Job Description:Guggenheim Securities ("GS") is seeking an experienced Associate to join its Healthcare Services team in Richmond. This position will focus on covering pharma services.
The Healthcare Services Group at Guggenheim Securities is a rapidly growing and a critically important strategic initiative for the firm. We provide coverage across various sub-verticals including payors, providers, HCIT, pharma services and animal health.
Our Associates play an integral role in evolving and enhancing our client relationships and are active participants throughout the life of a transaction and beyond. Our Associates benefit tremendously from the experience and partnership they have with our Vice Presidents, Managing Directors and Senior Managing Directors.
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. 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.
Essential Job Functions
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- 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
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree required
- IB Analyst promotes to Associate or MBA hires with 1-2 years of relevant experience
- Core modeling and valuation experience in professional setting
- 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 Richmond office at least 4 days per week.
Salary
- Annual base salary between $175,000 - $200,000
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.
