Field Consultant II

Overview

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 13-Mar-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. 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 proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns. Behind everything we do is our purpose:
We 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. People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

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• Lead the firm's transformation efforts to help branch teams AND home office evolve from delivering Goals-based Advice (GBA) to Financial Planning.
• Implement and ensure the effectiveness of GBA / Financial Planning communication and training programs in alignment with firm advice and guidance and in the context of a sound learning strategy.
• Serve as subject matter expert in co-creating the strategy and development of face-to-face, virtual, online and other modes of training for branch teams AND home office branch support areas on the "what" and the "how" of GBA / Financial Planning (including, IAP, Banking Solutions, Protection, EJTC, Money Guide Pro, Salesforce, Voice of the client, and other firm priorities).
• This role will particularly focus on Banking Solutions as part of Financial Planning.
• Partner with home office support areas to skill up associates and leaders to provide consistent coaching to branch teams on the "what" and the "how" of delivering GBA / Financial Planning to clients.
• Proactively build relationships with FAs and CSTs to serve as a financial planning SME to gain branch team confidence and enable them to deliver on our client value promise. As needed, engage directly with clients as the SME alongside Financial Advisors.
• Participate, support, and lead as SME on all existing and developing financial planning tools and resources (Money Guide Pro, Financial Foundation, Portfolio including Builder, Reba lancer, and Screener).
• Participate, support, and lead enterprise initiatives and cross-departmentally to meet clients  evolving needs and deliver human-centered complete wealth management.
• Understand the current regulatory landscape and its impacts on appointment and branch team best practices, inclusive of technology.
• Balance demands of multiple complex projects with high visibility and urgency.
• Identify, understand, and apply goals-based advice / Financial Planning practices from client and branch insights into applicable branch team best practices, including working with branch team and client support workflows to train key stakeholders.
• Support key stakeholder projects to ensure comprehensive strategies are delivered to branch teams efficiently through training, tools, and firm policy.
• Serve as a key contributor on enhancements and improvements to systems and branch workflow tools.
• Ensure timely communication of opportunities and risks to branch teams as they relate to client needs and branch processes.
• Uncover issues and suggest changes to procedures to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Actively contribute to the strategy of the department, area, and division, and advocate for its work.
• Keep abreast of the changing financial services landscape and recommend training to address potential risks in collaboration with the division risk management team.
• This position is known internally as an Internal Wholesaler II.

• B.A / B.S. degree required
• Series 7 and Series 66 required
• 3+ years  experience in the financial services industry…