Administrative Assistant

Houlihan Lokey•New York, NY

16d

About The Position

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. The Corporate Finance division has extensive expertise in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, activist shareholder and takeover defense, and other related advisory services for a broad range of U.S. and international clients. In 2025, LSEG ranked our firm the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions.

Requirements

2 to 4 years of previous administration experience in a professional services or financial services/banking industry
Attention to detail with excellent organizational and time management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills and a team player
Can effectively work autonomously and continuously focuses on process improvement
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite
Ability to exercise good business judgment when responding to the needs of clients, both internally and externally

Responsibilities

Calendar management
Travel management
Expense management
Event management. Research venue options, and assist with logistics for offsite events, conferences and arrange catering
Gatekeeping and managing phone calls
Email management for the investment banking team
Track progress and relevant information pertaining to engagements in Salesforce and be thoroughly knowledgeable of the engagement and deal process
Set up and maintain various office files, logs, directories, and manuals.
Make copies of correspondence or other printed materials as requested
Respond to requests for assistance from other business units/groups and provide support during downtimes
Assist with training administrative assistants
Ad-hoc projects