SVP, Financial Systems & Technology

Houlihan Lokey • Los Angeles, NY

11d

About The Position

Houlihan Lokey is seeking a Senior Vice President, Financial Systems & Technology to own the strategy, delivery, and ongoing health of the firm’s financial technology platforms and the teams that build, run, and support them. The role is accountable for ensuring these systems are reliable, well-governed, and ready to scale with the firm. The current environment includes Oracle and SAP Concur, with the roadmap subject to the firm’s changing needs.

Reporting to the CIO, Information Technology, this leader has primary accountability for the financial and operational performance of the function. The role sets direction, owns the operating model and sourcing mix, and partners with Finance, Accounting, and business stakeholders to turn financial and operational needs into durable technology outcomes. The position also leads teams of leaders, sets functional strategy, and supports team development and organizational change.

Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank providing advisory services in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation. Its Information Technology team delivers technology products and services that support the firm’s global business. The position’s stated salary range is $275,000–$300,000; actual compensation may vary based on qualifications, skills, experience, and work location. The firm says its competitive total compensation package may include discretionary incentive compensation and provides a competitive benefits package, with current offerings available through its 2026 Benefits information.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Extensive experience leading enterprise financial technology platforms and the teams that deliver and support them, including people-leadership responsibility for other leaders.
• Working knowledge of Oracle financial applications and SAP Concur, along with experience across other enterprise financial platforms.
• Experience leading financial systems in varied enterprise technology environments, including evaluating alternative platforms and guiding modernization or transitions.
• Background partnering closely with Finance and Accounting stakeholders on close, reporting, and control outcomes.
• Broad and comprehensive understanding of the systems, theories, and practices of enterprise financial technology, platform delivery, and support operations.
• Proven ability to set functional strategy and own a function’s financial and operational performance, including budget and sourcing decisions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence a wide range of audiences and present and defend complex or sensitive issues with important business impact.
• Demonstrated comfort using AI-enabled tools to streamline delivery, analysis, and reporting, with sound judgment about where new technology can improve outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading a build-versus-buy or internal-versus-external sourcing shift for a core financial platform.
• Familiarity with how functions, businesses, and regions work together in a global organization, ideally including exposure to economic, commercial, and regulatory issues affecting financial services.
• Experience leading teams through organizational change and transformation.

Responsibilities

• Manage software vendors and delivery and support partners against agreed service levels, delivery commitments, costs, and business outcomes, maintaining clear accountability across internal teams and external providers.
• Develop and execute the financial systems roadmap, aligning talent and investment with firm priorities; evaluate alternative platforms and lead modernization or transitions through delivery and adoption while maintaining continuity of financial operations.
• Lead implementation and adoption of AI and agentic capabilities within the financial platforms in scope, in partnership with the teams responsible for enterprise AI strategy and governance; prioritize use cases that deliver measurable value with appropriate controls.
• Own decisions with significant impact on financial or operational performance, including platform design direction, build-versus-buy, and internal-versus-external sourcing.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting to define and deliver technology support for financial processes within the function’s remit, including close and reporting, and general ledger, accounts payable, expense management, and consolidation where applicable.
• Own technology controls, access governance, audit support, and remediation for financial applications, partnering with Finance, Accounting, and Information Security.
• Own financial application integrations and the controls supporting complete, accurate, and timely financial data flows, partnering with Finance, Accounting, and enterprise technology teams.
• Own application reliability and support performance, including service measures, incident escalation, release management, upgrades, and coordination around critical financial processing periods.
• Hold primary accountability for the function’s financial performance, including budget, sourcing mix, and the cost and value of platforms and teams within scope.
• Prepare and present clear, well-organized materials on strategy, performance, and risk for firm leadership.
• Lead teams of leaders, plan for business needs, and set functional strategy.
• Build cross-functional trust and alignment through clear, persuasive communication; articulate the team’s vision, goals, opportunities, and challenges and connect its work to firm priorities.
• Lead teams through change with clear priorities and practical support, listening to concerns, explaining decisions, and helping teams adapt while maintaining delivery.
• Create leadership and visibility opportunities for direct reports, contribute significantly to their career development, and identify talent elsewhere in the organization.
• Actively contribute to team success and promote Houlihan Lokey values in team development.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package; current benefit offerings are referenced in the 2026 Benefits information.
• Total compensation package may include discretionary incentive compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior