Internal Audit Intern

Business Unit:
Accounting
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.
Scope:

As an Internal Audit ("IA") Intern, you will report to the Senior Internal Auditor and the Director of Internal Audit, and will be responsible for assisting the team on tasks related to Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) / Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) engagements and financial reporting and compliance audit projects impacting international entities within Houlihan Lokey, Inc. There will be occasional ad hoc management consulting projects in support of Houlihan Lokey strategic initiatives. The IA Intern will be located in our Los Angeles Office and work a hybrid schedule in order to provide specialized support to the Internal Audit team.

Responsibilities:

• Preparing, with guidance from supervisors, excel summaries to help with our ICFR/SOX Compliance approach, implementation of data in Optro, and understanding of the Company (planning, scoping, control rationalization, Information Used in Controls, and testing).
• Preparing excel and MS teams planner updates for implementation changes and new tasks for IA shared via meetings and emails.
• Preparing a draft flowchart based on a narrative summary in Visio with guidance and feedback from IA Manager.
• Providing timely updates on status of work using tech such as, but not limited to, email, MS teams chat, MS planner, Optro, and excel schedules.
• Prepare agenda templates for future walkthrough meetings for assessing internal controls.
• Build strong professional relationships with IA team and others at HL they may interact with.
• Prepare and communicate to supervisors timely on issues and aggregate questions into lists for a mix of scheduled and ad hoc calls/meetings.
• Potential ad hoc research on current changes in US GAAP, US SEC standards and regulations.
• Participate in special projects, such as, but not limited to AI utilization, and investigations, as needed.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree/University degree.
• Pursuing a career in Finance, Accounting, or Audit with interest in becoming a CPA.
• Ability to exercise discretion, work independently within broad guidelines, tactfully handle sensitive and confidential data, and communicate on assignments.
• Strong sense of accountability and drive to work in a hybrid work environment.
• Analytical and organization skills.
• Aptitude for using technology and interest in optimization.
• Willingness to send professional emails, and working in AI tools, Audit applications, MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Compensation and Benefits
Houlihan Lokey is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive total compensation package. The firm's good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible salary range for this role at the time of posting is:
$23-$25 per hour
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.
Houlihan Lokey provides a competitive benefits package. Our current benefits offerings can be found here:

2026 Benefits

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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