Analyst – Investment Banking, Financial Sponsors Advisory (“FSA”)

Job Description:

Position Summary

Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking exceptional candidates to join its Financial Sponsors Advisory (“FSA”) team located in New York, NY. The FSA team is an integral part of the firm’s global Investment Banking practice, focused on originating and executing private equity transactions across various industries and products, including M&A, Capital Structure Advisory (“CSA”), Equity Capital Markets (“ECM”), and Leveraged Finance & Debt Advisory, among others, as well as maintaining relationships with private equity clients and counterparties.

FSA bankers maintain a high degree of collaboration and connectivity with industry coverage and product bankers firm-wide, offering exposure to a variety of transactions and situations. We strive to be trusted, sophisticated advisors to our clients, delivering GS’ intellectual property and capabilities in a thoughtful, impactful, and unified manner. Our team looks to cultivate influential relationships with financial sponsors that can endure market cycles and yield greater points of differentiation.

The Analyst – Investment Banking, FSA will support senior bankers and deal teams in various execution, origination, and market analysis assignments across the firm. The position provides extensive exposure to transactions across industries, products, and market segments, as well as an opportunity to join a growing, dynamic team with strong mentorship and access to senior leadership and clients. Candidates should be top performers who are willing to work hard in a fast-paced, intellectual environment where initiative, creativity, maturity, and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued.

Essential Job Functions

• Contribute to live deals and pitches across the GS platform, including the curation of potential acquirors and/or investors, leveraging deep client and market knowledge as well as pattern recognition
• Interact with senior bankers to prepare and contribute to the delivery of client presentations aimed at originating business and deepening relationships
• Analyze business fundamentals including review of company strengths and risks, strategic positioning, capitalization structure, and historical and projected financial performance – particularly from the lens of a financial sponsor
• Streamline processes by creating strategic frameworks, tools, and intellectual property to aid execution and business development activities of the firm
• Analyze market trends and synthesize thought-leadership materials, demonstrating FSA’s market expertise within the private equity ecosystem
• Develop meaningful client relationships

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in investment banking, accounting, consulting, private equity, hedge fund or corporate finance
• Working knowledge of MS Excel, MS Powerpoint and MS Word; familiarity with Pitchbook or other financial data providers is a plus
• Resourcefulness, intellectual curiosity, enthusiasm, and a genuine interest in finance and corporate advisory
• Significant level of maturity and the ability to work as a team interfacing with private equity investment professionals, company executives, and senior management
• Highly organized, with the initiative and ability to multitask and work with limited supervision as a member of a team
• Strong interpersonal skills required for client-facing activities
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Effective process management abilities

Basic Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree
• Understanding of fundamental private equity, valuation, and accounting principles
• Core modeling and valuation experience
• SIE Exam, Series 79 and Series 63 must be acquired within 150 days of employment

Work Location 

• Currently, this role is expected to be in the New York office at least 4 days per week.

Salary

• Annual base salary of $125,000.
• The base salary represents the anticipated base salary range for this position. Actual base salaries may vary depending on factors such as location and experience. The range listed reflects base salary only, and the total compensation package may include other components such as incentive compensation.

About Us:

Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners, a global investment and advisory firm. Guggenheim Securities offers services that fall into four broad categories: Advisory, Financing, Sales and Trading, and Research. Guggenheim Securities is headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Houston.

For more information, please visit GuggenheimSecurities.com, follow us on LinkedIn or contact us at GSLateralRecruiting@guggenheimpartners.com or 212.518.9200.

Guggenheim Securities, LLC (“GS”) does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications. GS considers any resume or application to be unsolicited if (a) received from an entity or individual without a current recruiting agreement with GS or (b) submitted to anyone at the firm other than through the process set forth in the recruiting agreement between GS and the submitting entity or individual, and GS will not pay a fee to any entity or individual for such submission.