Business Unit:
Financial Sponsor Coverage Group
Industry:
No Industry
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.
Our Financial Sponsors Group in Frankfurt is seeking a dynamic individual to support the European Head of Sponsors alongside another Senior Managing Director. This is a fantastic opportunity to become an integral part of a fast-paced and successful team at the heart of our business.
Role Objective:
This is a permanent role responsible for performing advanced administrative and confidential assignments efficiently and with minimal supervision. The position requires a high degree of discretion, sound judgment, and the ability to manage external relationships with professionalism and diplomacy.
The successful candidate will be a quick learner, becoming proficient in HL programs and processes, as well as company operations and organizational procedures. Regular use of technical and business terminology is expected.
This role reports to the Administrative Manager and provides dedicated support to the Financial Sponsors Coverage Group.
Responsibilities Include:
- Gain FSCG business knowledge to track and align meeting structure for supported team members in a timely manner.
- Travel management: Coordinates all aspects of travel and is proactive in managing travel while supported staff are out of the office.
- Expense management: Compiles expense reports in a timely manner ensuring that all appropriate receipts are attached, and submissions are in line with company policy.
- Event management: Organises local events including local dinners and cocktail receptions, alongside smaller marketing events. Research venue options and assists with logistics for offsite events and conferences; arranges catering; may work with Marketing group to coordinate marketing pieces for events.
- Work with supported team, FSCG Project Coordinator and other service lines regularly.
- Manages calendars for multiple officers.
- Sets up and maintains various paper and electronic files, logs, directories, and manuals. Make copies of correspondence or other printed materials, as requested.
- Assists with ad-hoc projects, as requested.
- Coordinates visitor office space in other HL offices for supported staff, as needed.
- Backs up other FSCG Administrators as required
- Assists with greeting clients, if requested.
Qualifications:
- 5-7 years of previous administration experience in a professional services or financial services/banking industry.
- Must have experience in supporting a team of Officers.
- Takes initiative in assisting supported staff.
- Can effectively work autonomously and continuously focuses on process improvement.
- Excellent administrative and word processing skills.
- Must have excellent analytical skills.
- Applied intermediate knowledge of Salesforce, MS Teams, Outlook, Excel and Word (Windows).
- Client database experience.
- Multi-tasks, prioritises and manages the completion of projects in an efficient and timely manner.
- Must be able to exercise good business judgment when responding to the needs of clients, both internally and externally.
- Exhibits strong interpersonal skills, ability to work with all levels of staff members.
- Resourceful and possess outstanding organizational skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be detailed-oriented.
- Must have a team mentality and be a team player.
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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