Advising Specialist - Financial Planning Capabilities

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 15-Dec-2025. 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.

Do you have strong technical aptitude with a desire to be part of financial planning? If so, this could be the right opportunity for you! Financial Planning Tools & Capabilities lead the development of financial advice and planning capabilities integrated with the firm's Advice & Guidance. The team partners with stakeholders to align and execute these strategies and capabilities to empower branch teams to confidently deliver premium client experiences.

In addition, the group drives innovations that will enhance products, services, processes, and systems to meet our current and future client needs. These areas play a pivotal role in supporting the firm's goals of deeply serving clients and associates serve as the firm's subject‑matter experts for their respective areas.

• The Advising Specialist serves as a technical and practical subject‑matter expert for the Financial Planning and Advice area. Much of this work requires a broad and deep understanding of the firm's Advice & Guidance while bringing it to life in branch desktop tools and capabilities.
• Apply firm's A&G across all of Edward Jones systems and tools by updating and applying our A&G (e.g. CMAs, white papers, strategy reports, diagnostics, portfolio construction, etc.) through all firm delivery channels for intermediate level projects.
• Evaluate the firm's A&G content to ensure consistency and alignment with oversight.
• Ensure that development work maximizes value and is aligned with overall firm strategy and A&G.
• Work with agile and non‑agile development, design, data, business stakeholders, and vendors to create and deliver products to end users.
• Apply agile methods and processes to promote frequent inspection and adaptation of work priorities.
• Partner with vendors and digital teams to define product needs and set priorities.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders as the A&G representative throughout the life cycle of projects, including planning, design and implementation for intermediate level projects.
• Serve as a representative for key stakeholders (Training, Service, CSG) and branch teams to ensure the integrity of the A&G is upheld through application and messaging.
• Work in partnership with other firm areas (Service, Field Supervision, Compliance, Legal, Operations) to solve issues that arise regarding application of firm A&G that are less complex.
• For less complex A&G topics, production issues and/or branch team escalations, coordinate needed expertise from other A&G units.

• Bachelor's degree; 1-2 years of relevant financial services experience
• Series 7/66 required within 6 months of hire, consistent with department policy
• Begin pursuing CFA or CFP within six months.
• Technical aptitude – knowledge of the following: firm's A&G, investment products, portfolio construction, or one of the financial planning concepts.

• Exposure to at least one of the following – foundational knowledge of investments, financial planning, financial planning topical area, financial planning tool(s)
• Knowledge of Edward Jones client and branch team tools, including Financial Foundation, Portfolio, Proposal Tool, Jones Link and other related tools
• Basic skills in some of the following areas:
  • Systems Thinking
  • Planning and Organizing
  • Project management
  • Verbal and written communication

Current home-based associates please note: Even as a hybrid posted role you are eligible to apply and, if selected, may retain your home‑based status. However future business or regulatory needs may require…