[Hiring] Investment Banking & Capital Markets Professionals - AI Residency @Aptura

Role Description

This residency is designed for senior research analysts and portfolio managers who want exposure and a meaningful experience towards the direction of AI in your domain and earn early, practical exposure at using advanced AI systems.

• Develop and iterate realistic prompts: Ask a junior role to test the relevance and quality of AI-generated insights.
• Compare human vs. machine judgment: Systematically evaluate divergence between professional banking judgment and AI outputs across M&A, ECM, DCM, and leveraged finance contexts.
• Design frameworks: Translate how senior bankers evaluate transactions, structure deals, and advise clients through origination, execution, and close into problems that push the limits of AI reasoning.
• Construct expert benchmarks: Build and validate real-world transaction analyses, valuation frameworks, and deal materials used to evaluate frontier AI systems.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of experience in investment banking or capital markets 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).
• Associate, VP, or Director level across M&A, industry coverage, ECM/DCM, leveraged finance, or syndicate.
• Deep expertise in at least one of: M&A deal structuring and valuation, equity or debt capital markets execution, sector-specific coverage, or syndicate/book-running.
• Strong financial modeling skills (including LBO, 3-statement, DCF) and comfort with complex transaction analysis, fairness opinions, and client-facing materials.
• Ability to articulate investment banking judgment clearly and precisely in writing.
• Genuine intellectual curiosity about the application of AI in financial services.

Requirements

• Commitment: 15+ hours/week, flexible scheduling.
• Location: Remote globally.
• Compensation: Hourly rate depending on experience.
• Start date: Immediate / Rolling.

Benefits

• Hands-on exposure to how AI is reshaping deal workflows, from pitching and origination through financial modeling, fairness opinions, and transaction close.
• You will be among the first investment banking professionals to work directly on how frontier AI models reason about transaction structuring, valuation, and capital markets execution.