2027 Securities Investment Banking Summer Associate

About the Role

Guggenheim Securities (“GS”) is seeking exceptional Interns to join its Industrials Investment Banking team in Los Angeles. This group focuses on Aerospace & Defense. Interns will play an integral role in client relationships and participate throughout the transaction lifecycle. The team provides M&A advisory and capital raising (equity and fixed income) services to corporate clients. GS offers the opportunity to work on small client teams for major strategic and financing assignments, with exposure to senior bankers and client representatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and contribute to 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 and prepare information memoranda and other transaction-related documentation.
• Contribute to the creation of strategic frameworks, tools, and intellectual property for business development.
• Conduct competitive research, identifying sector and industry trends.
• Gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses, develop and communicate recommendations to senior leadership.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Familiarity with MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Word.

Qualifications

• Top performers willing to work hard in a dynamic environment where initiative, creativity, maturity, and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued.
• Significant level of maturity and 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior internship experience in investment banking, accounting, consulting, private equity, hedge fund, or corporate finance is a plus.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be on track to receive an MBA or J.D. degree in Spring 2028.

Work Location

• This role is expected to be in the Los Angeles office at least 4 days per week.

Salary

• A salary based on an annual rate of $175,000 per year.
• The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated base salary range for this position. Actual base salaries may vary depending on factors such as location and experience. The range listed reflects base salary only, and the total compensation package may include other components such as incentive compensation.