About Us
American Century Investments® is a leading global asset manager with over 65 years of experience helping a broad base of clients achieve their financial goals. Our expertise spans global equities and fixed income, multi-asset strategies, ETFs, and private investments.
Privately controlled and independent, we focus solely on investment management. But there’s an unexpected side to us, too. We direct over 40% of our profits every year—more than $2 billion since 2000—to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Our ongoing financial support drives the Institute’s breakthrough work and mission of defeating life-threatening diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. So, the better we do for our clients, the more we can do for everyone.
All 1,400 of us across the globe are inspired every day by the unique difference our hard work can make in so many lives. It shows in the curiosity we bring to every initiative, the deep relationships we build with our clients, and the way we treat each other in the hallway. If you’re excited to learn more about us, we can’t wait to learn more about you.
Role Summary
We are currently seeking a Client Business Management Consultant to act as a key member of the Client Business Management (CBM) team. In this role, you will support the business by assisting with the creation and execution of sales management initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside senior distribution leadership in all three channels of our organization and other stakeholders throughout the company. You will be responsible for providing and analyzing data and business processes needed to evaluate and complete goals. A successful Business Consultant will have a deep understanding of the inter-dependence of business functions and how data and technology inform and enable our collective efforts.
This hybrid position will be based out of our Kansas City, MO office.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship, now or in the future.
How You Will Make an Impact
- Work independently to support distribution leadership on both strategic and tactical initiatives
- Drive completion on ad hoc assignments and special projects with varying goals, both independently and within a team environment
- Apply new technology and drive new initiatives with these tools to optimize productivity. This includes aspects in our business such as assessing financial results, driving new business ventures and partnerships, and developing key business metrics to allow management to understand and monitor the business
- Partner with other businesses and support roles (e.g., Product, Finance, Operations/Technology, CBM) to craft initiatives and get results
- Prepares presentations, reports and business analysis for Distribution leadership requiring industry knowledge and ability to synthesize data into easily digestible formats.
- Find opportunities to optimize sales and service efforts to improve productivity and efficiency through consolidation of functions/processes, building consistent processes, and driving the training/adoption of behaviors
What You Bring to the Team (Required)
- Strong analytical background and a fundamental understanding of capital markets and the asset management industry
- Self-starter, goal-oriented, persistent, high-energy level, driven to succeed and unquestioned integrity
- Validated success in synthesizing disparate data into rare insights
- Proven interpersonal skills with ability to follow through to completion, ideally in a project management capacity
- Ability to move quickly and shift focus among different, concurrent tasks
- Keen ability to understand why, not just what
- Ability to convey knowledge and message to engender the trust and the respect of peers and senior level management
- Bachelor’s degree with a preference for Finance, Business, or Accounting
- 2-5+ years' experience in data aggregation and analysis focused role within an asset manager, intermediary experience preferred
- Strong analytical and written communication skills
- Strong SQL and Excel knowledge required
- Familiarity with, or willingness to learn, Tableau, AWS, SAS, and combining datasets using visual ETL tools or coding
- Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven
The above statements are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation package with bonus plan
- Generous PTO and competitive benefits
- 401k with 5% company match plus annual performance-based discretionary contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, formal mentorship program, live and online learning
Learn more about our benefits and perks.
Employees are required to be in the office on a scheduled frequency. Adherence to this schedule is essential to fulfilling the expectations of the role.
American Century Investments is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all other applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. As such, American Century strives to provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified individual under the ADA to perform essential job functions.
We encourage people of all backgrounds to join us on our mission. If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to HR-Talent_Acquisition@americancentury.com. All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.
American Century Investments believes all individuals are entitled to equal employment opportunity and advancement opportunities without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age for individuals forty years of age and older, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. ACI does not discriminate or adopt any policy that discriminates against an individual or any group of individuals on any of these bases.
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