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Executive Coordinator - HR

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.

This position can be located in either Kansas City, MO, or New York City, NY.

The main responsibility of the Executive Coordinator is to provide organizational, and operations support to the Senior Vice Presidents and Co-Chief People Officers. In this role, you will anticipate, perform and/or coordinate administrative duties requiring broad and comprehensive experience, skills and knowledge of organizational policies and procedures.

What will be your responsibilities?

Strategically manage the calendars of the Co-Chief People Officers. Brief/update of upcoming meetings and obligations, prepare materials for conferences, meetings, phone calls, etc.
Coordinate and take ownership of special projects as assigned.
Prepare and/or coordinate presentations. This will include client presentations, client forums, presentations to the board of directors, investment management and various internal groups.
Collaborate with Executive Coordinator colleagues.
Support HR department on an ad-hoc basis.
Prioritize and respond to incoming calls and materials, taking immediate action on important items and/or forwarding to the appropriate person.
Coordinate travel arrangements and prepare expense reports.

What will you bring to American Century Investments?

Highly developed professionalism both in demonstrating work capabilities and taking care of internal and external sources (includes all levels of management, staff, investors, shareholders & vendors).
Validated experience in the ability to prioritize, plan, organize and follow through on projects.
Experienced with handling high-level, confidential information in a sensitive manner. Consistently operate with a high level of discretion.
Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills. Shown ability to effectively write reports and business correspondence.
High level of attention to detail and accuracy.

Required Experience and Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Minimum five years’ experience in a staff or executive support position.
Demonstrated project management experience and organizational skills.
Experience in using independent judgment in responding to clients, internal management, and the public.
Mastery of Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Experience with Microsoft Teams and SharePoint. Typing skills (60 wpm).

Models 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.

The NY salary range for this position is $80,000.00 - $110,000.00 depending on qualifications. This position is eligible for cash incentive providing the potential to earn more.

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.

American Century Investments Glassdoor Company Review

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CEO of American Century Investments

Jonathan S. Thomas

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By American Century Investments

American Century Investments is a leading asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term relationships while supporting research that can improve human health and save lives. Since our founding in 1958, American Cen...

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FUNDING

Mature

INDUSTRY

Investment & Asset Management

TEAM SIZE

1001-5000

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in Kansas City, MO

DATE POSTED

August 4, 2023