Investment Banking, AI Residency (Part-time) | Frontier AI Research, UK

About Aptura

Our founders are ex-Lazard and Partners Group, and we're headquartered in London and San Francisco. ApturaI brings real-world expertise from finance, healthcare, and law into AI model training. We bridge the gap between human and artificial intelligence.

The Opportunity

This residency is designed for high-performing investment banking professionals in the UK who want meaningful, early exposure to shaping how AI is applied across corporate finance and M&A workflows. You'll contribute directly to a research initiative with a leading foundational AI lab, helping enhance AI capabilities in corporate finance modelling.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Commitment: Minimum 20+ 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