Graduate Financial Analyst - Corporate Finance (Debt Advisory)

at  Houlihan Lokey

Business Unit:
Corporate Finance
Industry:
CM - Capital Markets Group
Overview
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Houlihan Lokey serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services. The firm is the No. 1 investment bank for global M&A transactions under $1 billion, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past eight consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past nine consecutive years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by Refinitiv.
Corporate Finance
The Houlihan Lokey Corporate Finance business has extensive expertise in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, activist shareholder and takeover defence, 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 mid-market privately owned enterprises to large multinational organizations. With a growing EMEA platform with over 360 Corporate Finance bankers in offices across France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, and the UK, 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.
Capital Markets Advisory
Our Capital Markets Group operates within Corporate Finance and provides advice and financing placement skills to private equity, corporate clients and family-owned businesses. The team is now ca. 40 people across debt and equity and located in London, Frankfurt, Paris and Milan. As trusted advisors, we have the proven ability to engineer and execute financing solutions that are essential for growth and success and the preservation of value. The team has decades of combined experience and a track record in Europe of closing between 50 and 100 financing transactions a year. We advise on and arrange financings with a broad spectrum ranging from €20m to €2 bn.
Our team is an advisory only practice hence provides clients with pragmatic and independent solutions without typical balance sheet related conflicts of interest. This dedicated team of financial professionals handles a wide range of engagements encompassing leveraged buyouts, refinancings, recapitalizations, growth and strategic investment capital, loan amendments, and liability management.
Responsibilities
As a Graduate Financial Analyst covering Debt Advisory, you will help provide support across transactions, gaining exposure to various debt products and financing structures, such as bank debt/senior loans, second-lien debt, unitranche debt, mezzanine debt and equity for a variety of situations, including growth capital, acquisition financing, refinancings and repricings, dividend recapitalizations, and special situations. You will work with a talented, dedicated staff of professionals who will give you broad exposure to the many different issues and concerns affecting companies and investors today.
You will research and analyse financial statements using financial models, economic conditions, industry-specific developments, and investment attributes of publicly traded and private companies. You will also assist in preparing client ready presentations and process materials as well as co-ordinating client and lender calls.
Houlihan Lokey provides a collegial, entrepreneurial work environment. We reward our Financial Analysts with substantial responsibilities, interaction with senior-level professionals, and live engagements.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Minimum 6 months of work experience in M&A, corporate finance, leveraged finance, private credit, debt fund, debt advisory or rating advisory
• Verbal and written fluency in both Italian and English (additional language skills are also advantageous)
• Strong academic record from a highly regarded university, preferably with qualifications in business, management, or finance
• Must have strong technical knowledge of debt products and structures
• Strong analytical and modelling skills, particularly LBO modelling
• Good knowledge of/experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Must be motivated and have the ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff in a rapidly changing, demanding, but ultimately rewarding environment

Most importantly, we seek to attract enthusiastic, team-oriented candidates who take initiative, with a strong work ethic and a willingness to work hard to achieve the highest standards of performance.
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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