Our Firm

American Century Investments® is a leading global asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting research that can improve human health and save lives. Founded in 1958, the firm’s 1,400 employees serve financial professionals, institutions, corporations, and individual investors, offering a wide range of investment strategies across a variety of investment disciplines.

We are committed to providing institutional-quality, actively managed solutions with a performance-centered mindset. Our expertise spans global growth equity, global value equity, disciplined equity, multi-asset strategies, global fixed income, alternatives, and ETFs.

Privately controlled and independent, we focus solely on investment management. This empowers us to align our decisions with client expectations and concentrate on their long-term money management needs.

Our culture of winning behaviors exemplifies our dedication to clients every single day. Delivering investment results enables us to distribute over 40% of our dividends—more than $1.8 billion — to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a 500-person, non-profit basic biomedical research organization with a controlling interest in American Century Investments. Our dividend payments provide ongoing financial support for the Institute’s work of uncovering the causes, treatments, and prevention of life-threatening diseases, like cancer.

For more information, please visit americancentury.com.

Are you seeking an engaging finance internship with cross-functional exposure across a reputable firm in KC?

Here at ACI, we have crafted a robust internship experience, with continual training and mentoring throughout the summer. Interns will then apply that knowledge to significant opportunities and projects.

In this internship, you will...

• Complete rotations including Accounting, Tax, Purchasing, Risk Management, Accounts Payable, Property Management and Financial Planning & Analysis

• Finance based projects such as account reconciliations and various Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint projects

• Learn & utilize platforms such as Tableau and other automation tools

• Assist with financial analysis and review of publicly traded competitors

• Complete learning modules to increase knowledge of ETFs, stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other financial securities

Here are some attributes that we are looking for in our next intern:

• Model the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors- Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitive Drive

• Passion for gaining experience at an asset management industry within a finance and accounting department

Here's what will make you standout:

• A rising Junior or Senior Undergraduate/Masters, currently enrolled fulltime in Accounting, Finance, Business, and/or Economics or related field

• Successful completion of introductory finance and/or accounting classes relevant to degree

• Exposure and intermediate experience with Excel

Here's Why You Should Choose ACI:

• Our interns receive competitive pay, as well as 401k eligibility for contributions

• Mentor Program: a designated mentor will be assigned to you during your time with us to provide career coaching and mentorship

• Housing assistance for any interns that join us with a permanent residence outside of the Kansas City Metro Area

• Access to Business Resource Groups that you can ally and participate in (Accelerate, Charlie Mike, Emerging Professionals, Enable, Pride, Mosaic )

• Casual dress code

• A robust social and philanthropic calendar of events hosted just for interns!

Additional Requirements:

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.

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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