Vice President, Investment Banking | Oil & Gas

Business Unit:

Corporate Finance

Industry:

EP - Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Overview

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. The firm serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services.

Houlihan Lokey is the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past seven consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past eight consecutive years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 20 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by Refinitiv.

Corporate Finance

Houlihan Lokey 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. Our experience in M&A has earned us consistent recognition throughout the industry. In 2023, we were ranked the No. 1 M&A advisor for all U.S. transactions.

Oil & Gas

Houlihan Lokey’s Oil & Gas (O&G) Group is a recognized leader in providing a wide range of investment banking advisory services to companies and investors operating in the oil & gas industry. This dedicated team of financial and technical professionals focuses primarily on large, complex transactions in the oil & gas industry, including across the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors as well as in molecule-related alternative energies. The O&G Group is comprised of a global team with dedicated industry bankers in Houston, Dallas, New York, London, Dubai, and Hong Kong and regularly works on cross-border deals. The O&G Group is a cross-product industry vertical.

Job Description

Vice Presidents are typically members of small deal teams comprising at least one Managing Director, Vice President, Associate, and Financial Analyst.

Vice Presidents in O&G work on a variety of transactions, including across a variety of financial advisory and investment banking services, such as:

• Advising clients in Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) transactions
• Asset-level Acquisition & Divestiture (A&D) transactions
• Debt and equity financings, including private placement, arrangement and public Capital Markets transactions
• Board Strategic Advisory
• Valuation and Transaction Opinion advisory transactions
• Financial restructurings;
• Special-situation principal investing; and
• Participating in complex negotiations on behalf of our clients.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Strong fundamental knowledge of the oil and gas industry, valuation theory, methodologies, and applications
• Demonstrated analytical capabilities; and excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Candidates should be highly motivated, organized, and team-oriented
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 5 years of investment banking or equivalent finance experience is required
• B.A. or B.S. in finance, accounting, business or applied economics and / or course work in accounting and finance is highly recommended; an MBA is not required
• Prior M&A, restructuring, distressed investing, leveraged finance, debt capital markets, or similar experience is required
• Experience in the oil and gas industry is required ; some upstream technical experience is preferred
• Fundamental understanding of valuation theory, methodologies and applications
• Strong financial and computer skills
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with all levels of staff
• Strong analytical abilities; including financial modeling skills
  
  

Salary Range

Houlihan Lokey is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive total compensation package, which may include other components such as discretionary incentive compensation. The firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible salary range for this role at the time of posting is:

$250,000.00

Actual salary at the time of hire may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant qualifications, skills, and experience and the location where this position may be filled.

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.