Financial Advisor

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If you find yourself at a professional crossroads, a career as a financial advisor may be the right change for you. Financial advisors partner with clients to help them achieve their long‑term financial goals—retirement, building wealth, estate strategies, funding education and more. As a financial advisor with Edward Jones, you’ll develop and grow your own practice, supported by your branch team, home‑office team and other regional advisors.

You’ll benefit from 100 years of experience and a firm that serves over eight million clients across the U.S. and Canada.

• Build relationships to create new clients via face‑to‑face and virtual sourcing strategies (residential, business, networking, introductions, referrals, social media and speaking engagements).
• Deeply understand clients’ and prospective clients’ needs, priorities, and concerns to accelerate trust and create personalized, comprehensive strategies.
• Oversee branch processes, roles and responsibilities to ensure a high‑quality, streamlined client experience consistent with firm policies, regulatory requirements and ethical guidelines.
• Engage the branch team to create, monitor and adjust the branch business plan to increase effectiveness and achieve desired results.
• Create a highly engaging environment in the branch of mutual trust, respect, feedback and accountability.

• A bachelor’s degree is strongly preferred or equivalent work‑related experience within the securities/financial services industry.
• Financial services and/or sales experience.
• Financial services registration, licensing or certification.
• Professional and/or military career progression.

• SIE (obtainable without firm sponsorship), Series 7 and Series 66 required; if not currently registered, registrations may be obtained during the paid study period.
• FINRA registrations required within three months; state insurance licenses also required.
• Ongoing training is required to maintain registrations, including CE training from FINRA and SEC.

Using a tiered model to support new advisors as they build their books: trainee pay and a supplemental salary for up to five years, with commissions and bonuses tied to new assets gathered during that period.

Supplemental starting salary range: $45,000 – $100,000.

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness), disability income continuation, basic life and AD&D at no cost.
• 401(k) retirement plan and tax‑advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA).
• Paid sick leave and paid time off where required by law.
• Bonuses, profit sharing and incentive travel opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Program and Travel Award Program.

• Interest in financial services/markets and how they work.
• Love of learning and challenges with determination to succeed.
• Skilled in long‑term relationship building.
• Comfortable thinking critically and solving problems.
• Passion for new opportunities and community impact.

Edward Jones is a Fortune 500 private‑owned firm that places people first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors in the U.S. and Canada, we focus on improving the lives of clients, colleagues and communities. Our purpose is to partner for positive impact and better society.

Entry level

Full‑time

Finance and Sales

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Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

¹ For the 25th consecutive year, Edward Jones was named a top training company. ² Salary will decrease as commissions and earnings grow over the first five years.