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Job Description
At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.
In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.
Edward Jones – Finance Co-Op Program
Location: Remote position (Virtual)
Program Duration: December 13, 2021 – April 29, 2022
Weekly Hour Requirement: Minimum 20 hours per week
Compensation: $18.00/hour
Desired Majors: Accounting, Finance
At Edward Jones we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 14,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.
A typical branch office has one financial advisor who meets with clients face-to-face and one branch office administrator who enhances the team’s ability to build deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis and Tempe provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. Edward Jones currently has more branch offices than any other financial services firm, and we continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.
An Engaging Culture:
We’re committed to providing a workplace that both challenges and rewards our associates. This commitment has contributed to our inclusion in Fortune magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For in 2020.” The firm is ranked 7th overall on the prestigious list.
About the Headquarters Co-Op Program
Throughout the Co-Op program, you will be performing meaningful work while building professional relationships and gaining real-life experience in the financial services industry. You will collaborate with associates and leaders to gain industry knowledge and work towards varying experiences that benefit your future career and our client’s lives.
The program is a paid opportunity that will last December 13, 2021 through April 29, 2022. You will have the ability to create a flexible schedule with your leader to work around your school commitments. As an associate, you will build relationships and skills through mentorship, networking opportunities, program engagement events and daily work.
Finance Co-Op Program Overview
Division Description
Finance provides leadership of the financial integrity of the firm, business intelligence and
advocacy, and applies this expertise to positively impact the firm’s financial standing and
strategic business objectives. You will play a critical role in the firm’s growth and sustained
financial strength.
As part of this team, you will have the ability to influence decision making and contribute to new
strategies. You will also drive operational effectiveness and efficiency to assist us in achieving
business objectives.
Position Description
As a Finance Co-Op you will be placed in one of the following areas: Expenditure Management, Compensation or Risk. In these areas, you will perform the daily duties of an associate including:
- Respond timely and accurately to service inquiries related to topics in area
- Perform audit functions including reconciling and reviewing transaction reports to ensure financial integrity
- Analyze, document, and monitor business processes in order to Identify and implement process and control improvements
- Follow written instructions, read and digest documents in various formats, gather and interpret information
- Develop and maintain business relationships and partnerships with key business owners and stakeholders throughout the division and firm
- Understand the roles, responsibilities and activities performed by organizational functions; understand the interrelationship among organizational functions, and ability to collaborate across functional and organizational lines
- Training will be on the job, focusing on topical coverage
Who is Qualified:
The ideal participant is someone who is and has:
- Sophomore, Junior, or Senior-standing student
- Progressing towards a degree in Business related field or Accounting
- Drives for results and is detail-oriented, displays confidence in decision-making
- Proficient Excel capabilities are strongly preferred
- Ability to work 20 hours or more a week
- Eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
- 2021 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® By Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE Magazine – Edward Jones was named No. 20 on the list.
- From FORTUNE ©2021 FORTUNE Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license. FORTUNE and FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For are registered trademarks of Fortune Media IP Limited and are used under license. FORTUNE and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of, Edward Jones Investments.
- 2021 Corporate Equality Index – Edward Jones joins the ranks of 767 major U.S. businesses that received top marks in the Foundation’s 19th annual scorecard on LGBTQ workplace equality.
- From The Human Rights Campaign. All Rights Reserved
- 2021 Training Top 100 list – Edward Jones ranked No. 19, up six spots from last year in its 21st consecutive year on this prestigious list.
- J.D. Power, 2021 – Edward Jones has ranked “highest in Employee Advisor Satisfaction among Financial Investment Firms” in the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study.
- Edward Jones received the highest score among employee advisors in the J.D. Power 2007,2008, 2010, 2012-2015, 2017-2021 Financial Advisor Satisfaction Studies of employee advisors’ satisfaction among those who are employed by an investment services firm. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more information.
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.
At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:
