Financial Analyst, Media, Sports and Entertainment - Valuation Advisory Services
At a glance
Mid-level FP&A role at Lateral. Los Angeles · full-time · $85,000–$105,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Model financial statements and assess companies for deal-related valuations serving corporate and private equity clients
- Apply discounted cash flow, peer-company, prior-deal and three-statement methods to valuation work
- Assess companies, investment portfolios and assets such as goodwill, intangibles, equity and debt
- Support transaction opinion work and assemble client reports and presentation decks
- Prepare research and marketing content with other teams, while assisting senior colleagues on business development
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution and one to three years of valuation work
- Advanced Excel modeling ability, including VBA or macros, plus strength in three-statement, DCF and LBO analysis
- Knowledge of accounting, intangible asset valuation and applied financial theory
Who this fits
This mid-level analyst position suits you if you want to work on valuation assignments across media, sports and entertainment. You’ll collaborate with colleagues on engagements and provide business development support to Associates and Officers.
From the employer
Business Unit:
Financial And Valuation AdvisoryIndustry:
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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.

Financial and Valuation Advisory
Over the past 50+ years, Houlihan Lokey has established one of the largest worldwide financial and valuation advisory practices. Our transaction expertise and leadership in the field of valuation inspire confidence in the financial executives, boards of directors, special committees, investors, and business owners we serve. In 2025, LSEG ranked us the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years. Our stability, integrity, technical leadership, and global capabilities make us a trusted advisor for clients worldwide, across a wide range of services, including the Transaction Opinions, Fund Opinions, Transaction Advisory Services, Corporate Valuation Advisory Services, Portfolio Valuation, Real Estate Valuation and Advisory Services, and Dispute Resolution Consulting practices.

We are growing our Media, Sports, & Entertainment (MSE) team, which sits within the Financial and Valuation Advisory division. The team performs valuation advisory for: entertainment, music, sports, video games, casino gaming, advertising, broadcasting/publishing, live events, intellectual property and other sectors. Our clients include private equity, early-stage to midsize companies, and publicly traded corporations.
As an analyst, you will collaborate with team members on engagements spanning Corporate Valuation, Portfolio Valuation, Dispute and Resolution Consulting, and Transaction Opinions across MSE sectors in connection with mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and financial and tax reporting requirements.
Responsibilities & Deliverables:
- Perform financial statement modeling and analysis in connection with valuations related to M&A transactions for private equity and corporate clients
- Provide discounted cash flow, comparable company, precedent transaction, and three statement modeling analysis to clients
- Perform business and portfolio valuations including purchase price allocation, goodwill impairment, intangible asset, and varying equity/debt valuations
- Contribute to transaction opinion engagements
- Develop client materials including reports and PowerPoint presentations
- Generate marketing and research materials in collaboration with other teams across the firm
- Assist in business development strategy by supporting Associates and Officers
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- 1-3 years of experience in valuation
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional experience in valuations, corporate finance, accounting, or related fields (experience with a Big 4 valuation team or valuation advisory firm a plus)
- Advanced modeling in Excel (VBA/Macros)
- Exceptional financial modeling skillset including three statement modeling, DCFs, and LBOs
- Self-motivated and an exceptional work ethic
- Strong financial analysis skillset
- Strong knowledge of accounting, intangible asset valuation, and applied financial theory
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience and / or interest working with clients in relevant industries including media, sports, and entertainment
- Complex capital structure modeling
- Proficiency in leveraging AI-powered productivity and research tools (e.g., Frontier LLM platforms, and automated data extraction workflows) to enhance analytical efficiency and report generation
Compensation and Benefits
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:

$85,000 - $105,000


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, as well as the service line and location where this position may be filled.

Houlihan Lokey provides a competitive benefits package. Our current benefits offerings can be found here:
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.