Investment Banking Associate, AI Residency | Frontier AI

About Aptura

Aptura works with leading foundational AI labs to bring institutional finance expertise directly into AI model development. Founded by ex-Lazard and Partners Group professionals, we operate from London and San Francisco. Our team blends deep capital markets experience with applied AI research, and we're now expanding our UK cohort.

The Opportunity

You've spent the last three to four years building DCFs, LBOs, and three-statement models, reading 10-Ks late into the night, and producing work that's gone in front of MDs and clients. Now imagine putting those same skills to work on a different kind of problem: teaching frontier AI models how to reason through corporate finance the way a trained banker does. That's what this residency is.

What We're Looking For

• 3–4+ years of IB or Corporate Finance experience at a top international bank (bulge bracket, elite boutique, or top-tier global advisory).

• Strong financial modelling and valuation skills in Excel.

• Thorough understanding of financial statements, valuation, and financial modelling.

• Skilled at extracting and interpreting data from filings, earnings materials, and investor presentations.

• High attention to detail, with excellent summarisation and written communication skills.

• Able to produce structured analytical outputs with clear explanations of methodology.

Project Info

• Design and build financial analysis scenarios tailored to your area of expertise.

• Create annotated financial models that demonstrate analytical logic.

• Structure data extraction and analysis tasks from public company materials.

• Evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy and professional quality.

• Minimum 30+ hours per week.

• Remote, asynchronous contract.

• Contribute to a research initiative with a leading foundational AI lab; help enhance AI capabilities in corporate finance modelling.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and review challenging finance scenarios and prompts to advance AI reasoning.

• Build, adapt, and annotate financial models to highlight key logic and decision-making.

• Review and validate assigned tasks with a high level of accuracy.

• Maintain well-organised documentation and uphold internal standards.

What's In It For You

• Contribute to the direction of AI in finance.

• Gain firsthand exposure to how AI models are trained and developed.

• Build specialised expertise at the intersection of finance and AI.

• Competitive pay.

Residency Structure

• Commitment: Minimum 30+ hours/week, flexible scheduling

• Location: Fully remote and asynchronous

• Compensation: Competitive hourly rate, commensurate with experience

• Start date: Immediate / Rolling

• Referral bonus: for any successful referral hired into this role