Field Consultant II- Financial Planning
Edward Jones
Accounting & Finance
St. Louis, MO, USA
USD 86,300-146,700 / year
Posted on Mar 17, 2026
There's power in partnership.
Your passion. Our purpose. We can make an impact together. Join a team that empowers you to shape the future of client service. Everything we do is focused on helping clients achieve what's most important to them, all while giving you the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and grow.
What you do every day helps people achieve and protect their financial goals. You'll have access to cutting-edge tools, continuous learning programs, mentorship from experienced leaders, and a culture that values every voice and idea.
Job Overview
Position Schedule: Full-Time
This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 16-Mar-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Team Overview
In the Practice Growth division, we innovate, develop, evolve, and manage integrated advice, planning, products, and services, leveraging deep understanding of client and branch team needs. The Field Consulting team (formerly Internal Wholesaling Team) will be comprised of financial planning subject matter experts, solely dedicated to providing continuous and ongoing training, coaching, consultation, and acumen-building to Branch Teams on the "what" and "how" of delivering the Edward Jones financial planning experience to clients. This team's primary responsibility will be to package, align, and communicate the firm's financial planning strategy to activate and accelerate the full and evolving Edward Jones Client Team to "Deliver Experiences" to tens of millions of clients and their families.
What You Will Do
Hiring Minimum: $86300
Hiring Maximum: $146700
Skills/Requirements
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What Experience You Need
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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
Check out our Canadian 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 9 million clients and 20,000 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.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.
¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. 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.
Your passion. Our purpose. We can make an impact together. Join a team that empowers you to shape the future of client service. Everything we do is focused on helping clients achieve what's most important to them, all while giving you the opportunity to innovate, collaborate and grow.
What you do every day helps people achieve and protect their financial goals. You'll have access to cutting-edge tools, continuous learning programs, mentorship from experienced leaders, and a culture that values every voice and idea.
Job Overview
Position Schedule: Full-Time
This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 16-Mar-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Team Overview
In the Practice Growth division, we innovate, develop, evolve, and manage integrated advice, planning, products, and services, leveraging deep understanding of client and branch team needs. The Field Consulting team (formerly Internal Wholesaling Team) will be comprised of financial planning subject matter experts, solely dedicated to providing continuous and ongoing training, coaching, consultation, and acumen-building to Branch Teams on the "what" and "how" of delivering the Edward Jones financial planning experience to clients. This team's primary responsibility will be to package, align, and communicate the firm's financial planning strategy to activate and accelerate the full and evolving Edward Jones Client Team to "Deliver Experiences" to tens of millions of clients and their families.
What You Will Do
- Lead the firm's transformation efforts to help branch teams AND home office evolve from delivering Goals-based Advice (GBA) to Financial Planning
- Implement and ensure the effectiveness of GBA / Financial Planning communication and training programs in alignment with firm advice and guidance and in the context of a sound learning strategy
- Serve as subject matter expert in co-creating the strategy and development of face-to-face, virtual, on-line and other modes of training for branch teams AND home office branch support areas on the "what" and the "how" of GBA / Financial Planning (including, IAP, Banking Solutions, Protection, EJTC, MoneyGuide Pro, Salesforce, Voice of the client, and other firm priorities)
- This role will particularly focus on Banking Solutions as part of Financial Planning
- Partner with home office support areas (Market Management, Practice Growth, P&D, Compliance, Enterprise Learning, Service, etc.) to skill up associates and leaders to provide consistent, acumen-building, support and coaching to branch teams on the "what" and "how" of delivering GBA / Financial Planning to clients
- Proactively build relationships with FAs and CSTs to serve as a financial planning SME to gain branch team confidence and enable them to deliver on our client value promise. As needed, engage directly with clients as the subject matter expert alongside Financial Advisors.
- Participate, support, lead as SME on all existing and developing financial planning tools and resources (Money Guide Pro, Financial Foundation, Portfolio including Builder, Rebalancer, and Screener,)
- Participate, support, lead enterprise initiatives and or teams cross departmentally, divisionally and in the field to meet client's evolving needs and deliver human centered complete wealth management
- Understand the current regulatory landscape and its impacts on appointment and branch team best practices, inclusive of technology
- Balance demands of multiple complex projects with high degree of visibility and urgency
- Identify, understand, and demonstrate the ability to apply and integrate goals-based advice / Financial Planning proven practices from client and branch insights into applicable branch team best practices, including a working knowledge of branch team and client support workflow to enact/train/skill-up key stakeholders to support region teams
- Support key stakeholder projects/teams to ensure comprehensive strategies are delivered to branch teams efficiently & effectively through the training, tools, and firm policy
- Serve as a key contributor on enhancements and improvements to systems and branch workflow tools
- Ensure the communication and application of timely opportunities and risks to branch teams as they relate to the client needs, branch processes and impact on different groups of our target clients
- Uncovers issues and suggests and implements changes to procedures, processes and plans to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness
- Actively contribute to the strategy of the department, area, and division
- Articulate and advocate for the work of the department, area, and division
- Actively keep abreast of the changing financial services landscape and recommend appropriate training that addresses any potential risks to the firm, through close collaboration with the division risk management team
- This position is known internally as an Internal Wholesaler II
Hiring Minimum: $86300
Hiring Maximum: $146700
Skills/Requirements
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What Experience You Need
- B.A / B.S. degree required
- Series 7 and Series 66 required
- 3+ years' experience in the financial services industry required
- Desire to pursue the CFP®, ChFC®, or CFA® designation
- Required Travel around 25%.
- Knowledge of Financial Planning principals, technology, products, and solutions
- Previous experience in training, coaching, and / or consultation
- Advanced experience using MoneyGuide Elite or other similar financial planning software
- Experience working with clients as a Financial Advisor or member of a planning team
- IAP knowledge
- Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week effective June 1, 2026. Before June 1, 2026, candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.
Read More About Skills/Requirements
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
Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
Read More About Awards & Accolades
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 9 million clients and 20,000 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.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.
¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. 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.