Experienced Associate - Investment Banking, Technology & Services (London)

Guggenheim Securities ("GS") is seeking an exceptional, experienced Associate to join its Technology & Services Investment Banking group based in London. Our London-based Technology & Services team is an integral part of GS' global franchise and leads the coverage and execution of transactions for companies across Europe. The group advises clients on a broad range of financial and strategic matters, including mergers and acquisitions, equity/equity-linked and debt financings, joint ventures, restructurings, and private capital raises.

Associates will join a highly collaborative team responsible for providing M&A advisory and capital raising (equity and fixed income) service and capabilities to corporate clients. GS offers a unique opportunity to work as part of small client teams on major strategic and financing assignments, providing meaningful 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.

We are looking for ambitious, intellectually curious individuals with a strong work ethic who can excel in an unstructured environment where initiative, creativity, maturity, and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued.

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 4 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
• 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 professional setting

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

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.