Analyst – Investment Banking, Financial Sponsors Group

Job Description:

Guggenheim Securities

Position Summary

Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking an exceptional, experienced Analyst (1 or 2 years of experience) to join its Financial Sponsors Group (FSG) located in London.

Our London based Financial Sponsors Group (FSG) is a key part of GS’ Global FSG practice and leads the coverage and execution of transactions for private equity clients in the UK and Europe.

Analysts will join a highly collaborative team responsible for providing M&A advisory services to Private Equity clients. GS offers a unique opportunity to work as part of small client teams on major strategic assignments, providing meaningful exposure to senior bankers and client representatives.

We aspire to continuously refresh and cultivate a culture of Innovation, Diversity, and Inclusion. In a client services business like ours, our team members are the product, the service, and the offering.  We will provide best-in-class Investment Banking training—formal and hands-on—as you continue to develop your professional toolkit: M&A process management, business acumen, financial analysis, data analysis, soft-selling and presentation skills, professional communication (verbal, written and virtual), negotiations, and more. 

Candidates should be top performers who are willing to work hard in a dynamic environment where initiative, creativity, maturity, and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued. Candidates must be focused on earning a promotion to Associate upon completion of the Analyst program and becoming a top performer with the intention of developing a long-term banking career.

Essential Job Functions

• Prepare and contribute to delivery of client presentations and interact with senior bankers, clients, lawyers, and accountants
• Perform various financial analyses, including LBO valuations and merger consequences
• Draft internal and client-facing documents, including information memorandums, management presentations, lender presentations, fairness opinions, and pitchbooks
• Ability and desire to operate in a variety of sectors
• Contribute to the creation of strategic frameworks, tools, and intellectual property to aid business development activities of the firm
• Conduct competitive research, including identifying sector and industry trends
• Gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses, develop and communicate recommendations to senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior investment banking or equivalent M&A experience acquired through internships or a full-time position
• Significant level of maturity and the ability to work as a team interfacing with top company executives and senior management
• Strong interpersonal skills required for client facing activities
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Strong understanding of accounting and corporate finance concepts and theory
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Effective process management abilities

Basic Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree or Masters with minimum 2:1 grade
• Experience in investment banking
• Core modeling and valuation experience in professional setting
• Relevant FCA regulatory qualifications must be acquired within 150 days of employment

Work Location 

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

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.