Investment Banking Summer Associate

Job Description:

Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking exceptional Associate Interns to join its Global Industrials Group Investment Banking team in Chicago. The Industrials group is a rapidly growing and critically important strategic initiative for Guggenheim Securities.

Associate Interns will join a highly collaborative team responsible for providing M&A advisory and capital raising (equity and fixed income) service and capabilities to a range of corporate and sponsor 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

• Support deal teams in developing, maintaining and using financial models

• Perform financial and valuation analysis such as discounted cash flow analysis, multiple valuation analysis

• Perform company and industry research and gain in-depth understanding of sector trends, client challenges and strategies in order to develop innovative and creative solutions for our clients

• Prepare client presentations and interacting with senior bankers, clients, lawyers and accountants

• Develop an in depth understanding of M&A deal processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Commitment to meet the demands of high volume and high-end client services

• Effective communicator – verbal, written and virtual

• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail

• Strong interest in problem solving and client services

• Highly organized, with the initiative and ability to multitask and work with limited supervision on a team

• Resourcefulness, intellectual curiosity, enthusiasm and a genuine interest in finance

• Desire to join a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial platform

• Demonstrable experience with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

• Significant level of maturity and the ability to work under pressure as a part of a small team with top company executives and senior management

• Interest in working in Chicago long term

Basic Qualifications

• No jobseeker will be considered if these basic qualifications are not met

• Must be:

  • On track to receive MBA or J.D. degree in Spring 2027

Salary Details

• A salary based on an annual rate of $175,000 per year.

• The base salary amount represents the anticipated salary for this position. Actual base salaries may vary depending on factors such as location and experience. The salary 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 [email protected] or 212.518.9200.