Financial Advisor - Paid Training Provided

$38,500 - $100,000/Yr

Edward Jones - Athens, TN

Full-time - Entry Level

Athens, TN

10,001+ employees

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

As a financial advisor at Edward Jones, you will partner with clients to help them achieve their long-term financial goals, including retirement planning, wealth building, estate strategies, and education funding. You will develop and grow your own practice with the support of a branch team, home-office team, and regional financial advisors, benefiting from over 100 years of company history. This role emphasizes building strong client relationships and understanding their needs to create personalized financial strategies, while also leading a branch team to ensure a high-quality client experience.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships to create new clients via face-to-face and virtual sourcing strategies.
• Deeply understand clients' and prospective clients' needs, priorities, and concerns to create personalized strategies.
• Oversee branch processes to ensure a high-quality, streamlined client experience.
• Engage the branch team to create, monitor, and adjust the branch business plan.
• Create a highly engaging environment in the branch of mutual trust, respect, feedback, and accountability.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree is strongly preferred or equivalent work-related experience in the financial services industry.
• Financial services and/or sales experience.
• Financial services registration, licensing, or certification is required.
• Professional and/or military career progression.

Nice-to-haves

• 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 critical thinking.

Benefits

• Paid training to get registered and licensed.
• Salary for the first four years while building your practice.
• Firm-provided branch office in the community.
• Branch office support to help lighten the load.
• Bonus potential, 401K, and comprehensive health benefits.
• No ceiling to earning potential and growth.
• Compensation package includes commissions, profit sharing, and incentive travel.
• Flexibility to balance personal and professional lives.