Associate – Investment Banking, Financial Sponsors Group

Guggenheim Securities ("GS") is seeking an exceptional Associate 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 origination and execution of transactions for private equity clients in the UK and Europe. Associates will join a highly collaborative team focused on providing market‑leading M&A advisory services to Large and Mid‑cap Sponsors in Europe.

GS offers a unique opportunity to work as part of small client teams on major strategic assignments. Associates have full involvement in all aspects of the origination and execution of M&A mandates, as well as direct exposure to senior bankers and client representatives. 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 with an entrepreneurial mind‑set, who are willing to work hard in a dynamic environment where initiative, creativity, maturity, and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued. The ideal candidate will have strong execution experience and the potential to develop origination skills and client relationships.

Essential Job Functions

• Prepare and contribute to delivery of client presentations and interact with senior bankers, clients, lawyers, and accountants.
• Develop and monitor the development of complex financial models for a broad range of corporate finance alternatives and valuation analysis.
• Draft internal and client‑facing documents, including management presentations, lender presentations, fairness opinions, and pitchbooks.
• Perform client due diligence, prepare information memoranda and other transaction‑related documentation.
• 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

• Minimum of 3 years of investment banking or equivalent M&A experience.
• 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.
• Adaptive mind‑set, creativity and problem‑solving.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Effective process management abilities.

Basic Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree.
• Core modeling and valuation experience in a professional setting.

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