Investment Banking Senior Associate / Junior Vice President – Power, Utilities & Renewables
At a glance
Junior Investment & Corporate Development role at Guggenheim Securities. New York · full-time · $200,000–$250,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Lead daily execution across advisory and financing deals, coordinating the work needed to move each transaction forward
- Build and review financial models, valuation work and accounting analyses for corporate finance options
- Investigate companies, sector developments and potential M&A or financing opportunities, then assess client diligence
- Prepare deal memoranda and presentation materials, and work directly with clients and their advisers
- Guide analysts and junior associates while managing interactions with senior bankers, clients and transaction advisers
What you bring
- An undergraduate degree in finance, economics or a related discipline
- Four to seven years in investment banking, preferably in M&A or corporate finance, or an MBA with two to four years in banking
- Substantial hands-on modeling and valuation experience
Who this fits
This role suits an experienced banker ready to run transaction work and develop junior colleagues. You’ll work from the New York office at least four days a week, in a team-based role that involves direct contact with senior executives and transaction advisers.
From the employer
Job Description:
Position Summary
Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking an exceptional Senior Associate or Junior Vice President to join its Power, Utilities and Renewables Investment Banking team in New York. 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 Senior Associates and Junior 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.
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 reflecting differences between various accounting standard.
- 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
- Undergraduate degree in finance, economics, or a related field.
- 4-7 years of experience in investment banking (preferably in a M&A or corporate finance setting) or an MBA with 2 – 4 years of experience in IB.
- Extensive modeling and valuation experience.
Location
- Currently, this role is expected to be in the New York office at least 4 days a week.
Salary
- Annual base salary is between $200,000 – $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.