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Investment Banking Associate role at Houlihan Lokey – responsibilities include financial modeling, M&A transactions, and client relationship management.
Mid-level position in Atlanta, GA within Business Services – IT sector, with competitive salary $175k‑$200k and benefits.
Business Unit: Corporate Finance Industry: Business Services
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 - IT Services
The IT services sector operates within Houlihan Lokey’s Business Services Group, which has earned a reputation for providing superior service and achieving outstanding results in M&A advisory, capital-raising, restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory services. Our clients run the gamut from early-stage businesses and midsized companies to large, publicly traded corporations. We understand that an industry driven by innovation and change requires the sophistication of an advisor who can think ahead of the market and utilize solid industry relationships to help advance your vision. We optimize client outcomes by running executed, competitive processes, focusing on deep domain knowledge to position for synergy and scarcity value, and leveraging our world-class strategic and private equity access to bring the right senior decision-makers to the negotiation table.
Sub‑Sector Coverage:
- MSPs, VARS and Security
- Cloud, Data and AI
- Enterprise Applications
- Digital Engineering
Job Description
- Prepare, analyze, and explain historical and projected financial information
- Coordinate and perform business due diligence and execute M&A transactions
- Prepare marketing materials, confidential information presentations, management presentations, and other presentations as needed
- Perform 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
- 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
- Undergraduate degree
- 3+ years of Investment Banking experience
- Strong analytical/technical and qualitative abilities
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong financial and computer skills (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
- Excellent 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
- Transaction experience in Business Services is a plus
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 - $200,000
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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