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.
Join our Sustainable Research team
Are you passionate about sustainability and eager to make an impact in the financial industry? As an intern on our Sustainable Research team at American Century Investments, you'll dive into our sustainable investing approach, collaborating with team members and connecting with various professionals throughout our organization. Your journey here will blend learning and hands-on experience through meaningful projects that support both our Sustainable Research team and investment teams.
In this internship, you will...
Gain an understanding of how we integrate material sustainability/ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) factors into our investment processes.
Conduct company-level research using our proprietary sustainable research platform to identify and assess material sustainability risks and opportunities.
Contribute to stewardship campaigns passionate about key material sustainability-related topics such as water scarcity and human capital management.
Analyze corporate governance matters at both individual company and macro industry levels.
Gather data and develop reports, using Tableau or other data visualization tools, to generate insights to supplement our sustainability assessments.
Conduct research related to our key sustainability themes (Health Care, Climate, Empowerment, Sustainable Living and Technological Advancement).
Assist with ad hoc projects related to proxy voting and stewardship.
Participate in engagements conducted with investee companies on sustainability-related topics.
Here are some attributes that we are looking for in our next intern:
Model the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors- Client Focused, Courageous & Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitive Drive
Passion for gaining experience within the finance industry and a strive to learn more about the investment industry, balanced investing and stewardship
Strong analytical and research skills: ability to distill sophisticated information from various sources into clear, concise communications that may be distributed throughout other areas of the organization
Ability to navigate and manipulate PowerPoint and Excel daily for work product management
Some exposure to Tableau and/or other technical/data visualization platforms
Strong communication skills both orally and written
Here's what will make you standout:
A current rising Junior or Senior Undergraduate student, currently enrolled fulltime in Economics, Finance, Business, Investment Management, or equivalent subject matter
Passion for understanding and analyzing the impact of ESG/sustainability factors on companies.
Here's Why You Should Choose ACI:
Our interns receive competitive pay! As well as 401k eligibility for contributions
Mentor Program: a designated mentor will be assigned to you during your time with us to provide career coaching and mentorship
Access to Business Resource Groups that you can ally and participate in (Accelerate, Charlie Mike, Emerging Professionals, Enable, Pride, Mosaic)
Casual dress code - you can be comfortable and express your outstanding self
A robust social and philanthropic calendar of events hosted just for interns!
Internship Structure:
10 Week Program
40 Hours a week, between 8am-5pm CST
Kansas City, MO or New York, NY
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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