Financial Analyst - Corporate Finance (Business Services)

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Overview

Corporate Finance

Business Services

Houlihan Lokey’s Business Services Group has earned a reputation for providing superior service and achieving outstanding results in M&A advisory.
Our team covers a broad array of sectors, with bankers dedicated to each of our primary coverage areas. We maintain deep, senior-level relationships with major strategic and financial buyers of professional and technology-related services companies as well as large, public and private company thought leaders within the industry. Our senior-level relationships throughout the industry open doors to opportunities for our clients—whether they are seeking financing, a strategic partner, or a prospective buyer. The clients we serve represent an expansive range of sectors.

Scope
The Business Services team at Houlihan Lokey are looking to add an Analyst in Paris.
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.
Responsibilities

As a 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
• 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
• Assist in planning of engagements

Qualifications

The ideal candidate thinks strategically, is motivated, detail oriented, creative, outgoing, and possesses excellent quantitative skills. If you have the following qualifications & experience, we’d love to hear from you:

• Strong Masters degree or equivalent
• 1+ year investment banking experience in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
• 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
• Fluent in both the English and French language

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.