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Financial Analyst Financial Advisory Services
Houlihan Lokey
Chicago, IL, United States
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Financial Advisory Services – Transaction Advisory Services/Accounting and Financial Reporting (TAS/AFR)
Over the past 40 years, Houlihan Lokey has established one of the largest worldwide financial 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 2017, Thomson Reuters ranked us the No. 1 U.S. 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: Transaction Opinions, Transaction Advisory Services, Forensic Services, Portfolio Valuation & Fund Advisory Services, Financial Consulting, and Tech+IP Advisory Services. We team closely with our corporate finance and restructuring colleagues across all our industry platforms, on a variety of projects and accounts.
Scope
Our Transaction Advisory Services/Accounting and Financial Reporting (TAS/AFR) practice is looking to add talented financial professionals at the Analyst level to our fast growing team. As a professional in the group, you will be teamed with a highly talented and dedicated group of M&A and Advisory professionals, providing you broad exposure to different transactional and technical issues affecting businesses within the M&A market today. We offer a unique opportunity to work in a variety of industries on an investment banking platform, providing exposure to the broader corporate finance industry and capital markets. You will develop and extend your financial and interpersonal skills as you perform technical accounting and financial reporting advisory services to clients seeking advice on a vast array of matters such as purchase accounting, carve out financial statements, accounting structuring, financings, restructurings and general technical guidance.
Responsibilities
• Participate in buy-side, sell-side, restructuring and capital raising transaction advisory engagements
• Must have the ability to handle multiple assignments simultaneously
• Support discussions with senior client executives and management
• Support diligence projects through fieldwork, management meetings and desktop reviews
• Draft and review analyses and findings for delivering unbiased advice to management for their records or inclusion in transaction advisory reports specific to key technical issues
• Develop and review financial models
• Research technical guidance and market practices around accounting and financial reporting issues
• Develop industry skills and qualifications
• Develop professional network and relationships with firm, client and target professionals
• Communicate potential external audit risks and considerations when applying technical accounting guidance and structuring
• Review transaction agreements, customer and supplier contracts
• Collaborate closely with corporate finance, valuation and financial restructuring colleagues
Qualifications
• The ideal candidate will be highly motivated with an exceptional work ethic, and have a demonstrated ability and desire to work cooperatively with team members and client professionals
• A bachelor’s degree in an accounting is required; a second concentration in finance or another business discipline is preferred
• Demonstrated professional achievement and client service excellence
• A minimum of 2 years of Big 4 or national firm external audit experience OR 1 year of Transaction Services experience (or combination thereof) with a Big 4 or national firm, providing accounting and financial reporting advisory services or other transaction-related services
• CPA license is required
• Demonstrated understanding and application of capital markets and valuation concepts
• Strong current knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles including SEC reporting, purchase accounting and transaction related issues
• Strong analytical abilities
• Working knowledge of financial reporting packages (Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, etc.) is helpful
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong command of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and common database systems
• Exposure to data analytics tools is preferred
• Ability and desired willingness to travel
• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast paced culture
Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V