Investment Banking Associate | Healthcare

Job Description

Houlihan Lokey's Healthcare Investment Banking team is one of the industry's leading middle-market M&A advisors, providing strategic advisory services across Healthcare Services, HCIT, MedTech, Pharma Services, Life Sciences, and related sectors. Associates work on high-impact transactions alongside senior bankers in lean deal teams, gaining meaningful client exposure, leadership responsibility, and hands-on execution experience across a high volume of live M&A engagements.

Associates are afforded meaningful responsibility and are generally members of lean deal teams comprising a Managing Director, Vice President, Associate, and Analyst. As an Associate, you will be expected to:

• Cook up and execute business due diligence
• Knock out marketing materials, confidential information presentations, management presentations, and other presentations as needed
• Do financial analysis, including historical and projected financial information
• Do valuations and ad hoc financial analyses
• Help market and execute existing engagements
• Build relationships and maintain direct contact with clients, prospective clients, and professional advisors
• Communicate effectively with all members of the team, including the supervision and mentoring of junior staff members

Basic Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of accounting and finance
• An undergraduate degree, including an exemplary academic record, from an accredited institution
• Strong analytical/technical and qualitative abilities
• 3-4 years of investment banking experience

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

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: $175,000 - $225,000 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.