Edward Jones Graduate Summer Internship

Edward Jones; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account

Voluntary Benefits

Well-being programs

Retirement Plan

Job summary

Edward Jones is offering a selective, full-time, paid summer internship in St. Louis, MO or Tempe, AZ. Over 10 weeks you will gain hands-on experience aligned with your concentration and interests while working in a hybrid environment.

You will benefit from exposure to leaders, participate in professional development sessions, and deliver a capstone presentation to the leadership team. Completion may lead to accelerated leadership opportunities.

Qualifications

• 2+ semesters of a Master's program or more are required.
• 3+ years of prior professional work experience are required.
• Availability to work out of our St. Louis, MO or Tempe, AZ headquarters for 10 consecutive weeks from June through August with no conflicts in availability.

Responsibilities

• For 10 weeks, you will work in a hybrid environment where you'll experience our unique culture and interact with our seasoned leadership team while doing challenging and meaningful work.
• As a capstone to your summer experience, you will deliver a presentation to our leadership team, showcasing your accomplishments, connections, and insights gained during your tenure with us.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Learning agility

Strategic thinking

Critical thinking

Systems thinking

Analytical skills

Project management

Job description

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 08-Sep-2026. 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 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.

View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.

¹Fortune 500, published June 2023, data as of December 2022. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

Team Overview:

The Edward Jones Graduate Internship program is a selective, full-time, paid summer internship in St. Louis, or Tempe, AZ that aligns your area of concentration, strengths, and interests with a business need at Edward Jones.

For the summer of 2027, opportunities are available in areas and divisions such as

• Wealth Management Advice and Solutions
• Experience Brand and Marketing
• Finance
• Business Operations and Service
• Digital/Technology
• Compliance

You will benefit from broad organizational exposure, gaining insight into how departments, divisions and functions work together in service of firm strategy and, ultimately, our clients. You will participate in our professional development speaker series, which provides engagement with leaders across the firm covering topics such as innovation, complex decision-making, organizational culture, and career progression.

What You'll Do:

For 10 weeks, you will be working in a hybrid environment where you'll experience our unique culture and interact with our seasoned leadership team while doing challenging and meaningful work.

As a capstone to your summer experience, you will deliver a presentation to our leadership team, showcasing your accomplishments, connections, and insights gained during your tenure with us.

Career Opportunities after the Internship:

The internship is designed to feed into to our Accelerated Leadership Program (ALP) opportunity. Upon successful completion of the internship, interns will have the opportunity to apply for this two-year leadership development rotation program, which would commence the following summer. Acceptance into this program assumes you will have graduated from your masters program prior to your joining the ALP program.

Position Requirements:

• 2+ semesters of a Master's program or more are required
• 3+ years of prior professional work experience
• Availability to work out of our St. Louis, MO or Tempe, AZ headquarters for 10 consecutive weeks from June through August with no conflicts in availability.

What Could Set You Apart:

• Uniqueness of background and experience
• Experience in leadership and self-development
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated learning agility
• Strategic and critical thinking skills
• Systems thinking
• Analytical skills that produce insights to drive action
• Ability to identify and mitigate risk.
• Project management skills.

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.

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.

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.

Part-time associates who work an average of at least 30 hours a week over a 12-month measurement period are eligible for:

• Medical and prescription drug coverage
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Voluntary Benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness)
• Well-being programs (such as the Employee Assistance Program)
• Retirement Plan (if compensated for 1,000 hours of service during the plan year)

In locations that require accruals of paid sick leave and paid time off, part-time associates are eligible for those benefits based on their hours worked and consistent with applicable law.