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Investment Banking Vice President, Consumer Health

Lateral Open · verified Oct 22, 2026
New York Full-time VP Investment & Corporate Development

At a glance

VP-level Investment & Corporate Development role at Lateral. New York · full-time · $250,000 base.

SalaryStated by Lateral
$250,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
This role, from LateralOur estimate for the market: $196,250–$275,000Median $237,500
Above the market median of $237,500 for lead investment & corporate development roles in New York.
Worked out from 91 postings that stated pay, median $237,500. Last updated Oct 22, 2026.
RoleInvestment & Corporate Development
SeniorityVP
LocationNew York
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$250,000
PostedOct 16, 2026 · 6d ago
Role brief

financeroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Run transaction work day to day, coordinating execution across the deal team
  • Build client materials for new business and live deals, including confidential memos, pitches and management presentations
  • Analyze historical and forecast financials, then explain the conclusions clearly
  • Coordinate business diligence and help plan and market engagements
  • Stay in touch with current and prospective clients while coaching associates and financial analysts

What you bring

  • At least six years in investment banking
  • Advanced accounting and finance knowledge, backed by strong quantitative and technical skills
  • An undergraduate degree from an accredited institution and an exemplary academic record

Who this fits

This VP role suits an experienced banker ready to lead transactions day to day, develop junior colleagues and maintain client relationships. Consumer Health deal experience, sell-side M&A work, and extensive modeling and valuation experience are preferred.

From the employer

Business Unit:

Corporate Finance

Industry:

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. 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.



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

  • Creating and assisting in the delivery of client presentations to support of new business development and transaction execution

  • Preparing confidential memoranda, management presentations, marketing pitches, and other presentations

  • Developing, analyzing, and explaining historical and projected financial information

  • Coordinating and performing business due diligence

  • Helping market and plan engagements

  • Building relationships and maintaining direct contact with current and prospective clients

  • Providing guidance, mentorship, and training to Associates and Financial Analysts

  • Performing 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

  • Hands-on sell-side M&A 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

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.