Experienced Associate – Investment Banking, Infrastructure

Job Description: Position Summary Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking an experienced Associate to join its Infrastructure Investment Banking group in New York. Our Associates play an integral role in evolving and enhancing our client relationships and are active participants throughout the life of a transaction and beyond. Our Associates benefit tremendously from the experience and partnership they have with our Senior Managing Directors, Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, and Analysts. We pride ourselves on the dedication we give to our Associates development, which in turn helps assist in supporting and cultivating our growing team of Analysts. We work to constantly assist in developing our Associates marketing, sales, analytical, and communication skills. 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. We believe Associate development is critical to our strategy, and this role is seen as a career-track position. Essential Job Functions Lead day-to-day project management and oversee execution on a range of advisory and financing transactions Develop and oversee financial and accounting analyses and help identify, research, and analyze M&A and financing opportunities Analyze and manage the analysis of market trends, competitive landscapes, and company financials to identify potential client solutions and new market opportunities Develop and monitor the development of complex financial models for a broad range of corporate finance alternatives Perform financial and valuation analysis using both industry standard and proprietary models Analyze and supervise the analysis of current and past accounting and financial records to advise management through financial projections preparation Integrate strategy ideas derived from various analyses, forecasts, business plans, and research into presentations for various stakeholders Conduct due diligence investigations of client companies to ascertain the soundness of their business model and forecasts Transaction evaluation, preparation, due diligence, and execution of transactions; and managing the preparation of marketing materials including teasers, information memoranda, and other transaction-related documentation Help lead deal pitches including idea generation Act as the financial and strategic advisor for clients of core accounts in conjunction with senior coverage officers Build and develop relationships with clients through ongoing engagement and demonstration of financial and industry knowledge Generate potential ideas and new business opportunities to clients to help solve problems Leverage AI Tools Preferred Qualifications Significant level of maturity and the ability to work as a team interfacing with top company executives and senior management Highly organized, with the initiative and ability to work with limited supervision Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail Strong written and oral communication skills Effective process management abilities Sell-side advisory experience is a plus Infrastructure advisory and financial modeling experience is a plus Basic Qualifications Requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree IB Analyst promotes to Associate or MBA hires with 1-2 years of relevant experience Core modeling and valuation experience in professional setting 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 between $175,000 and $200,000. The base salary range represents the low and high end of 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 , follow us on LinkedIn or contact us at 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.