Business Unit:

Corporate Finance
Industry:
Business Services

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.

Business Services

Houlihan Lokey’s Business Services Group offers M&A advisory, capital raising, valuation, and corporate restructurings to public and private companies. We work with companies providing services across a number of end markets and regularly collaborate with other Houlihan Lokey industry and product groups to bring the highest level of knowledge, services, and relationships to our clients. Our team covers a broad array of sectors, with bankers dedicated to each of our primary coverage areas. We maintain deep, senior-level relationships with major strategic and financial buyers of Marketing Services companies as well as large, public, and private company thought leaders within the industry. As one of the leading M&A advisors in our sector, we help open doors to opportunities—whether our clients are seeking a strategic or financial partner in a change-of-control or minority-investment transaction.

The Business Services team has a strong focus on Marketing Services, Human Capital Management Services, and IT Services in the Atlanta office.

Job Description

Vice Presidents are primarily responsible for managing all aspects of the M&A process, including supporting the development of process design, overseeing the development of marketing materials and analyses, and managing deal execution (including providing leadership and guidance to junior team members). In addition, you will be involved with new business generation, including supporting relationship maintenance with clients and developing and supporting the delivery of pitches to new business prospects.

As a VP for the Marketing Services practices, you will be expected to:
Manage all aspects of a transaction process and be the day to day “quarterback” for the deal
Manage the development of and explain historical and projected financial analyses
Coordinate and perform business due diligence and execute M&A transactions
Oversee the preparation of marketing pitches, confidential information presentations, management presentations, and other presentations as needed
Oversee the development of 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

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:

Base salary: $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.

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