Advising Specialist I, Wealth Management Advice and Solutions

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 11-May-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 Wealth and Practice Management Division ensures branch teams and clients have consistent access to high-quality retirement, banking, insurance, mutual fund, and education savings products aligned with the firm's investment philosophy. We support teams in delivering exceptional client value through end-to-end wealth management-spanning discovery, planning, and implementation-backed by expert services and thought leadership.

Financial Planning advances the firm's shift from goals-based advice to comprehensive planning by expanding capabilities, tools, and resources. We partner across the division to align and integrate strategy, enabling more teams to consistently deliver client value while evolving planning standards, best practices, and advisory frameworks.

The Financial Planning Advising Specialist I serves as a technical subject matter expert in the Financial Planning. Much of this work requires a broad and deep understanding of financial planning, the firm's Advice and Guidance , and the branch and client experience. This role will be focused primarily on the implementation of a new standardized process for the review of Financial Plans provided to clients to ensure the quality and consistency of the plans being delivered.

What You Will Do :

• Review financial plans to ensure quality and alignment with firm policies.

• Partner with Financial Planning teams to educate, coach, and support advisors.

• Ensure consistent application of planning practices and identify improvements to policies and controls.

• Evaluate and help refine planning policies for alignment with oversight; build understanding of the firm's business model and investment philosophy.

• Support updates to planning policies based on insights from plan reviews.

• Represent Financial Planning with key stakeholders and branch teams to uphold policy integrity.

• Collaborate on projects from planning through implementation as the planning SME.

• Partner across Service, Field Supervision, Compliance, Legal, and Operations to resolve planning-related issues.

• Monitor industry, competitor, and regulatory trends.

• Drive results through collaboration with others.

• Bachelor's degree required

• 1-2 years of relevant financial services experience

• Series 7 & 66 required or attainable within 6 months of hire

• CFP required or begin within six months of hire

• Exceptional written, verbal, and communication skills - ability to simplify the complex

What Could Set You Apart :

CFP, CPA, CIMA, CFA, law degree or other relevant designation preferred

**Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week effective June 1, 2026

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Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page ( .