Our Firm
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 primary responsibility of the Vice President, Regional Wealth Management Consultant is to build relationships with assigned clients in our Wealth Management territory covering Houston and the Woodlands. Specifically, provide wholesaling support, demonstrate value-added services, schedule on-site meetings, and respond to client requests.
Required Skills
- Build relationships and increase the assets of assigned Wealth Management clients. This will involve a proactive call rotation, site visits, being consultative, providing value-added services and presenting to groups and individuals. Work closely with an Internal Wholesaler to implement your territory plan. Apply fund analysis software systems to strategically leverage our offerings in the client product.
- Develop and implement marketing plans for assigned clients. Collaborate with marketing and communications program managers on both the development and implementation of these plans
- Assist in timely dissemination of sales information. Identify and build current lists of key influencers and producers. Maintain history of sales activity and call data. Analyze sales data to provide reports, access profitability, identify trends and make recommendations
- Participate in various regional and national conferences
- Maintain current knowledge of American Century's investment management, industry events and recent developments involving our clients
Required Experience
- Experience with wirehouses strongly preferred
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Ten years financial industry experience preferred, with five to ten years sales experience
- Series 7, 63
- Proven interpersonal, investment analysis, written and verbal communication skills required
- Solid understanding of Microsoft Office, Morningstar Principia and Zephyr StyleAdvisor, MS Outlook, Salesforce CRM software and Market Metrics data
- Exhibits 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
- Exhibits 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:
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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What We Do
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.
