Associate- Accounting & Financial Reporting Team

Business Unit:

Financial And Valuation Advisory

Industry:

Transaction Advisory Services

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, Transaction Advisory Services, Corporate Valuation Advisory Services, Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory Services, Real Estate Valuation and Advisory Services, and Dispute Resolution Consulting practices.

Scope:

Our Transaction Advisory Services/Accounting and Financial Reporting (TAS/AFR) practice is looking to add talented financial professionals at the Assistant Manager level to our fast-growing team. As a professional in the group, you will be teamed with a highly talented and dedicated group of M&A and Advisory professionals, providing you broad exposure to different transactional and technical accounting issues affecting businesses within the M&A market today. We offer a unique opportunity to work in a variety of industries on an investment banking platform, providing exposure to the broader corporate finance industry and capital markets. You will develop and extend your financial and interpersonal skills as you perform technical accounting and financial reporting advisory services to clients seeking advice on a vast array of matters such as purchase accounting, carve out financial statements, accounting structuring, financings, restructurings and general technical guidance.

Job Description
Responsibilities
• Participate in buy-side, sell-side, restructuring and capital raising transaction advisory engagements
• Draft and review analyses and findings for delivering unbiased advice to management for their records or inclusion in transaction advisory reports specific to key technical issues
• Develop and review financial models / financial reports
• Research technical accounting guidance and market practices around accounting and financial reporting issues
• Preparation of technical accounting memos on key topics
• Review transaction agreements, customer and supplier contracts
• Support discussions with senior client executives and management
• Communicate potential external audit risks and considerations when applying technical accounting guidance and structuring
• Extend industry skills and qualifications
• Develop professional network and relationships with firm, client and target professionals
• Collaborate closely with corporate finance, valuation and financial restructuring colleagues
• Supervise team members through training, coaching and critical review

Qualifications
• The ideal candidate will be highly motivated with an exceptional work ethic, and have a demonstrated ability and desire to work cooperatively with team members and client professionals
• CA/ ACCA/ CPA
• Demonstrated professional achievement and client service excellence
• 2-4 years of accounting advisory experience or 2+ years of external audit experience and at least 1 year of accounting advisory experience with a Big 4 or a large firm, providing accounting and financial reporting advisory services
• Demonstrated understanding and application of capital markets
• Strong current knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Indian Accounting Standards (IND AS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles including SEC reporting, purchase accounting and transaction related issue
• Strong analytical abilities
• Must have the ability to handle multiple assignments simultaneously
• Working knowledge of financial reporting packages (Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, etc.) is helpful
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong command of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and common database systems
• Exposure to data analytics tools is preferred
• Ability and willingness to travel
• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced culture

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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