Business Consultant I

American Century Services, LLC; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus plan

PTO & benefits

401k with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

American Century Investments is seeking a Business Consultant to support Regulatory, Systems and Operational execution for the Business Retirement Solutions division. You will manage and improve vendor relationships, support TA/Retirement system enhancements, and analyze regulatory data to inform business decisions.

Based in Kansas City, MO, this hybrid role requires strong communication, project coordination, and experience with retirement plans and transfer agencies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Crucial communication and task organization skills
• Sophisticated skill in computer usage and the ability to type 30 WPM minimum
• Ability to practice resiliency, flexibility, and relationship management
• Previous experience with transfer agency preferred.
• Previous Retirement Plan experience preferred.
• Mutual fund/Financial Services industry knowledge preferred.
• Retirement plan(s) regulatory knowledge preferred.
• Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve the relationship with assigned Business Areas.
• Provide innovative ways of solving problems for business partners for production issues and new or enhanced products and services.
• Facilitate activities between business partners, Operational Compliance, IT partners, and vendors to maintain open channels of communication.
• Support other company or department initiatives as assigned.
• Execute and deliver capabilities.
• Gather requirements, create current/future state workflows to identify opportunities for improvement or STOP activities.
• Define and measure business value.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and draw practical conclusions from data.
• Analytical, technical or project management work that requires knowledge of fundamentals in the functional area.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Typing 30 WPM

Resiliency

Relationship management

Transfer agency experience

Retirement plan knowledge

Regulatory knowledge

Problem solving

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

About Us

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 owned and independent, we focus solely on investment management. But there’s an unexpected side to us, too. We direct 40% of our dividends every year—over $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 who work here around 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

In this role, the Business Consultant will have Regulatory, Systems and Operational execution & oversight responsibilities in support of American Century’s Business Retirement Solutions (BRS) division.

You will be responsible for managing, developing, maintaining, and improving vendor relationships as part of the Operational Compliance team. You will lead and/or actively support operational issue resolution and the development of new or improved Transfer Agency (TA)/Retirement system(s), products, and services. You will develop and enhance a network of business relationships inside and outside of American Century, while maintaining a deep knowledge of retirement plan types, features and regulations. This role will have you providing business and regulatory data analysis, while engaging with business partners to understand objectives and support solutions and outcomes.

This role reports to Operations Solutions and Support Manager.

This hybrid position will be based out of our Kansas City, MO office.

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

• - Develop, maintain, and improve the relationship with assigned Business Areas.
• - Provide innovative ways of solving problems for business partners for production issues and new or enhanced products and services.
• - Facilitate activities between business partners, Operational Compliance, IT partners, and vendors to maintain open channels of communication.
• - Support other company or department initiatives as assigned.
• - Execute and deliver capabilities.
• - Gather requirements, create current/future state workflows to identify opportunities for improvement or STOP activities.
• - Define and measure business value.
• - Ability to gather, analyze, and draw practical conclusions from data.
• - Analytical, technical or project management work that requires knowledge of fundamentals in the functional area.

What You Bring to the Team (Required)

• - Bachelor’s degree required in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• - Crucial communication and task organization skills
• - Sophisticated skill in computer usage and the ability to type 30 WPM minimum
• - Ability to practice resiliency, flexibility, and relationship management
• - Previous experience with transfer agency preferred.
• - Previous Retirement Plan experience preferred.
• - Mutual fund/Financial Services industry knowledge preferred.
• - Retirement plan(s) regulatory knowledge preferred.
• - 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.

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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