Avantis ICSG Specialist I

American Century Investments; United States; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with bonus

Generous PTO and benefits

401k with company match

Tuition reimbursement and mentorship

Job summary

American Century Investments is seeking an Avantis Specialist in a hybrid role based in Los Angeles or Kansas City. You will partner with Relationship Directors to drive sales of Avantis ETF and Mutual Fund solutions through consultative outreach, primarily via phone, and manage a multi-tier territory strategy.

You will leverage product knowledge and insights to position solutions effectively for wealth management clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 2–3 years internal sales experience preferred.
• Deep understanding of the financial intermediary marketplace.
• Knowledge of Avantis solutions, platform availability, and competitive positioning.
• Series 7 license.
• Strong interpersonal, investment analysis, written and verbal communication skills.
• Expert Salesforce skills with pipeline management and reports.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Morningstar, Morningstar Direct and Outlook.
• Demonstrates American Century Investments Winning Behaviors.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain positive relationships with Avantis Relationship Directors.
• Lead territory management, client contact strategy and product positioning.
• Manage the sales pipeline with discovery and opportunity progression.
• Serve as central contact between Avantis teams and WM/Specialist groups.
• Leverage tools to illustrate Avantis product benefits and differentiate from competitors.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Investment analysis

Sales experience

Salesforce

MS Office

Morningstar

Morningstar Direct

Outlook

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Series 7 license

Job description

About Us

Avantis Investors, part of American Century Investments, is focused on helping clients achieve their investment goals through the delivery of broadly diversified, low cost, efficient investment strategies. All our investment strategies are managed under a consistent investment philosophy based on financial science and use information in market prices and company financials to identify differences in expected returns among securities.

Role Summary

The IC SG Team includes Specialists that drive sales with financial intermediary clients in the Wealth Management or Retirement space. The IC SG Avantis Specialist is focused on building relationships with Wealth Management clients who are using or have the potential to use the Avantis ETF and/or Mutual Fund solutions. The primary responsibility of the IC SG Avantis Specialist is to partner with Avantis Relationship Director (s) within a geographical territory to generate sales opportunities in Avantis products by providing financial insight, product information and using a consultative sales process to find opportunities and drive sales. This role reports to Head of Avantis Distribution - Western US. This hybrid position can be based out of our Los Angeles, CA office or our Kansas City, MO office. For the Kansas City, MO office, the hours of operation for this role will be 10am CT - 7pm CT. 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

Build and maintain positive relationships with Avantis Relationship Directors. This involves extensive and regular collaboration on territory management, client contact strategy and product and positioning. Weekly calls with standing agendas are a standard methodology, as well as daily communication as needed. Includes annual business planning collaboration on approach for meeting and exceeding sales production goals at territory and individual initiative level. Form relationships directly with clients by following the sales process in (primarily) phone conversations in order to move relationships forward and asking for the business: Prep, Profile, Present Solution, Gain Commitment, Follow Up. Must have deep level of Avantis ETF and Mutual fund solution knowledge and ability to shift to products that meet client needs. Can include scheduling meetings for consultants as part of follow up. Be the central point of contact between Avantis Relationship Directors, ETF Specialists, Division Strategist and WM Consultant/Specialist teams. Serve as subject matter authority on Avantis solutions. Leverage tools and resources to illustrate Avantis product benefits over competitors and in a place in a matrix. Relevant knowledge of portfolio construction and fund analysis tools is key. Lead sales pipeline, including discovery and maintenance of each opportunity. Requires regular conversations with clients on status and position in sales cycle and providing information to move the opportunity to a final sale.

What You Bring to the Team (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Two to three years Internal Sales team experience preferred
• Deep understanding of the financial intermediary marketplace and able to interpret and translate impact of capital markets on our firm and our products
• Knowledge of Avantis solutions, platform availability and competitive positioning.
• Series 7 license
• Demonstrated interpersonal, investment analysis, written and verbal communication skills required
• Expert level Salesforce skills and ability, including pipeline management, reports and call notes
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Morningstar, Morningstar Direct, Outlook
• Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.

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.

For NY and CA based candidates, the salary range for this role is $85,000.00 - $110,000.00. Actual offers are based on various factors including but not limited to a candidate’s location, skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

This position is eligible for cash incentive providing the potential to earn more.

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.

We encourage people of all backgrounds to join us on our mission.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to [e-mail]. All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.

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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