Business Unit: Corporate Finance Industry: Oil & Gas
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.
Energy Group
Houlihan Lokey's Oil & Gas (O&G) Group is a recognized leader in providing a wide range of investment banking advisory services to companies and investors operating in the Oil & Gas industry. This dedicated team of financial and technical professionals focuses primarily on large, complex transactions in the Oil & Gas industry, including across the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors as well as in molecule-related alternative energies. The O&G Group is comprised of a global team with dedicated industry bankers in Houston, Dallas, New York, London, Dubai, and Hong Kong and regularly works on cross-border deals. The O&G Group is a cross-product industry vertical.
Scope
The Oil & Gas team at Houlihan Lokey is looking to add a Financial Analyst in London. The environment at Houlihan Lokey is both collegial and entrepreneurial. Teamwork is essential to the firm's success. At the same time, creativity and new ideas are encouraged. Analysts are given substantial responsibility and are encouraged to help us grow our business. Analysts work on transactions that provide exposure to various investment banking services, including M&A, private placements of debt and equity, refinancings, and leveraged buyouts.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, analyze 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
- Conduct research on sectors, companies and potential buyers
- Value companies and businesses
- Build relationships and maintain direct contact with clients and prospective clients and professional advisors
- Supervise and train junior staff members
- Assist in planning of engagements
The environment at Houlihan Lokey is collegial and entrepreneurial and, as such, rewards staff with substantial responsibility and interaction with senior-level professionals and clients. Analysts are given substantial responsibility and are encouraged to help us grow our business
Requirements / Qualifications
- Strong Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Up to 1 year of full-time investment banking experience in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) advisory
- Keen interest in the Oil and Gas sector
- Demonstrable experience in executing sell-side transactions
- Strong Excel and financial modelling skills
- Strong analytical abilities and knowledge of accounting and applied financial theory
- Excellent understanding of financial statements analysis with the ability to work through key assumptions, implicit caveats, and limitations
- An excellent understanding of financial valuation theory, methodologies, and applications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with team members
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple projects and hit deadlines in a highly organised manner
- An independent, solutions-focused mind-set
- An exceptional work ethic
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Financial Analyst - Corporate Finance (Oil & Gas) employer: Houlihan Lokey
At Houlihan Lokey, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation. As a Banker Success Analyst, you will benefit from our commitment to employee growth through comprehensive training and mentorship, while enjoying the unique advantage of working in a leading global investment bank known for its strategic impact and deep industry expertise. Join us to be part of a team that values trust, diversity, and the pursuit of excellence in every client engagement.
