Investment Banking Vice President, Consumer

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.

Job Description

Vice Presidents are critical leaders of deal teams and are integral for the training and development of junior bankers. Vice Presidents are expected to be day-to-day leaders of transactions and have the opportunity to deliver high levels of impact for our clients across all facets of a transaction. As such, this role calls for candidates that are highly self-motivated, collegial, poised, strategic thinkers, and proven leaders. More specifically, Vice Presidents support the success of the team by:

• Leading the day-to-day execution of transactions
• Create and assist in the delivery of client presentations to support of new business development and transaction execution
• Prepare confidential memoranda, management presentations, marketing pitches, and other presentations
• Develop, analyze, and explain historical and projected financial information
• Cook up and perform business due diligence
• Build relationships and maintain direct contact with current and prospective clients
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and training to Associates and Financial Analysts
• Perform other administrative and operational duties as dictated by the group’s needs

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
• Transaction experience in the Consumer Health space

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 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

About the Role

This role calls for candidates that are highly self-motivated, collegial, poised, strategic thinkers, and proven leaders. More specifically, Vice Presidents support the success of the team by:

• Leading the day-to-day execution of transactions
• Create and assist in the delivery of client presentations to support of new business development and transaction execution
• Prepare confidential memoranda, management presentations, marketing pitches, and other presentations
• Develop, analyze, and explain historical and projected financial information
• Cook up and perform business due diligence
• Build relationships and maintain direct contact with current and prospective clients
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and training to Associates and Financial Analysts
• Perform other administrative and operational duties as dictated by the group’s needs

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

Skills

• 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
• Transaction experience in the Consumer Health space

Benefits

Houlihan Lokey provides a competitive benefits package. Our current benefits offerings can be found here: 2026 Benefits

Pay

Houlihan Lokey’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible salary range for this role at the time of posting is: $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.

Schedule

Not specified