Financial Advisor - Canton, OH - Market 11, Region 027

Edward Jones•Canton, OH

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Edward Jones is seeking individuals for a career as a financial advisor, partnering with clients to help them achieve their long-term financial goals such as retirement, wealth building, estate strategies, and education funding. As a financial advisor, you will develop and grow your own practice, supported by a branch team, a home-office team, and other regional financial advisors. The firm offers paid training, a salary for the first five years while building your practice, a firm-provided branch office in the community, branch office support, and a robust support network. There is no ceiling to earning potential, with compensation tied to effort, and a package including commissions, profit sharing, and incentive travel. The role offers flexibility to balance personal and professional lives and a culture of continuous improvement and professional development. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500 company that values an inclusive environment and aims to make a positive impact on clients' lives and communities.

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
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.
Candidates should have at least one of the four qualifications bullets listed below:
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

Nice To Haves

As your new asset compensation and commissions increase over the first five years, salary will decrease

Responsibilities

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).
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.

Benefits

Paid training
Salary for the first five years as you begin to build your practice
A firm-provided branch office in the community
Branch office support
A support network that extends from your branch office to your region to the home office
No ceiling to your earning potential and growth
A compensation package that includes opportunities for commissions, profit sharing and incentive travel
The flexibility that you need to balance your personal and professional lives
A culture of continuous improvement and professional development
medical and prescription drug
dental
vision
voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness)
disability income continuation
basic life
basic AD&D coverage
401k retirement plan
tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account and flexible spending account
paid sick leave and paid time off
bonuses
profit sharing
paid medical and parental leave for Financial Advisors that satisfy eligibility requirements
participation in the firm's Travel Award Program
Employee Assistance Program