Financial Advisor

Overview

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 04-Feb-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Edward Jones is a Fortune 500 company with over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada. We are privately owned and focus on our clients. 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.

Edward Jones associates are valued, heard, respected, and supported.

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If you join as a financial advisor, you’ll partner with clients to help them achieve long-term financial goals such as retirement, wealth building, estate strategies, funding education, and more. 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 Edward Jones’s long history and scale, serving millions of clients.

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

We’ll provide support every step of the way, including:

• Paid training to get registered and licensed and learn how to be a financial advisor with the industry’s top training program.
• Salaried income for the first five years as you build your practice.
• A firm-provided branch office in the community and branch office support to help you focus on clients.
• A support network spanning from your branch to the region and home office; you’ll work independently but with a large team backing you.

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

• Build relationships to create new clients via face-to-face and virtual sourcing (residential, business, networking, introductions and referrals, social media, and speaking engagements).
• Understand clients’ and prospective clients’ needs, priorities, and concerns to accelerate trust and create personalized strategies.
• Oversee branch processes, roles, and responsibilities 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.
• Foster a highly engaging branch environment built on mutual trust, respect, feedback, and accountability.

We look for candidates with at least one of the following requirements:

• A bachelor's degree 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 progression

Licensing:

• SIE (can be obtained without Firm sponsorship);
  Series 7 and Series 66 required (registrations may be obtained at Edward Jones during the paid study period if not currently registered).
• FINRA registrations required within three months; state insurance licenses required.
• As an associate, complete ongoing firm and regulatory training (FINRA/SEC) and required CE to keep licenses in good standing.

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.

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