Senior Consultant - Strategic Advisory

Edward Jones

2d • $120,000 - $260,687 • Hybrid

About The Position

Edward Jones is seeking a highly skilled individual to serve as a Senior Consultant within a newly created Strategic Advisory team. This individual will be a key member of an advisory pod that will work with Enterprise and Business Segment Leaders to help advise and evaluate strategies for high-impact enterprise undertakings and growth initiatives. This role will support these strategic efforts, facilitate decision making exercises and strategy workshops, develop options and recommendations, and conduct scenario analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree is required with an emphasis in Accounting, Finance, or Economics.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience, with a preference for core strategy and/or analytical work at leading Strategy Consulting Firms or Financial Services Organizations.
• The role requires prior experience in Wealth Management with advanced familiarity about WM business segments and Practice Management
• Capability to drive an independent workstream and manage contributions to the work of multiple projects
• Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis
• Experience contributing to high-impact strategy assignments and comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, as the position will be responsible for significant thought leadership

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Degree(s) or Certification(s) in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Analytics are preferred

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leadership and offer consultative support to executives to determine and implement strategic next steps, driving Edward Jones' growth
• Lead/facilitate strategic exercises and various strategy workshops with stakeholders across the firm and develop trust-based relationships with a deep understanding of internal client’s business objectives and challenges
• Conduct thorough analyses of high impact strategic issues confronting the firm, collaborating with, and managing cross-functional teams as required (incl. structuring problems, developing hypotheses, gathering data, analyzing results, and presenting findings to senior executives)
• Communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a structured manner via presentations, meetings, and written communications
• Track industry and competitive trends, and develop business outlook and forecasts where appropriate
• Drive multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely completion of deliverables

Benefits

• medical and prescription drug
• dental
• vision
• voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness)
• short- and long-term disability
• basic life
• basic AD&D coverage
• 401k retirement plan
• tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account
• ten paid holidays
• 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year
• sick time
• personal days
• a paid day for volunteerism
• bonuses
• profit sharing
• Employee Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior