About the job
Aptura brings together institutional finance expertise and advanced AI systems. The founding team has deep experience in capital markets and private equity, with backgrounds at firms like Lazard and Partners Group, as well as a strong foundation in applied AI research. With offices in London and San Francisco, Aptura partners with leading AI labs to improve decision-making in complex financial settings.
Role overview
This part-time AI Residency is designed for investment banking associates based in India who want to understand how AI is shaping corporate finance and M&A. Residents work closely with professionals from both bulge-bracket and elite boutique backgrounds to test and refine the use of advanced AI models in finance.
What you will do
- Prompt Development: Develop realistic, deal-specific prompts for analysts and rigorously evaluate the quality of AI-generated outputs against industry standards.
- Human vs. Machine Judgment: Analyze differences between AI reasoning and the approaches used by experienced bankers in valuation, modeling, and due diligence.
- Framework Design: Convert complex financial statement analysis, transaction structuring, and assumption validation into challenges that test AI reasoning.
- Expert Benchmark Construction: Build and validate financial models such as DCFs, comps, LBOs, and deal cases to assess the performance of AI systems.
Why this matters
- Directly participate in how AI is changing investment banking workflows, from pitch preparation and due diligence to modeling and execution.
- Help shape how AI models approach corporate finance in India, working at the forefront of this field.
- Grow your expertise at the intersection of investment banking and AI, a combination increasingly valued in buy-side, strategy, and product roles.
Requirements
- 3–4+ years in investment banking or corporate finance at a top-tier international bank (bulge bracket, elite boutique, or leading middle-market firm).
- Currently at the Associate level; open to all sectors.
- Skilled in financial modeling and valuation (DCF, LBO, comps, precedents) with hands-on experience in live transactions.

