Experienced Associate – Investment Banking, Power, Utilities & Renewables

Job Description:

Position Summary

Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking an exceptional, experienced Associate to join its Power, Utilities and Renewables Investment Banking team located in London. The team engages in M&A and capital raising assignments for companies in a wide range of traditional and new energy-related sectors, including solar, wind, battery storage, conventional generation, regulated utilities (power, gas and water), advanced nuclear technology, and energy efficiency and services. 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.

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 an unstructured environment where initiative, creativity, maturity, and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued.

Essential Job Functions

• Develop and oversee financial and accounting analyses and help identify, research, and analyze M&A and financing opportunities
• Lead day-to-day project management and oversee execution on a range of advisory and financing transactions
• 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 and accurately reflect differences between various accounting standards
• Research company information and industry trends
• Perform client due diligence
• Prepare information memoranda and other transaction-related documentation
• Prepare and contribute to delivery of client presentations and interact with senior bankers, clients, lawyers, and accountants

• Manage and develop analysts and junior associates
• Manage interactions with clients, lawyers, accountants, and various other transaction-related consultants

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
• Deeply analytical and attentive to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Effective process management abilities

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in investment banking (preferably in an M&A or corporate finance setting
• Extensive modeling and valuation experience

Work Location 

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

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.