Investment Banking Vice President - Healthcare

Houlihan Lokey; New York (NY); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. is seeking a Vice President for its Healthcare Group within Corporate Finance in New York.

The role will lead sell-side M&A engagements, build and review complex financial models, and prepare client-ready presentations to support business development and deal execution. Responsibilities include creating marketing materials, performing due diligence, and mentoring junior staff while coordinating with clients and professionals across the firm.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of investment banking experience.
• Advanced knowledge of accounting and finance.
• Undergraduate degree with exemplary academic record from an accredited institution.
• Strong analytical/quantitative and technical abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and oversee financial models, marketing materials, and client presentations.
• Prepare, analyze, and explain historical and projected financial information.
• Coordinate and perform business due diligence and execute M&A transactions.
• Prepare marketing pitches, confidential information presentations, management presentations, and other presentations as needed.
• Perform valuation and ad hoc financial analyses.
• Assist in the marketing and execution of existing engagements.
• Build relationships and maintain direct contact with clients, prospective clients, and professional advisors.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff members.

Skills

Advanced accounting knowledge

Finance knowledge

Analytical and quantitative skills

Technical abilities

Public speaking

Presentation skills

Leadership/mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Business Unit:

Corporate Finance

Industry:

Healthcare

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.

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 2025, LSEG ranked our firm the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions.

Healthcare

Houlihan Lokey's Healthcare Group is the trusted advisor to more top decision-makers across healthcare services than any other firm. They provide in-depth knowledge, proven transaction experience and an exceptional level of service to their clients when executing M&A, capital markets, and financial restructuring assignments. With more than 100 investment bankers globally, Houlihan Lokey's Healthcare Group is among the largest dedicated healthcare investment banking groups in the U.S.

The Healthcare Group is seeking to complement its team of professionals with a Vice President who will be immediately additive to the group. The composition of transaction work will be primarily sell-side M&A.

Responsibilities

• VPs are responsible for the creation and oversight of financial models, marketing collateral, and client presentations, in addition to performing research and various analyses in support of new business generation and the execution of M&A transactions.
• Prepare, analyze, and explain historical and projected financial information.
• Coordinate and perform business due diligence and execute M&A transactions.
• Prepare marketing pitches, confidential information presentations, management presentations, and other presentations as needed.
• Perform valuation and ad hoc financial analyses.
• Assist in the marketing and execution of existing engagements.
• Build relationships and maintain direct contact with clients, prospective clients, and professional advisors.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff members.

Basic Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of accounting and finance.
• 6+ years of relevant investment banking experience.
• An undergraduate degree, including an exemplary academic record, from an accredited institution.
• Strong analytical/quantitative and technical abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong public speaking and presentation skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment managing multiple project deliverables simultaneously.
• Extensive operational, financial modeling, and valuation experience.
• Hands‑on M&A experience.
• Transaction experience in the Healthcare industry.

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:

$250,000 - $250,000

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 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

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.