Overview
Business Unit: Financial And Valuation Advisory | Industry: Transaction Advisory Services
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognized for providing independent strategic and financial advice to corporations, financial sponsors, and governments. The firm offers innovative, integrated solutions across mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. The Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice is seeking a Vice President to join our fast‑growing Digital Value Creation (DVC) group, which delivers key insights to clients by leveraging financial, operational, and third‑party data.
Responsibilities
- Participate in buy‑side and sell‑side M&A diligence engagements, including data‑focused engagements.
- Communicate directly with senior business executives and internal stakeholders.
- Gather, evaluate, sanitize, and organize datasets; prepare data workflows to clean and combine data from multiple sources.
- Prepare data visualizations and dashboards to deliver key insights.
- Generate insights on drivers of business growth, margin sustainability, and profitability.
- Identify key business risks and opportunities impacting business valuation.
- Prepare relevant analyses such as price‑volume analysis, customer cohort analysis, and customer order analysis.
- Teach peers in the advisory practice on data analysis and visualization tools; train, develop, mentor, and lead financial analysts and associate team members.
- Prepare marketing materials and participate in business development activities.
- Work on multiple assignments simultaneously.
Basic Qualifications
- 5‑7 years of transaction services experience in Data Analytics or a combination of Data Analytics and Financial Due Diligence.
- Strong command of Tableau, Power BI (DAX), or both.
- Strong command of Alteryx, Dataiku, or an equivalent data preparation tool.
- Strong command of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong analytical abilities.
- Previous experience with one or more AI LLM tools—ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
- Exceptional work ethic, high motivation, and a demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with team members and client professionals.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Willingness and ability to travel when required.
- Strong academic performance, professional achievement, and client service excellence.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience or working knowledge of Python, SQL, R, VBA, Snowflake, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience with Claude Code or OpenAI Codex.
Compensation and Benefits
The firm’s good‑faith and reasonable estimate of the possible salary range for this role is: $170,000 – $200,000. 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, experience, and the location of the position. Houlihan Lokey provides a competitive benefits package; details can be found at the company's benefits portal.
Equal Opportunity Employment
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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