Associate - Corporate Finance (Industrials)
Houlihan LokeyBusiness Unit:
Corporate FinanceIndustry:
Industrials

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.

Corporate Finance
The Houlihan Lokey Corporate Finance business has extensive expertise in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, activist shareholder and takeover defense, and other related advisory services for a broad range of clients. In addition, we have the proven ability to engineer and execute financing solutions that are essential for growth and success and offer access to financing in the public and alternative capital markets through the issuance of debt, equity, or hybrid securities. In EMEA, we work with a wide spectrum of companies, from middle-market privately owned enterprises to large multinational organizations. With a growing platform of Corporate Finance professionals and offices across the region, in addition to our global reach and in-depth knowledge across a broad range of industries, we have the breadth and targeted expertise to provide exceptional client service.

Houlihan Lokey’s Industrials Group has earned a reputation for providing superior service and achieving outstanding results in M&A advisory, capital raising, restructuring, and valuation.
Our transaction quality and client work benefit from our company culture, where the senior team are highly engaged in the execution of client projects, and from our experience as leaders in the market for over a decade, which has given our professionals valuable exposure to a variety of situations and challenges. In 2025, our Industrials Group was ranked as the No. 1 M&A advisor for global Industrials transactions under $5 billion. With a team of over 50 bankers across Europe and 170 globally, it is an exciting time to join our growing Industrials team.
Responsibilities
As an Associate, you will:
- Prepare, analyse and help explain historical and projected financial information.
- Create financial models.
- Coordinate and perform business due diligence.
- Prepare confidential information memoranda, management presentations, marketing pitches and other presentations.
- Value companies and businesses.
- Lead the planning and execution of marketing engagements.
- Build relationships and maintain direct contact with clients and prospective clients, professional advisors and other stakeholders.
- Supervise junior staff members in financial analyses.
- Assist in the marketing and planning of engagements.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Strong academic track record and achieved at least a 2:1 Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent).
3-5 years of Investment Banking experience within M&A Advisory.
- Experience/knowledge in the Industrials sector will be favourably regarded.
- Experience within transactional services, consulting or corporate development also considered.
- Fundamental understanding of financial valuation methodologies, and applications.
- Advanced Financial modelling and analytical abilities; Strong LBO and DCF modelling skills.
- Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills.
- Understanding of financial statements analysis with the ability to work through key assumptions, implicit caveats, and limitations.
- Strong knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Independent thinker and resourceful problem solver driven to succeed.
- Strong work ethic, organizational skills and ability to multitask is crucial.
- Motivated and demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff in a rapidly changing, demanding, but ultimately rewarding environment.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in are essential.
Fluency in French and English language.
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.