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This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 23-Jan-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

About-Us

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.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We 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.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

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¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

Job-Overview

In this role, you will partner with numerous internal business areas throughout the firm to support the continued growth of Edward Jones and our commitment to helping serious, long-term investors achieve their financial goals. Your primary responsibilities will include a focus on maintaining, and continually evolving, our advisory compliance program with over $850 Billion in assets. You will need to demonstrate a growth and adaptability mindset, requiring strong collaboration and the ability to foster meaningful and deep relationships across the organization. You will also be responsible for prioritizing numerous complex efforts simultaneously, while creating innovative approaches to successfully achieve optimal solutions for our clients, regulators, and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Under general supervision, uses seasoned judgment to provide advice and guidance on strategic initiatives to a diverse group of stakeholders across the firm regarding a wide range of compliance, regulatory, legal, and business matters to ensure the firm meets its obligations to clients and regulators.
• Uses sound professional judgement to design, oversee, and enhance the firm's compliance programs that prevent, detect, and promptly address compliance matters.
• Effectively partners with stakeholders in investigating and resolving complex and ambiguous compliance, regulatory, legal, and business issues.
• Partners with business areas and service providers to ensure compliance with federal and state securities laws and regulations and internal policies and procedures, and communicates effectively with other compliance professionals, attorneys, associates, and leaders.
• Interpret laws, rules and regulations affecting the operation of the organization and develop specialized depth and breadth of expertise involving the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and related regulations.
• Oversee and provide guidance to various departments on: (a) compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, including laws, rules and regulations; and, (b) the design, implementation and operation of the compliance program.
• Coordinate and conduct assessments of policies, procedures, and controls.
• Assist in the preparation of regulatory acknowledgements, disclosures, filings, responses, marketing, education, and training materials, for example Form ADV Parts 1A, 2A, 2B, and 3, the Annual and Semi-Annual Regulatory Mailers, and other materials as needed.
• Conduct due diligence of the firms third party service providers, such as subadvisers to our UMA program
• Conduct periodic regulatory reviews of the firm's advisory business.

Skills-Requirements

• Requires J.D. and license that is active and in good standing
• At least 3 years of legal and/or compliance experience required in the securities (or other highly regulated) industry, private practice, public sector, or in-house counsel capacity. A background in financial services and general knowledge of financial services is preferred
• Requires excellent problem-solving, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with an ability to develop meaningful partnerships at all levels within the organization
• Demonstrated ability to influence decision makers across the organization
• Adept at analyzing and creatively solving ambiguous matters that are often complex
• Highly organized, collaborative, adaptable to change and excited to continually learn in a dynamic organization
• Exceptional judgment, strong work ethic, thought leadership and unwavering integrity
• Knowledge of federal and state securities laws preferred. Including: Securities Act of 1933 & 1934, FINRA, SEC, Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Investment Company Act of 1940, MSRB, NAIC, DOL, and/or ERISA.
• Previous involvement in significant projects and initiatives 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. Before June 1, 2026, 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 three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.

_ Awards-Accolades

At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.

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EEO

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.

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.