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At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 14,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

A typical branch office has one financial advisor who meets with clients face-to-face and one branch office administrator who enhances the team's ability to build deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis and Tempe provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. Edward Jones currently has more branch offices than any other financial services firm, and we continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.

Our Legal Division is expanding to enhance solutions for millions of clients and their families. We are looking for an experienced attorney to provide legal advice and support to leaders across the Firm related to our fee-based investment advisory platform and programs. This opportunity will afford the successful candidate the opportunity to be a part of a culture that inspires the individual and supports them so that they can care for their colleagues and be part of a team focused on delivering solutions.

The individual selected for this role will enjoy the benefit of working for a well-established 97-year old Fortune 500 firm; and also will have the opportunity to be a key influencer within the Firm by using their understanding of investment advisory programs and solutions to enhance the support provided by the Legal Division.

The Associate General Counsel I, Investment Advisory Attorney should possess:

• Superior legal knowledge, judgment, work ethic and integrity, and a demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Familiarity with fee-based advisory programs and applicable federal laws and regulations that govern such programs, the contractual agreements that govern such programs and disclosures that are provided to retail clients.
• Understanding of the requirements of Form ADV (Part I, II and III) and experience with the annual updating process for all required filings.
• Capability to make recommendations on a wide range of matters pertaining to the development of fee-based advisory programs.
• Ability to develop and implement solutions to eliminate, manage and mitigate risk to the Firm.
• Ability to analyze complex legal matters and recommend changes to organizational policies and procedures.
• Ability to successfully partner with associates across the Firm in a collaborative manner to deliver results and move important work through the organization.
• Sound judgment, decision making, and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent communication (oral and written), presentation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to convey information to legal and non-legal professionals at all levels, including senior leaders.
• Ability to interact with sophisticated outside counsel to identify, evaluate and make recommendations on complex legal questions and issues.

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.

At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate: