Financial Advisor

Financial advisors partner with clients to help them achieve long‑term financial goals, such as retirement, wealth building, estate strategies, and education funding. They build and grow their own practice with support from branch, regional, and home‑office teams. Key Responsibilities Build relationships to create new clients via face‑to‑face and virtual sourcing strategies (residential, business, networking, introductions, referrals, social media, and speaking engagements). Deeply understand clients’ and prospective clients’ needs, priorities, and concerns to accelerate trust and create personalized, comprehensive strategies to help them achieve their goals. Oversee branch processes, roles, and responsibilities to ensure a high‑quality, streamlined client experience consistent with firm policies and procedures, regulatory requirements, and ethical guidelines. Engage the branch team to create, monitor, and adjust the branch business plan to increase branch effectiveness and achieve desired business results. Create a highly engaging environment in the branch of mutual trust, respect, feedback and accountability. What characteristics would make you a successful financial advisor? An interest in financial services/markets and how they work. Love of learning and challenges, including determination to succeed. Skilled in long‑term relationship building. Comfortable in your ability to think critically. Passion for new opportunities. Can you see yourself… Learning to be a financial advisor through our comprehensive training program. Delivering personalized investment and financial solutions to your clients. Taking ownership of your business’s growth and success. Meeting professional and personal objectives as they relate to building your practice. Working in and positively impacting your local community. Skills / Requirements A bachelor's degree is strongly preferred or equivalent work‑related experience within the securities/financial services industry. Financial services and/or sales experience. Financial services registration, licensing, or certification. Professional and/or military career progression. Licensing SIE (obtainable without firm sponsorship), Series 7 and Series 66 will be required; if not currently registered, registrations may be obtained at Edward Jones during the assigned paid study period. FINRA registrations required within three months. State insurance licenses will be required. As an associate, you are required to complete ongoing training offered by the firm and regulatory authorities (FINRA and SEC), as well as required CE training to keep licenses in good standing. Support Paid training – Get registered and licensed and learn how to be a financial advisor with the industry’s top training program. Salary for the first five years as you begin to build your practice. A firm‑provided branch office in the community. Branch office support to help lighten the load so you can focus on your clients. A network that extends from your branch office to your region to the home office – independent work backed by a team of thousands. Benefits Medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), disability income continuation, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage (provided at no cost). 401(k) retirement plan, health savings account and flexible spending account. Paid sick leave and paid time off where required by law. Bonuses, profit sharing, paid medical and parental leave (when eligible), participation in the Travel Award Program, and the Employee Assistance Program. Compensation New financial advisors receive trainee pay and a supplemental salary for up to five years, along with commissions and compensation for new assets gathered during that period. Supplemental starting salary range is $45,000 – $100,000. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Edward Jones