Job Overview
Please Note: This opportunity is different from our financial advisor hiring process for an existing opening. It allows you to express interest in an anticipated financial advisor position and seek to become prequalified. This means you can proceed now with completing the interview and assessment steps in our hiring process. When a future financial advisor opening arises, you will be considered among other prequalified candidates who can become registered and licensed and step into a financial advisor role. Please note that being prequalified does not guarantee you will be selected for a future financial advisor position.
If you find yourself at a professional crossroads, a career as a financial advisor may be the right change for you. Financial advisors partner with clients to help them achieve their long-term financial goals: retirement, building wealth, estate strategies, funding education and more. As a financial advisor with Edward Jones, you’ll develop and grow your own practice, supported by your branch team, a home-office team and other regional financial advisors. You’ll benefit from the experience that comes from 100 years of history. We’re proud to have more offices in the U.S. and Canada than any other investment firm, serving over eight million clients.
Our financial advisors are valued partners, and we credit much of our success to their unique experiences and professional backgrounds. We value an inclusive environment where everyone’s different viewpoints help to achieve results. Financial advisors lead the branch team to serve clients and contribute to the firm’s purpose. They deeply understand the client’s goals and why they are important to accelerate trust and help them stay on track. Edward Jones helps you positively impact clients’ lives and work together to achieve their long-term financial goals, enabling you to make a difference in your community.
We’ll give you the support you need. Our team will be there every step of the way, providing:
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Paid training – Get registered and licensed and learn how to be a financial advisor with the industry’s top training program¹.
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Salary for the first five years as you begin to build your practice²
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A firm-provided branch office in the community
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Branch office support to help lighten the load so you can focus on your clients
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A support network that extends from your branch office to your region to the home office – You’ll work independently, but will have a team of thousands backing you every step of the way.
You can also expect…
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No ceiling to your earning potential and growth, and your compensation is tied to the effort you put in
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A compensation package that includes opportunities for commissions, profit sharing and incentive travel
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The flexibility that you need to balance your personal and professional lives – the best of both worlds
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A culture of continuous improvement and professional development
Key Responsibilities
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Build relationships to create new clients via face-to-face and virtual sourcing strategies (residential, business, networking, introductions and referrals, social media, and speaking engagements).
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Deeply understand clients’ and prospective clients’ needs, priorities, and concerns to accelerate trust and create personalized, comprehensive strategies to help them achieve their goals.
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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.
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Engage the branch team to create, monitor, and adjust the branch business plan to increase branch effectiveness and achieve desired business results.
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Create a highly engaging environment in the branch of mutual trust, respect, feedback and accountability.
¹ For the 25th consecutive year, Edward Jones was named a top company for training. The firm ranked No. 17 on Training magazine’s prestigious 2025 Training APEX awards listed by Training magazine. 2025 Training Magazine Training Apex Award, published February 2025, date as of September 2024, an application fee was required for consideration
² As your new asset compensation and commissions increase over the first five years, salary will decrease
Applications for this role are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Benefits:
Edward Jones’ compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), disability income continuation, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Income continuation, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to financial advisors. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account and flexible spending account. Financial advisors enjoy flexibility in their schedule and, where required by applicable law, are eligible for paid sick leave and paid time off. Financial advisors may be eligible for bonuses; profit sharing; paid medical and parental leave for Financial Advisors that satisfy eligibility requirements; and participation in the firm’s Travel Award Program. All associates are eligible for the firm’s Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to financial advisors, please visit our benefits page.
Edward Jones’ compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), disability income continuation, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Income continuation, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to financial advisors. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account and flexible spending account. Financial advisors enjoy flexibility in their schedule and, where required by applicable law, are eligible for paid sick leave and paid time off. Financial advisors may be eligible for bonuses; profit sharing; paid medical and parental leave for Financial Advisors that satisfy eligibility requirements; and participation in the firm’s Travel Award Program. All associates are eligible for the firm’s Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to financial advisors, please visit our benefits page.
Compensation:
We know that building a business takes time, so we’ve built a new financial advisor compensation program that supports and rewards you as you learn the skills, systems and business practices you need to succeed in our client-first business model. The new financial advisor compensation program includes trainee pay, a supplemental salary for up to five years, commissions and compensation for new assets gathered for the first five years.
For more information regarding compensation please click the link below.
New Financial Advisors Compensation
Supplemental Starting Salary Range $45,000 – $100,000
Skills/Requirements
Successful financial advisors demonstrate a unique combination of ambition, self-motivation, and commitment to establishing long-term client relationships. Financial advisors grow the business through identifying and creating new clients through initial discover of financial goals and deepening relationships with existing clients by reviewing investment strategies and implementation recommendations. Financial advisors earning potential is reflective of their performance.
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
Candidates should have at least one of the four qualifications bullets listed below:
- 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 (which can be obtained 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 ensure licenses remain in good standing.
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.
Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
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.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.
¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
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.
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It’s like professional
development in the
world’s largest sandbox.
Training, continuing education and mentoring – that’s only the beginning. Our headquarter campuses offer thousands of roles – and as many opportunities – for you to try new skills, get involved on different projects and step up as a leader. You’re in charge of your professional development. We just provide the opportunities.
Extra compensation
when you need it most –
with no ceiling on how
much you can earn.
And we really mean it. There is no ceiling on how much you can earn as we have a work hard and be rewarded philosophy. We also understand that new financial advisors might be more worried about the floor. So we provide a guaranteed salary for your first four years. Did we mention bonuses, commissions, profit sharing and travel awards?
“As hard as I want to work determines how successful my business can be.”
– Mark Audet, CFP Financial Advisor – St. Louis
Come as you are. We will teach you everything you need to know.
Our Branch Office Administrators come from many different career backgrounds. Sales. Marketing. Customer service. Even finance. But they have one thing in common: a desire for a rewarding career that empowers them to make a difference in people’s lives. Your training begins with six months of dedicated onboarding – and is built out with mentoring, learning plans tailored to your needs, and 6,000-plus at the Headquarters making sure you have everything you need to succeed.
Associate Testimonial
We’re a Fortune 500 company but the associates experience is that of a family owned business – caring and always focusing on people first.
Magdalena Rybka
HR Business Partner, Mississauga, Ontario
The magnitude and depth of support for financial advisors often goes unnoticed because you only experience it when you visit our home office locations.
Edouard Saidah
Financial Advisor, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC
This is a firm that wants you to be successful and will support you in attaining that success. The rest is up to you!
Joshua Bowden
Financial Advisor, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
In 2004, I was a single parent supporting three young girls. I worked for a not-for-profit organization, and my income was not enough to support a family…Initially, I joined the firm to increase my income, or at least have some control over it. Although I worked very hard to build my business, I had the freedom to control my schedule and my income.
Paige Barnes
Financial Advisor, Saskatoon, SK
I am a valued member of our team, as the Financial Advisor and I work together to help our clients achieve their goals.
Leslie Merkley
Senior Branch Office Administrator – Kitchener, Ontario
Working at Edward Jones is extremely rewarding. I love the fact that at Edward Jones, the client always comes first.
Minnat Ahmed
Senior Branch Office Administrator – Toronto, Ontario
It is so rewarding to know that we help our clients everyday achieve their goals by understanding what is important to them and WHY it is important.
Tristen Chew
Branch Office Administrator – Etobicoke, Ontario
The support we receive at Edward Jones is second to none. From Home office, the Regional Leader, other offices and to the other BOA’s, there is always someone to guide you, help you, encourage and listen to you.
Lesley Merkley
Senior Branch Office Administrator – Kitchener, Ontario
Here at Edward Jones, we have an outstanding benefits package, I have had opportunities for branch and firm bonuses, and fun challenge awards we can earn each trimester. I love knowing there are opportunities for growth for me with this firm.
Mandy Chong
Senior Branch Office Administrator – Mississauga, Ontario
Bring your skills and
experience here.
We’ll find a place to put
them to work.
HR? Marketing? Operations? You’ve got the skills. We’ve got the team. We are a large firm with many areas of expertise but each division is small enough for you to make an impact. And you can test the waters in other areas. We encourage it. Learning new skills and gaining leadership experience along the way.
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Associate Testimonial
I feel privileged to be a part of a firm that sets a high ethical standard for our industry, by staying true to its core values rooted in client centricity.
Koichi Miyamoto
Team Leader, Performance & In-Field Support | Mississauga, Ontario
I came for my first full time job as a stepping stone on my way back to school. I stayed for the people, the fulfilling career, and the opportunity to help people fulfill their goals too.
Megan Brady
Operations – Support & Control | Team Leader – Mississauga, Ontario
Edward Jones has consistently given me the opportunity to improve my skillset through on the job training and by encouraging an effort at continuing education. As my first job out of university Edward Jones has played an enormous role in my growth from an operations associate to a Sr. Project Coordinator
Corrie Divitt
Sr. Project Coordinator, Solutions-Tools Canada | Client Solutions Group – Mississauga, ON, Canada
Throughout my career Edward Jones has consistently given me the opportunity to develop my abilities and increase my contribution. It’s a place to learn and grow as a person and as a professional. A key part of the culture that I value is to coach and mentor others so that we all get better together.
Justine Reed
Principal, Canada Solutions
When it comes to your
compensation,
we want to be clear.
#1 Your performance drives your compensation – and we won’t limit it with earning caps. Not now, not ever.
#2 Our compensation is competitive and multi-faceted. Commissions and trimester bonuses – based on individual branch and firm profitability – make up the bulk of your variable income. But your total payout may include travel awards and profit sharing. And the opportunity to be rewarded for transitioning client relationships to financial advisors looking to grow.
#3 Our compensation is simple and transparent. We make it easy to understand how you are rewarded and strive to minimize grid changes. You know exactly what to expect and how to impact your results.
Our partnership structure frees you to focus on your clients.
Being a partnership makes us distinctly different from our competitors. More than a structure, it’s a mindset. And it permeates every aspect of our business. From how we work with each other – think collaboration not competition – to our long-term investment philosophy. It’s most at work in our shared focus on doing what’s right for the client. And it’s easy for us to do. Because we have no competing interests. No shareholders clamoring for short-term profits. We can take the long view, because we only answer to our clients. And to ourselves. Our financial advisors find this single-minded focus freeing. A clear mandate for success. And a clear path to get there.
Transitioning your
practice is a difficult
decision.
We’re here to help.
Moving your practice to another firm may be the most stressful decision of your professional life. We understand. And our transition team is here to help. From early days when you are just beginning to consider the opportunity. To that glorious first day of opening your practice. And our support is not one-size-fits-all. We will tailor your transition to you and your practice – with you leading the way. Ensuring a smooth transition for you and your clients. And a solid path forward for next-level growth.
Investing in You
As a valued branch-team member, you will share in the success of your branch – and the firm. Our market competitive compensation program recognizes your individual contributions, promotes a long-term career, contributes to your financial security and promotes the well-being of you and your family.
Associate Testimonial
I was a high school teacher. When I decided I wanted to make a career change at 36, I looked at all of the skills I brought to the table – planning, problem solving and, most importantly, building relationships. Financial advisor was one of the future in-demand professions, and when I looked at what it took to be a good advisor, it matched my list of strengths.
Andrea Andersen
Financial advisor, Calgary, Alberta
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Learn more at a virtual or in-person event
Learn how Edward Jones is built differently – and how our unique business model puts you in charge of unleashing your potential. Virtually or in-person, we’ve created several opportunities for you to network and learn more from current Edward Jones financial advisors.
Webinars
Register for our “Investing In You: The Edward Jones Financial Advisor Opportunity” webinar. This confidential, 30-minute program provides an inside look at what financial advisors do, the ongoing support you’ll be provided, and how your valuable skills can transfer to a career as a financial advisor.
Awards & Recognition
Don’t just listen to us, others are noticing as well.
No.1 in JD Power 2026 Investor Satisfaction Survey
Edward Jones has been ranked No. 1 among 16 advice-based firms in the JD Power 2026 Investor Satisfaction Study. This recognition reflects something deeply meaningful to us: our clients feel the impact of the guidance, care and support our teams provide every day.
Best Employer, 2024
Edward Jones has been named one of Canada’s 2024 Best Employers by Mercer.
This certification recognizes employer excellence by evaluating employee opinions in key areas such as Employee Engagement, Agility, Engaging Leadership, and Talent Focus.
2025 World's Most Admired Companies™
2025 Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies list, published January 2025, in partnership with Korn Ferry, data as of November 2024. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating. From Fortune, © 2025 Fortune Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license.
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