2026 Guggenheim Securities Investment Banking Analyst – Los Angeles Aerospace & Defense
About The Position
Guggenheim Securities (GS) is seeking exceptional Analysts to join its Global Aerospace & Defense Investment Banking team in Los Angeles. The Aerospace & Defense group is a rapidly growing and critically important strategic initiative for GS. Our Analysts play an integral role in evolving and enhancing our client relationships and are active participants throughout the life of a transaction and beyond. 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. 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. Candidates must be focused on earning a promotion to Associate upon completion of the Analyst program and becoming a top performer with the intention of developing a long-term banking career.
Requirements
- Must have received a Bachelor’s degree in December 2025 or Spring 2026
- SIE Exam, Series 79 and Series 63 must be acquired within 150 days of employment
- 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
Nice To Haves
- Prior internship experience in investment banking, accounting, consulting, private equity, hedge fund or corporate finance is a plus
Responsibilities
- 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
Benefits
- Best-in-class Investment Banking training—formal and hands-on
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
