Job Description:

We are seeking exceptional Associate Interns to join our Investment Banking team in Atlanta. Associate interns will join our highly collaborative team responsible for providing advisory services to private equity firms and corporate clients with an emphasis on sell-side M&A advisory engagements. The team focuses on high growth segments of the market, including Business and Technology Services. Associates will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across M&A advisory team, including Boston, Chicago, and New York.

Guggenheim offers an unparalleled opportunity to work as part of small transaction teams on major strategic assignments providing meaningful exposure to senior bankers and client representatives. Candidates should be top performers who are willing to work hard in an unstructured environment where initiative, creativity, maturity, and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued. Our 10-week internship program is designed for students interested in pursuing a career in investment banking with an emphasis on M&A advisory. The program includes formal training, mentoring programs, networking and social events, community service events and a strategic advisory project that provide our interns with a unique experience and invaluable look into our culture and the investment banking business.

Interns become important members of our deal teams and work as a junior associate on a variety of interesting strategic advisory assignments. You will have significant exposure to senior bankers and client representatives as well as the ability to create meaningful relationships with junior bankers.

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 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 seeking highly motivated individuals with exceptional quantitative and communication skills looking to jump-start their career through hands-on training and experience at a growing firm. The Investment Banking unit will source most of its full-time associate class from the internship program.

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
• 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
• Highly organized, with the initiative and ability to multitask and work with limited supervision on a team
• Interest in working in Atlanta 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 December 2027 or Spring 2028

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 GSIBCampusRecruiting@guggenheimpartners.com or 212.518.9200.