Investment Banking Vice President | Healthcare (Employer Solutions)

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

We are seeking a dynamicVice President to join our Healthcare practice, bringing specific focus and expertise to our Employer Solutions vertical.

Houlihan Lokey’s Healthcare Group is the trusted advisor to more top decision-makers across healthcare services than any other firm. 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.

In this highly visible role, you will be immediately additive to our team, driving the execution of premier, primarily sell-side M&A transactions. This is a unique opportunity to elevate your career, build deep industry relationships, and lead high-performing teams at a market-leading firm.

Job Description

As a Vice President, you will go beyond the numbers to craft the strategic narrative of our deals. You will serve as a vital leader on our deal teams, acting as the primary engine for transaction execution.

• Deal Execution & Leadership: Drive the end-to-end execution of complex M&A transactions, coordinating intensive business due diligence and guiding clients through every phase of the deal lifecycle.
• Strategic Storytelling: Oversee the creation of premier marketing collateral, confidential information presentations, and management pitches that compellingly articulate our clients’ unique value propositions.
• Financial Command: Lead complex valuation and ad hoc financial analyses, ensuring flawless execution of historical and projected financial modeling.
• Client Advisory: Build and maintain direct, trusted relationships with C‑suite clients, prospective clients, and key professional advisors in the Employer Solutions and broader healthcare space.
• Team Mentorship: Serve as a cornerstone of our group’s culture by supervising, mentoring, and developing our talented junior bankers.

Qualifications

• Experience: 6+ years of relevant investment banking experience with a proven track record of hands‑on M&A execution (transaction experience within the Healthcare industry is highly preferred).
• Technical Acumen: Advanced knowledge of accounting, finance, and extensive experience with complex financial modeling and valuation methodologies.
• Education: An undergraduate degree with an exemplary academic record from an accredited institution.
• Communication & Presence: Exceptional verbal, written, and public speaking skills; you are comfortable owning the room and presenting to senior executives and boards.
• Execution Focus: A demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment, seamlessly managing multiple high‑stakes project deliverables simultaneously.

Why Houlihan Lokey?

We offer a culture of intellectual rigor, collaboration, and entrepreneurial spirit. Here, you will not just execute deals; you will be positioned to grow your own network, shape the strategic direction of our Employer Solutions practice, and accelerate your path to senior leadership.

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.

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.