Investment Banking Professional AI Residency Part-time Frontier AI Research India

About Aptura

Aptura works at the intersection of institutional finance expertise and frontier AI systems. Our founding team brings deep capital markets and private capital experience from Lazard and Partners Group, combined with applied AI research. Headquartered in London and San Francisco, we collaborate with leading foundational AI labs to improve how models reason and make decisions in high-stakes financial contexts.

The Opportunity

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

What Were 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 30+ hours/week, flexible scheduling
• Location: India-based, 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