduct market, industry and company analyses.
• Review target company financial information and other data to identify: historical and projected financial and operating and commercial trends, quality of earnings, working capital and net debt considerations, and potential liabilities and risks which impact valuation and negotiation of the target company.

Requirements/Qualifications

• 1 - 4 years of work experience at an accounting or valuation firm in a valuation capacity, or an investment bank
• Have strong undergraduate qualifications or higher in a relevant degree
• Analyst level experience in a product team within investment banking or experience in either valuation, business modelling, transaction advisory, corporate finance or restructuring teams at one of Big 4 Accountancy firms
• Have strong demonstrable experience in constructing and analyzing financial models; including knowledge of DCF and pricing models
• Experience in conducting transaction related analysis and due diligence
• Understanding of financial statements analysis with the ability to work through key assumptions, implicit caveats, and limitations
• Professional qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CFA, RICS) will be favourably regarded
• Strong quantitative, financial and analytical skills
• Strong qualitative and quantitative research and analytical abilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Additional language skills in German will be favorably regarded
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• An exceptional strong work ethic

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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.

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