Vice President – Investment Banking, Digital Infrastructure Telecom

Guggenheim Partners•New York, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking an exceptional, experienced Vice President to join its Telecom & Digital Infrastructure team with the Telecom, Media and Technology (“TMT”) Investment Banking group located in New York. With offices in New York and London, our Telecom & Digital Infrastructure team is a market leader within the sector, with strong relationships ranging from large cap public companies to middle market private companies and everything in between. The team has a long history of executing high profile M&A transactions and other capital markets advisory projects for the world’s most important telecom, networking, fiber, broadband, cable, towers, datacenters and edge / artificial intelligence / machine learning infrastructure companies, as well as financial sponsors and other sources of financial capital. We advise clients on various types of financial transactions and strategic advisory projects, including mergers & acquisitions, equity & equity-linked capital markets and debt capital markets transactions, joint ventures, balance sheet management, and other bespoke strategic & financial products. Our approach to clients focuses on building deep, collaborative, and highly value-additive relationships with a view to becoming long-term trusted advisors to executive teams, corporate development teams, and beyond. We are a highly entrepreneurial team centered around a collaborative, partnership-driven culture enabling professionals at all levels to build strong technical, leadership, and client facing skillsets. Our broader New York-based TMT Investment Banking team is an integral component of Guggenheim’s investment banking strategy, and a fast growing team of professionals who are focused on driving market share across each of the telecom, media and technology verticals. Our 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. Our Vice Presidents benefit tremendously from the experience and partnership they have with our Senior Managing Directors, Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, and Analysts. We pride ourselves on the dedication we give to our Vice Presidents development, which in turn helps assist in supporting and cultivating our growing team of Analysts. We work to constantly assist in developing our Vice Presidents marketing, sales, analytical, and communication skills. We aspire to continuously refresh and cultivate a culture of Innovation, Diversity, and Inclusion. 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 believe Vice President development is critical to our strategy, and this role is seen as a career-track position.

Requirements

Requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree
7 years of experience or an MBA with a minimum of 4+ years of experience in IB
Core modeling and valuation experience in professional setting
SIE Exam, Series 79 and Series 63 must be acquired within 150 days of employment

Nice To Haves

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
Sell-side advisory experience is a plus
Experience in the telecom & digital infrastructure sector is a plus

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day project management and oversee execution on a range of advisory and financing transactions
Develop and oversee financial and accounting analyses and help identify, research, and analyze M&A and financing opportunities
Analyze and manage the analysis of market trends, competitive landscapes, and publicly traded company financials to identify potential client solutions and new market opportunities
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
Analyze and supervise the analysis of current and past accounting and financial records to advise management through financial projections preparation
Integrate strategy ideas derived from various analyses, forecasts, business plans, and research into presentations for various stakeholders
Conduct due diligence investigations of client companies to ascertain the soundness of their business model and forecasts
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
Help lead deal pitches including idea generation
Act as the financial and strategic advisor for clients of core accounts in conjunction with senior coverage officers
Build and develop relationships with clients through ongoing engagement and demonstration of financial and industry knowledge
Generate potential ideas and new business opportunities to clients to help solve problems