ETF Product Analyst

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.

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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.

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The ETF Product Analyst offers an exciting opportunity to engage in the growing exchange traded fund business within a well-respected asset manager. You will play an integral role in the creation of product, pricing, promotion, communication, and distribution strategies crafted to achieve annual strategic business objectives.

Major Responsibilities:

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of American Century Investment’s global ETF products (U.S., UCITS, Cross-listings), multiple asset classes, investment approaches (quantitative and fundamental) and structures (index-based, active, and semi-transparent active)
• Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of all product components – investments, legal, accounting, operations, external partners, taxation, regulatory environment, etc.
• Assist in formulating and implementation of business-building initiatives, including collaboration with investment and distribution teams as well as senior management and Fund Boards on new ETF product launches.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with the portfolio managers on assigned strategies; stay informed on investment issues including performance expectations in various market environments and portfolio fit.
• Monitor competitive environment, including performance and ratings, to determine key activities and trends; recommend actions needed to maintain and improve American Century Investments’ competitive market position.
• Assist in the research related to new products, existing products, thought leadership pieces, and other American Century ETF strategic business initiatives.
• Assist in the development of recurring reports highlighting product performance versus peers, key performance drivers as well as industry trends.
• Articulate complex investment topics to a diverse audience using strong verbal and written communication skills; assist in training and development initiatives.

Qualification/Skills/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (economics, finance, accounting) required. Graduate degree, CFA (or CFA candidate) preferred
• Minimum 3 years of related experience in an asset manager, investment advisory firm, investment bank, etc.
• Knowledge of asset allocation, portfolio construction, index construction methodologies and tax-management strategies required. ETF experience a plus.
• Experience with Morningstar Direct, FactSet, and/or Bloomberg required
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, relationship building, and collaborative skills.
• Be comfortable in a setting that requires multi-tasking and flexibility in accommodating needed requests

For New York based candidates, the salary range for this role is $105K - $125K. 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.

Additional Requirements:

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.

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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