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 controlled 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 1,400 of us across 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
American Century Investments is seeking a Benefit Specialist to join the Benefits team. The Benefits Specialist is responsible in assisting with the day-to-day administration, auditing, and employee support of multiple health and welfare benefit programs. This position plays a critical role in ensuring accurate administration, regulatory compliance, and a positive employee experience. The Benefits Specialist partners closely with employees, vendors, Payroll, and HR team members to resolve issues, educate employees, and maintain benefit data integrity, primarily within Workday.
This role is well‑suited for early‑career professionals looking to build a strong foundation in benefits administration.
This role reports to the Director of HR Operations & Analytics.
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
- Assist with company benefit and retirement plan administration including auditing plans to ensure accurate elections, payroll deductions and compliance.
- Assist employees with Workday benefit elections. Monitor enrollment files and follow up with employees to resolve incomplete enrollments.
- Responds to employee inquiries about eligibility, changes, enrollments and benefit plan interpretation.
- Acts as a liaison between vendors, internal teams and employees to resolve questions and/or issues.
- Update benefit policies and procedures annually or as needed.
- Maintain monthly utilization reports and assist with benefits invoices.
- Promotes benefits by hosting webinars, presenting new hire orientation, and working with internal communications department to educate employees on available benefits.
- Acts as project coordinator for benefit projects driving to key milestones and project timelines.
- Perform basic Workday maintenance running and validating reports and testing configuration changes.
What You Bring to the Team (Required)
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, human resources, related field or equivalent work experience.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and empathetically with employees at all levels, including executives, as well as with external providers and carriers.
- Extremely high attention to accuracy and detail.
- Strong organization and time management skills; able to efficiently manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Outstanding customer service orientation with a collaborative approach to problem solving.
- Proficient in analyzing and resolving complex issues.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
- Comfort working with reports, data, and system tools.
- Advanced technical proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Co-Pilot.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
- Strong initiative to seek knowledge, understand, problem solve, and innovate.
- Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.
Additional Assets (Preferred)
- Experience with HRIS systems, particularly Workday.
- Previous experience with benefits.
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 [email protected]. 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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American Century Investments Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about American Century Investments and has not been reviewed or approved by American Century Investments.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, HSA contributions, EAP, condition‑specific programs, virtual care, and wellness amenities. Inclusive elements such as gender‑affirming care and a travel benefit for care not locally available are also highlighted.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support features a 401(k) match up to 5% plus an additional annual employer contribution tied to firm performance, alongside company‑paid life/AD&D and disability coverage. A broad menu of voluntary financial protections further bolsters long‑term security.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family benefits include 10 weeks paid parental leave for birth or adoption, backup dependent care, and caregiver leave. Adoption support is emphasized with recognition and up to $10,000 in eligible expense reimbursement.
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What We Do
American Century Investments® is a leading asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting research that can improve health and save lives. It’s how we help our clients Prosper With Purpose™. Every day people are increasingly focused on investing to make the world a better place for themselves, their families, their organizations, and the world at large. It is possible to live a more meaningful and impactful life and give back something that’s more valuable than money. When you invest with us, you can also invest in the future of others and have the potential to impact the lives of millions. That’s possible because of the distinct relationship with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, which owns more than 40% of American Century Investments. Our dividend payments provide the ongoing financial support for the Institute’s work of uncovering the causes, treatments and prevention of life-threatening diseases, like cancer. Together we can become a powerful force for good…it’s like nothing you’ve seen before from an investment management firm.
