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Senior Administrative Assistant

Houlihan Lokey
New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Apr 2025

About the role

Business Unit:

Corporate Finance

Industry:

Private Funds Group

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.

Scope:

Our Private Funds Group is looking to bring on a Senior Administrative Assistant to our team.  In this role, you will work with various members of the team ranging from Managing Directors, Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents in assisting them with advanced administrative and confidential assignments and tasks.  We are looking for individuals with high attention to detail and able to operate in a quick enviornment.  Some of your responsibilities will include:

Responsibilities:

  • Travel management for senior level individuals traveling 3 weeks out of the month

  • Expense management

  • Managing 3-4 executives’ calendars

  • Event management. Research venue options, and assist with logistics for offsite events, conferences and arrange catering

  • Gatekeeping and managing phone calls

  • Email management for the investment banking team

  • Track progress and relevant information pertaining to engagements in Salesforce and be thoroughly knowledgeable of the engagement and deal process

  • Set up and maintain various office files, logs, directories, and manuals. Make copies of correspondence or other printed materials as requested

  • Respond to requests for assistance from other business units/groups and provide support during downtimes

  • Assist with training administrative assistants

  • Ad-hoc projects

Qualifications:

  • 2 to 4 years of previous administration experience in professional services or financial services/banking industry

  • Attention to detail with excellent organizational and time management skills

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Strong interpersonal skills and a team player

  • Can effectively work autonomously and continuously focuses on process improvement

  • Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite

  • Ability to exercise good business judgment when responding to the needs of clients, both internally and externally

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 salary range for this role at the time of posting is:

$38.46-$40.86

Actual salary at the time of hire may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant qualifications, skills, and experience and the location where this position may be filled.

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

2025 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.

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