2027 Summer Financial Analyst (Class of 2028), Corporate Valuation Advisory Services, Complex Securities

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Financial and Valuation Advisory

Job Purpose

As a Summer Financial Analyst in the Corporate Valuation Advisory Services (CVAS) practice’s Complex Securities team, you will join a small, specialized, and fast growing team serving corporate clients from a large variety of industries. You will collaborate with both junior and senior team members on client engagements to perform complex valuations of financial instruments (i.e. debt and derivatives) and create statistical analyses / models.

Key Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Develop quantitative models to value unique financial instruments
• Improve existing internal modelling processes
• Perform statistical and data analyses
• Present analyses and conclusions both internally and externally

Basic Qualifications

• Must be graduating between September 2027 – July 2028
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g. finance, statistics, mathematics, economics, engineering)

• Strong knowledge of financial instruments, derivatives valuation theory, and statistical methods
• Keen analytical capabilities with high attention to detail
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills
• Experience valuing financial instruments with non-linear payoffs including convertible bonds, warrants, derivatives, earn-outs, and complex capital structures using closed form solutions, binomial lattices, and Monte Carlo simulations in either Python, R, or Matlab
• Experience working with large data sets, performing statistical analyses in Python, and presenting results with data visualization software such as Tableau
• Demonstrated history of building and improving models and processes that automate routine calculations using Python and VBA
• Passion for financial markets and data analysis

Compensation and Benefits

$80,000 - $120,000

Houlihan Lokey provides a competitive benefits package. Our current benefits offerings can be found here:

2026 Benefits

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.