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Job Description
Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking exceptional associates to join its Industrials Investment Banking team in Los Angeles. The Industrials group, which has a focus on Aerospace & Defense, is a rapidly growing and critically important strategic initiative for Guggenheim Securities (“GS”). 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. Associates will join a highly collaborative team responsible for providing M&A advisory and capital raising (equity and fixed income) service and capabilities to corporate clients. GS offers a unique opportunity to work as part of small client teams on major strategic and financing assignments, providing meaningful exposure to senior bankers and client representatives. 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. 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
Prepare and contribute to delivery of client presentations and interact with senior bankers, clients, lawyers, and accountants
Assist in the design and development of complex financial models and valuation analysis
Draft internal and client‑facing documents, including management presentations, lender presentations, fairness opinions, and pitchbooks
Perform client due diligence, prepare information memoranda and other transaction‑related documentation
Contribute to the creation of strategic frameworks, tools, and intellectual property to aid business development activities of the firm
Conduct competitive research, including identifying sector and industry trends
Gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses, develop and communicate recommendations to senior leadership
Preferred Qualifications
Prior internship experience in investment banking, accounting, consulting, private equity, hedge fund or corporate finance
Familiarity with MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Word
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
Basic Qualifications
Must be on track to receive an MBA or J.D. degree in December 2026 or Spring 2027
Work Location
Currently, this role is expected to be in the Los Angeles office at least 4 days per week.
Salary
A salary based on an annual rate of $175,000 per year. 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, or follow us on LinkedIn. Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners, a global investment and advisory firm. We offer services in Advisory, Financing, Sales and Trading, and Research. Discover what it is like to work with us through the stories of our colleagues. We are headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco, Houston, and in London, UK.
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Worksite address
los angeles, CA, 90079, US
Who can apply
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