2026 Summer Financial Analyst (Class of 2027), Corporate Valuation Advisory Services, Complex Securities, New York

Business Unit:

Financial And Valuation Advisory

Industry:

Corporate Valuation Advisory Services

Overview

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, 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 all global M&A transactions for the past two years, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past 10 years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past 11 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 LSEG.

Financial and Valuation Advisory

Over the past 50 years, Houlihan Lokey has established one of the largest worldwide financial and valuation advisory practices. Our transaction expertise and leadership in the field of valuation inspire confidence in the financial executives, boards of directors, special committees, retained counsel, investors, and business owners we serve. In 2024, LSEG ranked us the No. 1 Global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 20 years. Our stability, integrity, technical leadership, and global capabilities make us a trusted advisor for clients worldwide, across a wide range of services, including the Transaction Opinions, Transaction Advisory Services, Corporate Valuation Advisory Services, Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory Services, Real Estate Valuation and Advisory Services, and Dispute Resolution Consulting practices.

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 2026 – July 2027
• 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

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.

Compensation and Benefits

Houlihan Lokey is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive total compensation package, which may include other components such as discretionary incentive compensation. The firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible s