Financial Analyst – Corporate Finance (Industrials M&A)

Overview

As a Financial Analyst in Houlihan Lokey’s Industrials Group in London, you will support M&A advisory, capital raising, and valuation work for industrials clients. You work closely with senior bankers to build models, perform due diligence, and craft client-ready materials. Your analyses help inform transformative transactions and strategic decisions for clients across the sector. The role combines rigorous technical work with client interaction in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, analyze and 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

Key requirements

• Strong academic track record and achieved at least a 2:1 Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)
• 1-2 years of full-time investment banking experience in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) with Industrials experience preferred
• 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 ability to work through key assumptions and limitations
• 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
• Independent, solutions-focused mind-set
• Fluency in a European language is strongly favourable (e.g., French, German, Spanish, Italian)

• Strategic thinking
• Detail-oriented
• Creativity
• Excel
• Financial modelling
• Valuation techniques

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