Position Summary
Guggenheim Securities ("GS") is seeking an exceptional, experienced Analyst to join its Energy Investment Banking group located in Houston, TX. Guggenheim Securities’ Energy Investment Banking group provides specialized financial advisory across multiple sub-sectors of Energy including energy transition, upstream, midstream and oil services. Lean deal teams provide exceptional experience and competitive deal flow for incoming candidates. Analysts 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.
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
- Minimum of 1 year of investment banking or equivalent M&A experience
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
- Strong interest for problem solving and client service
- Resourcefulness, intellectual curiosity, enthusiasm, and a genuine interest in finance
- 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
- Highly organized, with the initiative and ability to multitask and work with limited supervision as a member of a team
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to take accountability and ownership of work product
- Working knowledge of MS Excel, MS Powerpoint and MS Word. Familiarity with Thomson/Factset and Bloomberg
Basic Qualifications
- Requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree
- 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 Houston, TX office at least 4 days per week.
Additional Information
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.