Financial Advisor

Edward Jones

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500 company that places the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately‑owned.

We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues. We are innovative, flexible, and inclusive, attracting, developing, and inspiring performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

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.

• Paid training – Get registered and licensed and learn how to be a financial advisor with 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 help lighten the load so you can focus on your clients.
• A support network that extends from your branch office to your region to the home office – You’ll work independently, but will have a team of thousands backing you every step of the way.

• No ceiling to your earning potential and growth; your compensation is tied to the effort you put in.
• A compensation package that includes opportunities for commissions, profit sharing, and incentive travel.
• The flexibility that you need to balance your personal and professional lives – the best of both worlds.
• A culture of continuous improvement and professional development.

• Build relationships to create new clients via face‑to‑face and virtual sourcing strategies.
• 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.
• Engage the branch team to create, monitor, and adjust the branch business plan to increase branch effectiveness.
• Create a highly engaging environment in the branch of mutual trust, respect, feedback, and accountability.

• An interest in financial services/markets and how they work.
• Love of learning and challenges, including determination to succeed.
• Skilled in long‑term relationship building.
• Comfortable in your ability to think critically.
• Passion for new opportunities.

Candidates should have at least one of the following qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree 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 (can be obtained without Firm sponsorship), Series 7 and Series 66 will be required; registrations may be obtained at Edward Jones during the assigned paid study period.
• FINRA registrations required within three months. State insurance licenses will be required.
• Ongoing training and regulatory CE training to keep licenses in good standing.

Edward Jones’ compensation and benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, voluntary benefits, disability income continuation, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Financial advisors may be eligible for bonuses; profit sharing; paid medical and parental leave; and participation in the firm’s Travel Award Program. All associates are eligible for the Employee Assistance Program. For more information, please visit our benefits page.

Supplemental Starting Salary Range $45,000 – $100,000. The new financial advisor compensation program includes trainee pay, a supplemental salary for up to five years, commissions, and compensation for new assets gathered for the first five years.

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.