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

The Strategic Analysis Specialist will be part of the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team within the Corporate Finance department at American Century. This role supports the company’s strategic objectives by:

• Improving visibility and understanding our finances, including our expenses, through gathering, interpreting, and reporting/communicating information

• Advising management decisions

• Transferring knowledge and converting external awareness into action

• Studying the industry and our business

• Identifying solutions to issues

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

• Develop partnership with multiple departments within the company

• Prepare expense forecasts

• Analyze variances between actual and forecasted results as well as between the current and previous versions of the forecast

• Tracking of contract terms such as renewal dates and timing of expense changes

• Communicate and report departmental results and trends

• Identify and communicate significant uncertainties in forecasted financial results

• Identify, track, and report Key Performance Indicators with an emphasis on metrics tracking productivity

• Prepare PowerPoint presentations with graphs and charts to summarize key financial information and metrics

• Build and maintain financial models

• Assist in benchmarking American Century versus competitors including completing industry surveys

• Ad-hoc analysis and projects

What You Bring to the Team (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or economics

• Strong analytical abilities, intellectual curiosity, and detail orientation

• Ability to prepare financial forecasts and analyze variances (actuals/forecasted and current/previous forecast versions)

• Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in written form with operating partners and others in the finance department. Actively participates and listens

• A phenomenal teammate who supports efforts of the team and offers assistance. Proactively builds and maintains effective relationships with peers and operating partners

• Influences and advises management decisions

• Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel

• Ability to prioritize, plan, and complete projects on time

• Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven

Additional Assets (Preferred)

• Ability to quickly learn applications for forecasting and reporting. American Century uses IBM Planning Analytics

• Ability to query data from tables

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 [email protected]. 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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