Transaction Advisory Services Associate

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Overview

Financial And Valuation Advisory

Transaction Advisory Services

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.

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.

Houlihan Lokey’s Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) team assists private equity and corporate clients by providing cohesive diligence across financial, tax, data analytics, cybersecurity, and technical accounting. Leveraging data-based insights, strong technical knowledge and industry experience, the TAS team supports clients in M&A, strategic transformations and capital markets endeavors.

Drawing on Houlihan Lokey’s market leadership in middle-market M&A transactions, our deals experts provide candid, unbiased, and rigorous support on matters most impacting deal value, and assist investors in identifying and evaluating key value drivers and risk factors.

The open position is for an associate based in our Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston or New York office within the Transaction Advisory Services practice (including the following industries: technology, business services, industrials, financial services, and healthcare). As a professional in the group, you will be teamed with a highly talented and dedicated group of M&A financial and tax due diligence professionals on an investment banking platform. Houlihan Lokey is the only investment bank that has a dedicated TAS practice which provides our team with greater industry insights and knowledge on current market dynamics as we partner and collaborate with the broader corporate finance and capital markets businesses. You will develop and extend your financial, business development, and interpersonal skills as you perform M&A financial due diligence related to the purchase and sale of private and public companies while greatly increasing your professional network.

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

Develop operational insights utilizing data & analytics in order analyze the drivers of profitability and evaluate key risks and opportunities of a company

Draft and review tailored transaction advisory reports specific to key issues such as normalized earnings, achievability of management’s budget, operational insights, indebtedness considerations, and post-transaction working capital analysis

Review financial models including database systems

Develop professional network and relationships with firm, client and target professionals

Review transaction agreements, customer and supplier contracts and develop valuation considerations

Collaborate closely with corporate finance, valuation and financial restructuring colleagues

Responsibilities

Drive discussions with senior client executives and target management
Manage team members (Analysts) on engagements

Qualifications

3+ years of financial due diligence experience (or a combination with audit experience, which must include at least 2 years of financial due diligence), preferably with a Big 4 firm

Undergraduate degree from an accredited institution
CPA

Preferred Qualifications

Highly motivated with an exceptional work ethic, and a demonstrated ability and desire to work cooperatively with team members and client professionals
Demonstrated professional achievement and client service excellence
Healthcare transaction advisory experience
Strong current knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles including SEC reporting, purchase accounting and transaction related issues
Strong analytical abilities
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Strong command of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Familiarity with Tableau, Alteryx and data analytics packages preferred (but not required)
Ability and desired willingness to travel

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