Experienced Vice President Investment Banking Leveraged Finance Debt Advisory
Experienced Vice President Investment Banking Leveraged Finance Debt Advisory
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Position Summary
Guggenheim Securities (GS) is seeking an experienced Vice President to join its Leveraged Finance/Debt Advisory group in New York.
The Leveraged Finance/Debt Advisory group is a rapidly growing and critically important strategic initiative for Guggenheim Securities. Over the past several years the Leveraged Finance/Debt Advisory team has raised capital and acted as sole or leadleft arranger / bookrunner on numerous financing transactions for our public private and sponsorbacked clients. We partner seamlessly with our preeminent industry teams to provide clients with thoughtful capital structure solutions tailored to meet their objectives. Typical transactions include structuring marketing and negotiating assetbased credit facilities secured / unsecured loans mezzanine and HoldCo debt. In addition on many of the firms M&A transactions the Leveraged Finance team serves as an integrated part of the deal team to support the acquisition financing package. The team also works with Guggenheim affiliates to provide committed financing for both syndicated and private debt issuances
Guggenheims Vice Presidents play a critical role in the origination and of our financing transactions evolving and enhancing our client and lender relationships and acting as a product partner to our Investment Banking industry and Financial Sponsor coverage teams. Our Vice Presidents benefit tremendously from the experience and close partnership they have with our Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors and will be expected to lead daytoday of our financing transactions under their guidance
GS offers an unparalleled opportunity to work as part of small client teams on major strategic and financing assignments providing meaningful exposure to senior bankers and client representatives. The ideal candidate is a highly organized project captain capable of managing highvelocity financing processes. Candidates should also be top performers who are willing to work hard in a dynamic environment where initiative creativity maturity and enthusiasm for learning are highly valued.
Essential Job Functions
- Lead daytoday deal and project management on a range of financing transactions
- Drive longterm client relationship development through effective dialogue with client leadership teams
- Develop and oversee financial and accounting analyses as well as help identify research and analyze financing opportunities
- Acquisition finance commitment evaluation including opportunity screening underwriting memos and commitment paper review / negotiation in conjunction with our affiliates
- Monitor interpret and present current debt capital market trends
- Lead client meetings and drafting sessions
- Maintain working knowledge of multiple client sectors monitor key industry drivers and assemble insights to support and enhance financing advisory services and new business development initiatives
- 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
- Act as financing advisor for clients of core accounts in conjunction with senior bankers
- Transaction evaluation preparation due diligence and as well as managing the preparation of marketing materials including teasers information memoranda and other transactionrelated documentation
- Generate potential ideas and new business opportunities for clients to help solve problems whether using advisory or capital market solutions
- Share relevant deal / client context with the junior team and provide motivation and guidance for the team
- Ensure all activity is compliant with Guggenheim Securities applicable rules regulations policies and procedures
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep knowledge of and experience specifically executing leveraged finance and/or structured equity transactions across a variety of sectors
- Significant level of maturity and the ability to work as a team interfacing with top company executives and senior management
- Effective communicator verbal written and virtual
- Agile leader that can exercise sound judgment under pressure
- Mature teammate with the ability to develop relationships with seniorlevel colleagues and clients
- Teaching orientation with strong desire to mentor and train junior teammates ability to be playercoach as needed
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree (Business / Economics concentration preferred but not required) and/or Master of Business Administration from a distinguished academic institution
- 6 years of professional experience
- 4 years of Leveraged Finance Debt Capital Markets Financial Sponsors or similar type roles within an investment bank with specific experience arranging / executing privately negotiated (nonsyndicated) capital raises; sellside M&A advisory experience is also a plus
- SIE Exam Series 79 and Series 63 must be acquired within 150 days of employment
Work Location
- Currently this role is expected to be in the New York office at least 4 days per week.
Salary
- Annual base salary between $250000 and $275000.
- 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.
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.
Guggenheim is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
For more information please visit GuggenheimSecurities follow us on LinkedIn or contact us at or 212.518.9200.
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Employment Type
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