aptura - Investment Banking Associate, AI Residency (Early Careers)
Requirements
• 3 to 7 years in investment banking with real deal experience and closed transactions behind you.
Responsibilities
• Draft realistic IB scenarios, prompts, and worked examples (pitch decks, comps, LBO models, CIMs, deal memos) that reflect real transaction workflows • Evaluate AI-generated outputs against how a skilled analyst or associate would actually reason, flagging gaps in logic, technical rigour, or judgment • Refine and rewrite model responses to improve their financial reasoning and structuring • Partner closely with experts to translate domain expertise into training signal, giving feedback on what "good" looks like at each stage of a deal • Identify edge cases and failure modes specific to IB workflows (e.g., sector-specific modelling conventions, regulatory nuance, negotiation dynamics) • Help document and systematise IB best practices into reusable frameworks model can learn from • This role will be a great fit if you • Are a current student or recent graduate with a minimum of one IB internship or full-time role at a bulge bracket or elite boutique (e.g., Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Citi, Barclays, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, Evercore, Moelis, Centerview, Lazard, Jefferies) • Have a solid grounding in financial modelling, valuation methodologies (DCF, comps, precedent transactions), and deal mechanics • Bring high attention to detail and intellectual honesty to say "this output is wrong" even when it looks polished • Communicate sharply, can explain why a piece of reasoning is right or wrong • Are comfortable with ambiguity and fast iteration • Have genuine curiosity about AI, even without a technical background • How we support you • Competitive salaries with an opportunity to join us full-time • Modern, centrally located London office built for collaboration and focus • Access to a range of AI tools to boost productivity and maximise results • MacBook, screens, and any equipment you need to perform at a high level • Location: In-person (remote options available) • Start date: Immediate • Referral bonus: For any successful referral hired into this role
Benefits
• See how frontier AI is developed from the inside • Stay close to where finance is heading • Designed to work alongside your existing job • Timing and logistics • Fully remote and project-based, on your own schedule • Around 15 hours a week, completely flexible on when • Rolling cycles, so you can start soon and step back between them • We'll get back to you within 2 days: one short call, then into a first piece of work • Who we're looking for3 to 7 years in investment banking with real deal experience and closed transactions behind you.
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