Experienced Analyst– Investment Banking (Global Services, Chicago)
Guggenheim Securities, Chicago, IL, United States
Job Description
Position Summary
Guggenheim Securities ("GS") is seeking experienced Analysts to join our Investment Banking Global Services team in Chicago. The Analyst will join our highly collaborative team responsible for providing advisory services to private equity firms and corporate clients with a strong emphasis on sell‑side advisory engagements. The team focuses on high‑growth segments of the market. Analysts will have the opportunity to work across our sell‑side M&A team, including with colleagues in Atlanta, Boston, London, and New York.
Guggenheim offers an unparalleled opportunity to work as part of small transaction teams on major strategic assignments providing meaningful exposure to senior bankers and client representatives. Candidates should be top performers who are willing to work hard in an unstructured environment where initiative, creativity, maturity, and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued.
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 junior talent development is critical to our strategy and this role is seen as a career‑track position.
Essential Job Functions
Perform financial analyses to support advisory transactions and highlight key takeaways
Develop working knowledge of multiple client sectors, monitor key industry drivers and assemble insights to support and enhance advisory services and new business development initiatives
Lead diligence, research, analysis, and documentation of potential and live transactions
Lead development of relevant marketing memoranda, diligence exhibits and transaction artifacts
Anticipate potential deal challenges and elevate concerns through to team members in real time
Drive creation of strategic frameworks, tools, and intellectual property to aid business development activities of the firm
Actively participate in client meetings and drafting sessions
Identify improvements to processes and propose solutions to complete group tasks more efficiently
Lean into client relationships through C‑Suite level exposure
Apply understanding of macro factors related to client sectors and investment banking
Conduct on‑the‑job training, providing continuous, constructive feedback with the goal of improving quality of analyst and intern work product
Actively participate in recruiting and training activities
Additional responsibilities as requested
Preferred Qualifications
Commitment to meet the demands of high volume and high‑end client services
Capable of balancing and managing multiple priorities simultaneously
Effective communicator – verbal, written and virtual
Highly organized project manager capable of thriving in high‑velocity environments
Agile leader that can exercise sound judgement under pressure
Curious and resourceful businessperson with strong understanding of accounting and finance
Mature teammate with the ability to develop relationships with senior‑level colleagues and clients
Desire to join a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial platform
Demonstrable proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree required
1-3 years of prior investment banking or equivalent M&A experience
Sell‑side advisory experience a plus
SIE Exam, Series 79 and Series 63 must be acquired within 150 days of employment
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Position Summary
Guggenheim Securities ("GS") is seeking experienced Analysts to join our Investment Banking Global Services team in Chicago. The Analyst will join our highly collaborative team responsible for providing advisory services to private equity firms and corporate clients with a strong emphasis on sell‑side advisory engagements. The team focuses on high‑growth segments of the market. Analysts will have the opportunity to work across our sell‑side M&A team, including with colleagues in Atlanta, Boston, London, and New York.
Guggenheim offers an unparalleled opportunity to work as part of small transaction teams on major strategic assignments providing meaningful exposure to senior bankers and client representatives. Candidates should be top performers who are willing to work hard in an unstructured environment where initiative, creativity, maturity, and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued.
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 junior talent development is critical to our strategy and this role is seen as a career‑track position.
Essential Job Functions
Perform financial analyses to support advisory transactions and highlight key takeaways
Develop working knowledge of multiple client sectors, monitor key industry drivers and assemble insights to support and enhance advisory services and new business development initiatives
Lead diligence, research, analysis, and documentation of potential and live transactions
Lead development of relevant marketing memoranda, diligence exhibits and transaction artifacts
Anticipate potential deal challenges and elevate concerns through to team members in real time
Drive creation of strategic frameworks, tools, and intellectual property to aid business development activities of the firm
Actively participate in client meetings and drafting sessions
Identify improvements to processes and propose solutions to complete group tasks more efficiently
Lean into client relationships through C‑Suite level exposure
Apply understanding of macro factors related to client sectors and investment banking
Conduct on‑the‑job training, providing continuous, constructive feedback with the goal of improving quality of analyst and intern work product
Actively participate in recruiting and training activities
Additional responsibilities as requested
Preferred Qualifications
Commitment to meet the demands of high volume and high‑end client services
Capable of balancing and managing multiple priorities simultaneously
Effective communicator – verbal, written and virtual
Highly organized project manager capable of thriving in high‑velocity environments
Agile leader that can exercise sound judgement under pressure
Curious and resourceful businessperson with strong understanding of accounting and finance
Mature teammate with the ability to develop relationships with senior‑level colleagues and clients
Desire to join a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial platform
Demonstrable proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree required
1-3 years of prior investment banking or equivalent M&A experience
Sell‑side advisory experience a plus
SIE Exam, Series 79 and Series 63 must be acquired within 150 days of employment
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