Corporate Development Intern (Summer 2027)

Houlihan Lokey; New York (NY); On-site; USD 28,413 - 40,467; Part time

Job summary

Houlihan Lokey is seeking an intern to join its Corporate Development team in New York. The role involves assisting with various acquisition-related activities, supporting origination efforts, and carrying out detailed analyses to present to senior management. Ideal candidates are juniors or seniors in Finance, Accounting, or Economics with strong Excel skills and prior internship experience.

This position is hourly and offers valuable exposure to the investment banking field, with opportunities for professional growth and development.

Qualifications

• Must be a junior or senior in a Bachelor’s degree program, preferably in Finance, Accounting, or Economics.
• Previous professional internship experience is preferred.
• A candidate should possess strong work ethic and be a self-starter.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Corporate Development team on acquisition-related activities.
• Support origination efforts, including acquisition target searches.
• Aide in post-acquisition performance tracking and report creation.

Skills

Financial modeling and analysis

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Proficient with Excel

Understanding of PowerPoint and Word

Education

Bachelor’s degree (junior or senior)

Tools

Salesforce

Pitchbook

Job description

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.

Business Unit

Accounting

Industry

No Industry

Scope

Houlihan Lokey is looking for an intern to join the firm’s growing Corporate Development team. Over the past decade, the firm’s bull-bear balanced platform has worked as designed and the Company has grown over 13% per year since its IPO. As such, effectuating greater operational efficiencies and strategic acquisitions have also become an increasingly important part of Houlihan Lokey’s growth strategy. The Corporate Development team reports directly to the CEO and CFO of the firm, while working in partnership with the heads of the various business lines at HL. This role has the opportunity to be a contributor in effectuating strategic and operational efficiencies and changes across the firm, in addition to executing on acquisitions globally. The intern will be involved in multiple aspects of acquisitions, certain areas of operations and will be conducting various analyses and preparing presentations on corporate initiatives for the firm’s executives / senior management.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Corporate Development team on a broad array of acquisition-related activities and other special projects.
• Support the Corporate Development team’s origination efforts, which include the development of acquisition target searches and profiles, conducting preliminary evaluation of industry participants for categorization and prioritization within HL’s pipeline, and tracking the team’s pipeline activities and maintenance of the team’s CRM database (including extensive use of Salesforce and Pitchbook).
• Aid in the Corporate Development team’s post‑acquisition performance tracking by analyzing precedent transactions and creating reports that are shared with management and leveraged by the team during deal execution.
• Develop and manage databases, processes, templates, and reports that drive efficiency and productivity for acquisitions and other strategic projects. Specifically, certain projects include precedent transaction databases, acquisition target lists, and presentation templates, to name a few.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be a junior or senior in a Bachelor’s degree program, preferably in Finance, Accounting, or Economics.
• Previous professional internship experience is preferred.
• A desire to pursue a career in investment banking or finance is preferred.
• A basic understanding of financial modeling and analysis commonly used in acquisition work, and general knowledge of relevant accounting principles.
• A candidate should possess strong written and verbal communication skills, as the Corporate Development team works closely and frequently with senior management.
• Proficient skills with Excel and understanding of PowerPoint and Word.
• Must have strong work ethic and be a self-starter.

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 $25 Hourly. 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.