Experienced Financial Advisor Transition Consultant

Edward Jones; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Edward Jones Canada is seeking an EFA Transition Consultant to deliver a high-touch onboarding and transition experience for Experienced Financial Advisors joining the firm. You will work as a primary transition partner with advisors and teams from offer acceptance through the first four months to ensure a smooth transition.

You will partner with field leadership, home office, and operational support to align client assets, processes, and Edward Jones systems with a growth-oriented practice.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in financial services, advisor support, or related fields.
• Experience supporting advisors, clients, or transitions preferred.
• Experience across multiple business functions and stakeholder groups.
• Experience consulting with financial advisors or leading advisor transitions preferred.
• Coaching or guiding professionals through organizational change preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-touch onboarding and transition for Experienced Financial Advisors joining Edward Jones Canada.
• Coordinate with field leadership, home office, and support teams.
• Guide advisor integration, client asset transfers, and account onboarding.
• Advise on business practices, client engagement, and operation workflows.

Skills

Financial services

Advisor support

Branch operations

Onboarding

Project management

Relationship management

Change leadership

Job description

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from . The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

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.

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¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

The EFA Transition Consultant is responsible for delivering a high-touch and often in-person onboarding and transition experience for Experienced Financial Advisors (EFAs) joining Edward Jones Canada.

Acting as the primary transition partner, the EFA Transition Consultant works closely with advisors and their teams from offer acceptance through the first four months of employment to ensure a smooth, compliant, and successful transition.

Serving as a trusted consultant and strategic partner, the EFA Transition Consultant helps experienced advisors successfully transition their practice, clients, and business operations to Edward Jones. This role provides personalized guidance, coaching, and transition support designed to accelerate advisor integration, productivity, and long-term success.

This role combines project management, operational expertise, relationship management, and change leadership to support advisor integration, client asset transfers, account onboarding, and adoption of Edward Jones systems, processes, and culture.

The specialist partners closely with advisors to establish effective business practices, client engagement strategies, service models, operational workflows, and routines that support a successful transition and growth trajectory within the firm.

The EFA Transition Consultant serves as a trusted advisor and central point of coordination among field leadership, home office departments, and operational support teams to help advisors successfully transition and grow their business.

• 5+ years of experience in financial services, advisor support, branch operations, onboarding, client transitions, project management, or a related field.
• Experience supporting advisors, clients, or business transition activities preferred.
• Experience working across multiple business functions and stakeholder groups.
• Experience consulting with financial advisors, supporting practice management initiatives, or leading advisor business transition activities preferred.
• Experience coaching, influencing, or guiding professionals through organizational or operational change preferred.

This opportunity is currently limited to associates based in Canada.

Candidates must be authorized to work in Canada and be located within Canada at the time of hire.

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.

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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.

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.