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INVESTMENT BANKING ANALYST

Company: Houlihan Smith & Co, Inc. Location: 105 West Madison
Chicago, IL 60602
Salary/Wage: Status: Full Time, Employee
Job Category: Finance/Economics Relevant Work Experience:
Career Level: Education Level:

Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc. ("Houlihan") is a specialized investment banking firm that provides mergers & acquisitions, advisory, financing and valuation services to public and private businesses. Houlihan is a registered broker-dealer and NASD/SIPC Member. Houlihan is affiliated and works closely with Houlihan Valuation Advisors, a leading valuation firm with offices throughout the United States, providing Houlihan with a team of industry experts to efficiently handle complex client engagements and transactions.

Houlihan is currently growing its Mergers & Acquisitions/Corporate Finance Division and is hiring well qualified Analysts.

Analysts play an important role in the M&A and Corporate Finance process. Successful candidates will be consistently challenged to demonstrate creative thinking and individual initiative.

Daily responsibilities include:

  • Manage and perform financial analysis and modeling/projections, strategic analysis, economic and statistical analysis, due diligence, valuation analysis, industry research, and related investigative assignments.

Qualifications:

  • 0-2 years of corporate finance, accounting or directly related experience required – including a degree in finance/accounting or related field and applicable internships.
  • Ability to analyze companies from a financial, operational, and industry perspective.
  • Excellent aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Proficiency developing financial models using MS Excel
  • Strong team work ethic and ability to meet deadlines
  • Quick learning ability
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently

Firm offers a solid benefit package and beautiful renovated offices downtown.

Only qualified candidates will be considered. If you qualify and are interested, please submit your resume together with your cover letter summarizing your experience. No phone calls will be accepted.

Please forward your resume to: recruiting@houlihansmith.com

Houlihan Smith & Co., Inc., is an equal opportunity employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce and we will not discriminate between applications for reason of gender, race, religion, color, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability.