Vice President – Investment Banking, Digital Infrastructure

Guggenheim Partners; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets arm of Guggenheim Partners, seeks a Vice President to join its Digital Infrastructure team in New York. The role emphasizes managing advisory and financing transactions, developing client relationships, and delivering sophisticated financial analyses.

Ideal candidates have strong modeling/valuation experience, a track record in investment banking, and the ability to work across senior stakeholders in a fast‑paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7 years of IB experience or an MBA with 4+ years of experience in IB.
• Core modeling and valuation experience in professional setting.
• SIE Exam, Series 79 and Series 63 must be acquired within 150 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day project management on advisory and financing transactions.
• Develop and oversee financial and accounting analyses for M&A and financing opportunities.
• Develop client relationships and expand sector coverage with senior bankers.
• Analyse market trends, competitive landscapes, and public company financials to identify client solutions.
• Prepare complex financial models and perform valuation analyses for various corporate finance scenarios.

Skills

Financial modeling

Valuation

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA

Tools

SIE Exam

Series 79

Series 63

Job description

Position Summary

Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking an exceptional, experienced Vice President to join its Digital Infrastructure Investment Banking team located in New York. With offices in New York and London, our Digital Infrastructure team is a market leader within the sector, with strong relationships ranging from large cap public companies and financial sponsors, to high‑growth private companies, growth equity platforms, and everything in between.The team has a long history of executing high profile M&A transactions and other capital markets advisory projects for the world’s most important telecom, data centers, artificial intelligence, networking, fiber, broadband, cable, towers, satellites and infrastructure companies, as well as financial sponsors and other sources of financial capital.Some of the team’s marquee transactions include serving as lead financial advisor to Macquarie and Aligned Datacenters on the largest data center transaction in history in 2025.We advise clients on various types of financial transactions and strategic advisory projects, including mergers & acquisitions, equity & equity‑linked capital markets and debt capital markets transactions, joint ventures, balance sheet management, and other bespoke strategic & financial products.Our approach to clients focuses on building deep, collaborative, and highly value‑additive relationships with a view to becoming long‑term trusted advisors to executive teams, corporate development teams, and beyond.We are a highly entrepreneurial team centered around a collaborative, partnership‑driven culture enabling professionals at all levels to build strong technical, leadership, and client facing skillsets.Our 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 Vice Presidents 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 Vice Presidents development, which in turn helps assist in supporting and cultivating our growing team of VPs, Associates and Analysts.We work to constantly assist in developing our Vice Presidents 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 Vice President 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 analyse M&A and financing opportunities
• Work with SMDs and MDs to develop client relationships and expand the team’s sector coverage
• Analyse and manage the analysis of market trends, competitive landscapes, and publicly traded 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
• Analyse 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

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
• Experience in the telecom & digital infrastructure sector is a plus

Basic Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree
• 7 years of experience or an MBA with a minimum of 4+ years of experience in IB
• Core modeling and valuation experience in professional setting
• SIE Exam, Series 79 and Series 63 must be acquired within 150 days of employment

Salary

Annual base salary is $250,000 The base salary represents the anticipated base salary 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 [e-mail] or 212.518.9200.

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