Financial Advisor

Overview

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 09-Sep-2025. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Edward Jones is a Fortune 500 company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re privately owned and focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns. Our purpose is to partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society.

We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging. We view our associates as central to our partnership, ensuring they are seen, heard, respected, and supported. View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.

For context, Fortune 500 ranking is based on data as of December 2023. Compensation described is for using, not obtaining, the rating.

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 long-term financial goals, including retirement, wealth building, 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, a home-office team, and other regional financial advisors.

You’ll benefit from a long history and a wide network, with offices across the U.S. and Canada serving millions of clients.

Financial advisors are valued partners who contribute to the firm’s purpose. They lead the branch team to serve clients and deeply understand clients’ goals to accelerate trust and help them stay on track. Edward Jones supports you to positively impact clients’ lives and work with colleagues to achieve long-term financial goals.

• Paid training – Get registered and licensed and learn through the industry’s top training program.
• Salary for the first five years as you begin to build your practice.
• A firm-provided branch office in the community.
• Branch office support to lighten the load so you can focus on clients.
• A broad support network from your branch to region and home office, with thousands backing you.

You can also expect…

• No ceiling to earning potential; compensation tied to effort.
• Compensation includes commissions, profit sharing, and incentive travel.
• Flexibility to balance personal and professional life.
• A culture of continuous improvement and professional development.

• Build relationships to acquire new clients via face-to-face and virtual sourcing (residential, business, networking, referrals, social media, speaking engagements).
• Understand clients’ needs and priorities to create personalized strategies that help them achieve their goals.
• Oversee branch processes to ensure a high-quality client experience aligned 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 results.
• Create a work environment built on mutual trust, respect, feedback and accountability.

• An interest in financial services and how markets work
• Love of learning and challenges with determination to succeed
• Skilled in long-term relationship building
• Ability to think critically
• Passion for new opportunities

• Learning to be a financial advisor through our comprehensive training program
• Delivering personalized investment and financial solutions to clients
• Taking ownership of your business’s growth and success
• Meeting professional and personal objectives while building your practice
• Working in and positively impacting your local community

Candidates should have at least one of the four qualifications listed:

• A bachelor’s degree is strongly preferred or equivalent work-related experience in securities/financial services
• Financial services and/or sales experience
• Financial services registration, licensing, or certification
• Professional and/or military career…