Analyst, Equity Sales (Generalist)

Position Summary

Guggenheim is seeking a professional to join as a Junior Salesperson (Generalist) in Guggenheim Securities’ Equities Division. This individual will help build out our generalist equity distribution capabilities and deliver world-class research, corporate access and equity capital markets products to our institutional clients, including hedge funds and long-only asset managers. The ideal candidate will support and expand our client base and help generate incremental revenue alongside senior salespeople. The role requires comfort interacting with Sales, Research, Trading, ECM and corporate clients. The position provides general equity sales coverage across multiple sectors and research verticals and is based in New York City.

Essential Job Functions

• Sell both our primary (IPOs, follow-ons, etc.) and secondary (research, corporate access, etc.) equities products to institutional accounts across all sectors.
• Participate in morning research meetings and key calls, identify actionable ideas, and translate them into differentiated client touchpoints (e.g., daily research sales memos and targeted call outreach).
• Attend intra-day meetings and conference calls, listen actively, take thorough notes, and draft clear, actionable written summaries and periodic thematic updates for internal and external distribution; log notes in internal systems for future client follow-up.
• Organize, host and support client interactions and events, including in-person and virtual analyst calls, deal-related calls, and research-focused group discussions, coordinating outreach, participation, follow-up notes and action items.
• Support corporate access efforts by screening request lists, ensuring applicable investors are contacted multiple times per event, tracking responses and maximizing attendance and participation quality.
• Support ECM activities by facilitating calls between analysts and investors, participating in internal deal teach-ins, maintaining trackers of live deals and key milestones (including book updates and closing timelines), and collecting and distributing investor feedback.
• Analyze client interaction, vote and research consumption data to identify areas for improved engagement, provide suggestions to senior salespeople on increasing interaction and market share, and ensure timely, accurate uploads per client deadlines and internal standards.
• Build product knowledge across all equity sectors by attending internal teach-ins and meetings with research analysts and associates, sharing key learnings with the broader sales team, and incorporating insights into client dialogue.
• Develop strong working relationships with equity sales, trading, research, ECM and corporate access teams, contributing to continuous process improvement, documentation and best practices, and mentoring more junior team members on sales processes and systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent client-facing presence with strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to synthesize complex equity research into clear, concise, and actionable messages for institutional investors; comfortable with high volumes of interaction across phone, email, and in-person/virtual meetings.
• Detail-oriented, analytical and organized, able to manage multiple priorities, adapt to changing situations, and make sound, timely decisions under pressure while maintaining professionalism.
• Resilient under feedback and able to remain steady in a demanding, performance-oriented environment.
• Collaborative and team-oriented in a fast-paced setting, with the ability to work independently and take ownership of defined client and process responsibilities.
• High initiative, self-motivation and resourcefulness; able to drive outcomes without extensive direction.
• Strong interest in equity markets and translating research content into targeted, actionable talking points for hedge fund and long-only clients.
• Comfortable working with CRM tools, market data platforms, and standard productivity applications to manage client activities and reporting needs.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Business, Finance, Economics or related field preferred but not mandatory).
• Active FINRA Series 7 and 63 License, or to obtain within 3 months.

Work Location

Currently, this role is expected to be in NYC at least 4 days per week. Some limited travel may be required.

Salary

• Annual base salary of $100,000.
• The base salary represents the anticipated base salary for this position. Actual base salaries may vary depending on factors such as location and experience. The amount listed reflects base salary only; total compensation 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 in four broad categories: Advisory, Financing, Sales and Trading, and Research. Guggenheim Securities is headquartered in New York, with offices in Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Houston.

How to Apply

For more information, please visit GuggenheimSecurities.com, follow us on LinkedIn, or contact us at GSLateralRecruiting@guggenheimpartners.com or 212-518-9200.

Equal Opportunity

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.