Experienced Associate – Investment Banking, Infrastructure

Guggenheim Partners; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Guggenheim Partners is looking for an experienced Associate in their Infrastructure Investment Banking group in New York. The role includes leading project management, financial analyses, and client relationship building. Ideal candidates should have analytical skills, a Bachelor's degree, and experience in investment banking. This position offers significant career development within a prestigious firm.

Annual salary ranges between $175,000 and $200,000, with the expectation of in-office work at least four days per week.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of relevant experience in investment banking or finance.
• Core modeling and valuation experience in a professional setting.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day project management on advisory and financing transactions.
• Develop and oversee financial analyses and identify M&A opportunities.
• Analyze market trends and company financials to offer client solutions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Financial analysis

Project management

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Financial models

AI Tools

Job description

Position Summary

Guggenheim Securities ("GS") is seeking an experienced Associate to join its Infrastructure Investment Banking group in New York. 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. Our Associates benefit tremendously from the experience and partnership they have with our Senior Managing Directors, Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, and Analysts. We pride ourselves on the dedication we give to our Associates development, which in turn helps assist in supporting and cultivating our growing team of Analysts. We work to constantly assist in developing our Associates marketing, sales, analytical, and communication skills. 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 Associate development is critical to our strategy, and this role is seen as a career‑track position.

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 company financials 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 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.
• Leverage AI Tools.

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.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Effective process management abilities.
• Sell‑side advisory experience is a plus.
• Infrastructure advisory and financial modeling experience is a plus.

Basic Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.
• IB Analyst promotes to Associate or MBA hires with 1-2 years of relevant experience.
• Core modeling and valuation experience in professional setting.
• 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 $200,000.