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.
Description:
As an Associate you will become part of and contribute to our Multi-Asset Strategies team that seeks to deliver, robust outcomes tailored to client needs. During the 12-week internship, you will work directly with our investment professionals and will have broad exposure to the team’s investment management capabilities. Additionally, you will be paired with an experienced mentor who will provide feedback and guidance in areas such as job performance, relationships, and role expectations.
Major Responsibilities:
- The intern would work on team’s ongoing portfolio construction projects and analysis on a variety of asset allocation topics.
- The primary responsibility of the summer associate would include:
- streamlining our model portfolio environment and our transition to new software,
- create the necessary connectivity between our in-house TILT tool that creates tactical positions and the new software that will be our data repository as well as analytics and reporting hub,
- identify parent-child framework across similar custom models to monitor portfolio construction
- understand differences in portfolio construction across the model portfolio universe and recommend relevant portfolio analytics for monitoring various families of custom portfolios from a risk/return/attribution perspective
- Participate in ongoing projects related to portfolio construction and portfolio research.
Requirements:
- MBA - 1st year (concentration in finance or economics preferred but not required) OR Master’s degree (such as Financial Engineering)
- Model the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors- Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitive Drive
- Strong quantitative skills and proficiency in programming e.g., with Python or R
- A consistent track record of outstanding accomplishments in one or more areas of interest or experience
- The ability to communicate clearly and concisely
- Steadfast ethical standards and integrity
- Creativity and unbridled intellectual curiosity
- Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven, Adheres to the highest ethical standards and business practices, and Supports a culture of compliance
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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American Century Investments® is a leading asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting research that can improve health and save lives. It’s how we help our clients Prosper With Purpose™.
Every day people are increasingly focused on investing to make the world a better place for themselves, their families, their organizations, and the world at large. It is possible to live a more meaningful and impactful life and give back something that’s more valuable than money.
When you invest with us, you can also invest in the future of others and have the potential to impact the lives of millions. That’s possible because of the distinct relationship with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, which owns more than 40% of American Century Investments. Our dividend payments provide the ongoing financial support for the Institute’s work of uncovering the causes, treatments and prevention of life-threatening diseases, like cancer.
Together we can become a powerful force for good…it’s like nothing you’ve seen before from an investment management firm.
