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.
As a Summer Associate you will become part of our Global Value and Global Growth Equity team that seeks to deliver meaningful, long-term risk-adjusted performance to our clients. During the 12-week internship, you will work directly with our investment professionals and will have exposure to three investment teams in our Kansas City office. 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 primary responsibility of the summer associate will be to provide timely fundamental equity research
Research common stocks, presently owned and potential new investments, recommending purchases and sales. This involves reading and analyzing company financial documents or third-party reports, interviewing company management, and gaining information from other sources.
Analyze industry groups or other investment themes as requested by portfolio managers
Facilitate preparation of analytical data for weekly equity investment meetings
Attend investment company presentations
Requirements:
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
MBA - 1st year with a graduation date of 2026 (concentration in finance preferred but not required)
Breadth of knowledge and experience applicable to a generalist
A consistent track record of outstanding accomplishments in one or more areas of interest or experience
A passion for a team-oriented collaboration approach towards success
The ability to communicate clearly, specifically and directly
Steadfast ethical standards and integrity
Practical business experience
Creativity and steadfast intellectual curiosity
Here’s Why You Should Choose ACI:
Becoming part of our team: Our internship program is designed to provide a realistic hands-on experience in analyzing stocks using American Century’s proven investment process
Our Mentor Program: a designated mentor will be assigned to you during your time with us to provide career coaching and guidance, and to advocate for you beyond the internship
Housing stipends are included for offers to join us in New York over the summer should you require relocation
Access to Business Resource Groups that you can ally and participate with (Diversity, Women in Finance, LGBTQ+, Emerging Professionals, and more)
A robust social and networking calendar of events hosted with our CIOs, ETF and ESG experts, senior leaders across the firm, and more
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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