Business Consultant

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

In this role, the Business Consultant II may be a Vendor Relationship Owner (VRO) and/or primary contact between ACI business areas and Transfer Agency vendors such as, but not limited to, SS&C, Pershing, Pershing Advisory Solutions, Envestnet and Ascensus. You will also be responsible for managing, developing, maintaining, and improving vendor relationships within Operational Compliance. You will be responsible to lead and/or actively support operational issue resolution and development of new or improved Transfer Agency and/or Risk Mitigation system(s), products, and services. You will develop and enhance a network of business relationships inside and outside of American Century, maintain technical knowledge of Transfer Agency and/or Risk Mitigation systems, expand data analysis, and strong knowledge of the business area objectives to facilitate good business solutions and outcomes.

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, maintain, and improve the relationship with assigned Business Areas.
• Provide innovative ways of solving problems for business partners for production issues and new or enhanced products and services.
• Facilitate activities between business partners, Operational Compliance, IT partners, and vendors to maintain open channels of communication.
• Support other company or department initiatives as assigned.
• Execute and deliver capabilities.
• Gather requirements, create current/future state workflows to identify opportunities for improvement or STOP activities.
• Define and measure business value.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and draw practical conclusions from data.
• Analytical, technical or project work requiring knowledge of fundamentals in the functional area.

What You Bring to the Team (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree required in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Crucial communication and task organization skills
• Sophisticated skill in computer usage and the ability to type 30 WPM minimum
• Ability to practice resiliency, flexibility, and relationship management
• Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.

Additional Assets (Preferred)

• Previous experience with transfer agency preferred.
• Previous experience leading vendors preferred.
• Mutual fund industry knowledge preferred.
• RIA and/or Broker Dealer industry knowledge preferred.

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 ot