Vice President Defense Business Development Jobs in Decatur, GA

Job Description:

Position Summary

Guggenheim Securities ("GS") is seeking an experienced Vice President to join its Business & Technology Services investment banking team in Atlanta. The Vice President will join our highly collaborative team responsible for providing advisory services to private equity firms and corporate clients with a strong emphasis on sell-side advisory engagements. The team focuses on high growth segments of the market. Vice Presidents will have the opportunity work across our sell-side M&A team, including with colleagues in Boston, London, 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.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead day-to-day project management and oversee execution on a range of advisory transactions
• Work with senior professionals to support financial analyses, advisory transactions and highlight key takeaways
• Oversee working knowledge of multiple client sectors, monitor key industry drivers and assemble insights to support and enhance advisory services and new business development initiatives
• Review diligence, research, analysis and documentation of potential and live transactions
• Lead development of relevant marketing memoranda, diligence exhibits and transaction artifacts
• Anticipate potential deal challenges and elevate concerns through to team members in real time
• Drive creation of strategic frameworks, tools and intellectual property to aid business development activities of the firm
• Actively participate in client meetings and drafting sessions
• Identify improvements to processes and propose solutions to complete group tasks more efficiently
• Build client relationships through effective dialogue with client finance and accounting teams
• Apply understanding of macro factors related to client sectors and investment banking
• Oversee "on the job" training, providing continuous, constructive feedback with goal of improving quality of analyst and intern work product
• Ensure all activity is compliant with Guggenheim Securities' applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• Commitment to meet the demands of high volume and high-end client services
• Capable of balancing and managing multiple priorities simultaneously
• Effective communicator - verbal, written and virtual
• Highly organized project manager capable of thriving in high velocity environments
• Agile leader that can exercise sound judgement under pressure
• Curious and resourceful businessperson with strong understanding of accounting and finance
• Player-Coach mentality with strong desire to mentor and train junior teammates
• Desire to join a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial platform
• Detail-oriented, organized, with initiative and ability to multitask and work as part of a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Resourcefulness, intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm
• Demonstrable proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Basic Qualifications

• 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
• Sell-side advisory experience, including successful track record of closed M&A transactions
• 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 Atlanta office at least 4 days per week.

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 GSLateralRecruiting@guggenheimpartners.com or 212.518.9200.

Guggenheim Securities, LLC ("GS") does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications. GS considers any resume or application to be unsolicited if (a) received from an entity or individual without a current recruiting agreement with GS or (b) submitted to anyone at the firm other than through the process set forth in the recruiting agreement between GS and the submitting entity or individual, and GS will not pay a fee to any entity or individual for such submission.