Early Insights Program - Investment Analyst Track

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 mentality. 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.

The Program

This program has been crafted for pre-matriculated MBAs/Masters level students who will graduate in 2026 exploring new industries with a curiosity to learn more about the Investment/Asset Management industry. It is focused on providing access to opportunities in Investment Management for individuals who identify with underrepresented groups.

This 3 day, in-person program offers you the opportunity to discover our firm, our people and our culture of Winning Behaviors. The content, panels, and educational forums you will partake in will be geared to our Investment Analyst career track. You will be aligned with an individual mentor who will advocate for you in this field. You will also participate in networking, receive early access to senior leaders, career development, training and group-specific interview preparation for our Summer Associate Program the following summer.

This program will take place July 10-12, 2024, at our corporate headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, with engaging seminars on the following topics:

Why Investment Management?

How do I break into this field?

A Day in the Life

Modeling: Tutorial and Activity Based

How to Build a Successful Stock Pitch

Shadowing opportunity with an assigned mentor

How to Apply for Consideration:

To be eligible, you must submit your resume and an essay describing your interest in investing

In this essay, we encourage you to include aspects such as:

Please discuss a company/stock you find interesting to research and why you believe it might be a good investment

How does this company align with your personal interest in investing?

What are the top three things you would want to know in order to understand the business strategy of the company and determine how attractive this stock might be for investment?

Here's What Will Make You Stand Out:

Currently accepted/enrolled in a 2026 MBA/Masters program with an emphasis in Finance or related career track

A passion for asset management, investment philosophies, and analyst career tracks

An interest in relocating to Kansas City, Missouri, for career opportunities in the future.

Authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without sponsorship now and in the future

What Will You Gain?

An individual mentor who will advocate for you in this field

Industry and company specific exposure to role-specific skills and topics

A guaranteed interview spot (to take place in December 2024) for our 2025 Summer Associate program

All expenses paid to participate in this program (flight, hotel, transportation, etc.)

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