Experienced Vice President – Investment Banking, Technology & Services (London)

Job Description:

Position Summary

Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking an exceptional, experienced Vice President to join its Technology & Services Investment Banking group based in London.

Our London-based Technology & Services team is an integral part of GS’ global franchise and leads the coverage and execution of transactions for companies across Europe. The group advises clients on a broad range of financial and strategic matters, including mergers and acquisitions, equity/equity-linked and debt financings, joint ventures, restructurings, and private capital raises.

VPs 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. 

We are looking for ambitious, intellectually curious individuals with a strong work ethic who can excel in an unstructured environment where initiative, creativity, maturity, and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead day-to-day project management and oversee execution on a range of advisory and financing transactions
• Drive long-term client relationship development through effective dialogue with client leadership teams
• Develop and oversee financial and accounting analyses and help identify, research, and analyze M&A and financing opportunities
• Lead client meetings and drafting sessions
• 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
• Contribute to the creation of strategic frameworks, tools, and intellectual property to aid business development activities of the firm
• Gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses, develop and communicate recommendations to senior leadership
• Identify improvements to processes and propose solutions to complete group tasks more efficiently
• Demonstrate understanding of macro factors related to client sectors and investment banking and potential implications
• Act as lead “on the job” trainer for Associates and Analysts, articulating roles and objectives for junior team members and providing constructive feedback
• Share relevant deal/client context with the junior team and provide motivation and guidance for the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of investment banking or equivalent M&A experience
• Significant level of maturity and the ability to work as a team interfacing with top company executives and senior management
• Highly organized project captain capable of managing high velocity processes
• Effective communicator – verbal, written, and virtual
• Agile leader that can exercise sound judgment under pressure
• Curious and resourceful business person with strong understanding of accounting and finance
• Mature teammate with the ability to develop relationships with senior-level colleagues and clients
• Teaching orientation with strong desire to mentor and train junior teammates – ability to be player-coach as needed
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail

Basic Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of a Bachelor's degree
• Core modeling and valuation experience in professional setting

Work Location 

• Currently, this role is expected to be in the ­­­­London office at least 4 days per week. 

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.