Branch Real Estate Consultant II

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 25‑Sep‑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 500¹ 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.

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The Branch Real Estate team exists to evolve the firm’s real estate strategy to meet current and future client expectations and branch team needs. Branch Real Estate works in partnership with Financial Advisors and key home office stakeholders to support the firm’s branch real estate initiatives.

The Branch Real Estate Consultant serves as a main point of contact for Edward Jones. Here are a few of your key responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing and responding to more complex incoming real estate requests (US and Canada) from Financial Advisors, Regional Leaders, Market Leaders and numerous home office departments.
• Partner with Market Leaders, Regional Leaders, and Branch Teams. Build, maintain relationships, and work in partnership with workflow business areas such as Market Management, Branch and Region Development, Client and Practice Transition, FA Compensation, Compensation and Expense Services, Network Field Services, Business Continuity, Global Security and Branch Real Estate Leadership.
• Handle complex branch real estate escalation issues. Assist, support and guide Branch Real Estate Consultant IIs with more difficult and complex situations, and provide indirect supervision of department’s contract associates.
• Document real estate issues, identify opportunities and work with departments across the firm to resolve issues or implement new ideas.
• Understand and effectively communicate firm real estate policies, guidelines, tradeoffs, and P&L impacts.
• Provide oversight reviews of Branch Real Estate workflow processes to ensure accuracy, client service excellence and project completion.
• Identify opportunities to create efficiencies for Branch Real Estate by participating in projects, leading and implementing department initiatives.
• Represent the department and act as a liaison with other business areas. Branch Real Estate Consultants must be adaptable, willing to champion change and innovation, and have a collaborative spirit as we work with the field and multiple business areas across home office

• Bachelors degree (or equivalent related work experience)
• Organizational and project management skills
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Must have ability to balance Compliance, Legal and Associate Relations business decisions
• Associates must have an understanding of the Edward Jones FA performance expectations. They must be able to analyze an FAs tenure, Practice Management Level, level of business and make appropriate financial decisions for the firm. Associates must also have an understanding of Associate Relations policies, BCP for catastrophic events…