Investment Banking Vice President | Healthcare (Chicago)

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.

Business Unit

Corporate Finance

Industry

Healthcare

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.

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.

Benefits

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.