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Here at Edward Jones the client is our single focus and our relationships with them are the measure of everything we do. And Service and Operations divisions are at the center of it all. We support our clients, branch teams and headquarter associates in providing the best possible experience. Advocate for our more than 7 million clients through regulation communication, fraud protection and managing their investment distributions. Protect their investments by mitigating risk. And innovate new ways of working. Using insights to create solutions for the future - in the here and now.

Job Overview

Position Schedule: Full-Time

This leader has responsibility for oversight of daily trading of fee-based accounts, mutual funds, and insurance/annuity products (251 million trades totaling $704 billion in 2023), including clearing all trades, funding daily settlement, and ensuring trade confirms are correct and in compliance with regulatory reporting guidelines. The role is responsible for five departments with roughly 100 associates who ensure client trades and related activity are handled with excellence and in compliance with regulatory requirements and firm risk tolerance. This leader must collaborate with counterparts across the firm to ensure processes and systems are compliant, scalable, and prepared for the firm's and Operations transformation. This leader represents the firm to many external strategic partners and industry utilities and participates in forums to review the performance of these partners. This licensed principal supports many regulations, regulatory inquiries and is appropriately licensed to execute selling agreements/insurance contracts.

Responsible for overseeing diverse functional and matrixed areas of responsibility. This leader is modernizing, digitizing and streamlining the future Operations of the firm which includes planning, strategy development and decision-making for trading at Edward Jones This individual will lead transformation of Operations Trading capability while ensuring the delivery of practical and reliable Operations systems and processes. The role succeeds with a balance of strategic thinking, practical problem solving, and influential leadership.

This senior leader will also need:

• Knowledge of industry trading process, procedures, relevant rules and regulations

• Understanding of current and emerging technology, systems and automation related to trading

• Ability to understand, lead and influence industry practices

• Experience leading significant transformational change in a complex corporate environment

• Ability to actively identify an increasing number of changing industry rules and regulations and regularly develop new procedures and systems to ensure compliance

• Knowledge of risk management and control design, including enterprise risk and control governance

• Strong understanding of the following functions in Operations, including how those functions fit into other firm processes

• Security Processing

• Cash Processing,

• Packaged Products

• (already mentioned above)

• Client Reporting

• Client books and records

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:

Hiring Minimum: $0

Hiring Maximum: $300000

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree preferred

• CPA or other industry designation(s) a plus

• 15+ Years Operations experience

• 10+ years' experience in a matrixed environment as a leader of leaders, teams of 50+ associates

• FINRA certifications 7 and 24 required within 6-12 months of hire. Other certifications may be required depending on specific responsibilities

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

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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 8 million clients and 19,000 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.

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1Fortune 500, published June 2023, data as of December 2022. 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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