Investment Banking Associate / Vice President – Consumer, Retail and Restaurant

Job Description:

Position Summary

Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking experienced Vice Presidents and Associates to join its Consumer, Retail & Restaurant Investment Banking Group in New York.

The Consumer, Retail, and Restaurant Group at Guggenheim Securities is one of the leading practices on Wall Street with significant opportunities to continue growing the group. Our team has a proven track record advising clients on M&A, equity and debt capital raising and liability management. The team focuses on several sub-sectors including fitness / healthy living, restaurants, direct to consumer, apparel / specialty retail, large box retail, specialty retail, food retail / food distribution and several other categories. Guggenheim has one of the most active M&A advisory practices in the sector as well as a top debt financing practice for franchisors and multi-unit companies.

Our Associates and Vice Presidents 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 and Vice Presidents benefit tremendously from the experience and partnership they have with our Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors.

GS offers an unparalleled opportunity to work as part of small client teams on major strategic and financing assignments, providing meaningful exposure to senior bankers and client representatives. 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.
 

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 publicly traded company financials in order 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 in order 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
• Share relevant deal/client context with the junior team and provide motivation and guidance for the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant level of maturity and the ability to work as a team interfacing top company executives and senior management
• Highly organized project captain capable of managing high velocity processes
• Effective communicator – verbal, written, and virtual
• Agile leader that can exercise sound judgment under pressure
• Curious and resourceful business person with strong understanding of accounting and finance
• Mature teammate with the ability to develop relationships with senior-level colleagues and clients
• Teaching orientation with strong desire to mentor and train junior teammates – ability to be player-coach as needed
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Sell-side advisory experience is a plus

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• 4 - 7+ years of investment banking experience OR MBA degree and 3+ years of investment banking or equivalent experience in either a coverage group or relevant product group (Consumer / Retail exposure preferred)
• 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 $250,000.
• 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 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.