Graduate Financial Analyst, Paris – M&A & Valuation

Overview

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognized for delivering independent strategic and financial advice to corporations, financial sponsors, and governments. With uniquely deep industry expertise, broad international reach, and a partnership approach rooted in trust, the firm provides innovative, integrated solutions across mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Our unmatched transaction volumes provide differentiated, data‑driven perspectives that help our clients achieve their most critical goals. To learn more about Houlihan Lokey, please visit HL.com.

Business Unit

Corporate Finance

Industry

Industrials

Corporate Finance

The Houlihan Lokey Corporate Finance business has extensive expertise in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, activist shareholder and takeover defense, and other related advisory services for a broad range of clients. We also engineer and execute financing solutions essential for growth, offering access to financing in the public and alternative capital markets through debt, equity, or hybrid securities. In EMEA, we work with a wide spectrum of companies, from middle‑market privately owned enterprises to large multinational organizations. With a growing platform of Corporate Finance professionals and offices across the region, as well as our global reach, we have the breadth and targeted expertise to provide exceptional client service.

Industrials

Houlihan Lokey’s Industrials Group has earned a reputation for providing superior service and achieving outstanding results in M&A advisory, capital raising, restructuring, and valuation. Our transaction quality and client work benefit from a company culture where senior team members are highly engaged in client projects, and from our experience as market leaders for over a decade, giving our professionals exposure to a variety of situations and challenges. In 2025, our Industrials Group was ranked No. 1 M&A advisor for global Industrials transactions under $5 billion. With a team of over 50 bankers across Europe and 170 globally, it is an exciting time to join our growing Industrials team.

Scope & Responsibilities

The Industrials team at Houlihan Lokey is looking to add a Graduate Financial Analyst in Paris. The environment is collegial and entrepreneurial, encouraging creativity and new ideas while teamwork is essential. As a Graduate Financial Analyst, you will focus on M&A transactions, with exposure to private placements of debt and equity, refinancings, and leveraged buyouts.

As a Graduate Financial Analyst, you will:

• Prepare, analyse and help 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, prospective clients and professional advisors
• Supervise and train junior staff members
• Assist in planning of engagements

Qualifications

The ideal candidate thinks strategically, is motivated, detail oriented, creative, outgoing and possesses excellent quantitative skills. If you have the following qualifications and experience, we’d love to hear from you:

• A strong academic track record from a highly regarded university – having completed your final university assessments in 2025 or 2026.
• Minimum 6 months internship experience in M&A or another similar role, with experience or knowledge in the Industrials sector favourably regarded.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with fluency in both English and French.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• An understanding of valuation theory, methodologies and applications.
• Proficient skill in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Most importantly, we seek to attract dedicated, team‑oriented candidates with a deep desire to win, a strong work ethic, and a willingness to work hard to achieve the highest standards of performance.

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.