Job Description

Business Unit: Financial Restructuring Group

Industry: No Industry

Overview

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation. The firm serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the United States, 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. Houlihan Lokey is the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past six consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past seven consecutive years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 20 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by Refinitiv.

Financial Restructuring Group

Houlihan Lokey has the largest, most experienced worldwide financial restructuring practice of any investment banking firm, with more than 250 professionals in offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In 2020 we worked on more than 175 restructuring-related transactions on behalf of companies, their creditors and shareholders, and other constituents. Houlihan Lokey has advised on more than 1,400 restructuring transactions, with aggregate debt claims in excess of $3.0 trillion.

Our group employs an interdisciplinary approach to engagements and is accustomed to evaluating complex, highly leveraged situations in short time frames. We are also a recognized leader in achieving merger and acquisition transactions for distressed companies.

Scope

The Financial Restructuring Group is expanding and we are looking for a Financial Analyst to be based in our Singapore office. Financial Analysts in Restructuring work on a variety of transactions within the group, including debtor- and creditor-side restructurings and distressed mergers and acquisitions.

The group offers a unique opportunity for Financial Analysts to work on projects that provide exposure to a wide variety of financial advisory and investment banking products and industries. These services include:

Advising companies and stakeholders in out-of-court restructuring transactions

Provide advisory services in stressed and distressed situations

Special-situation principal investing

Participating in complex negotiations on behalf of our clients

Providing distressed M&A advisory

Advisory in relation to debt and equity raising in the context of stressed and distressed situations

Responsibilities

Financial Analysts are typically members of deal teams comprising at least one managing director, vice president, associate, and financial analyst. You will:

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

Prepare preliminary valuation analysis, supporting discussions and negotiations with various stakeholders involved in the process

Support the planning and execution of marketing engagements

Build relationships and maintain direct contact with clients and prospective clients and professional advisors

Requirements/Qualifications

The environment at Houlihan Lokey is results-driven and entrepreneurial and, as such, rewards top performers with substantial responsibility and interaction with senior-level professionals and clients. The following qualifications are required:

Strong higher education (university level) qualifications

6 months to 1 year of relevant work experience within investment banking and/or related fields is necessary

A demonstrated genuine interest in financial restructuring and/or in working on complex and large financial transactions

Have an understanding of valuation theory, methodologies and applications

Strong quantitative, financial and analytical skills

Strong LBO and DCF modelling skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with Mandarin preferred

Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

An exceptionally strong work ethic

The candidate must be motivated and have the ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff in a rapidly changing, demanding, but ultimately rewarding environment.

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.