Senior Consultant

Edward Jones; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental and vision

401k retirement plan

Paid holidays

Vacation and sick leave

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Edward Jones in St. Louis seeks a Senior Consultant for its newly created Strategic Advisory team. You will advise and evaluate strategies with enterprise leaders to support growth initiatives, facilitate decision making, and develop options and recommendations.

You will lead strategy workshops, manage cross-functional teams, perform scenario analyses, and present findings to senior executives. This role requires 5+ years in strategy/analytics and wealth management experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics is required; advanced degrees or certifications are preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in strategy/analysis at top firms or financial services.
• Wealth Management experience with WM segments and Practice Management.
• Ability to drive independent workstreams across multiple projects.
• Strong quantitative problem solving and analytical abilities.
• Experience with high-impact strategy assignments in ambiguous environments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for thought leadership.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leadership to determine and implement strategic steps for growth.
• Lead strategy workshops and maintain trust-based relationships with internal clients.
• Analyze high-impact strategic issues, structure problems, gather data, and present findings.
• Communicate clearly with senior audiences via presentations and meetings.
• Track industry trends and develop forecasts as needed.
• Manage multiple projects to ensure timely deliverables.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Quantitative analysis

Scenario analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics

Advanced degree or certifications

Job description

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 24-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 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.

Edward Jones is seeking a highly skilled individual to serve as a Senior Consultant within a newly created Strategic Advisory team. This individual will be a key member of an advisory pod that will work with Enterprise and Business Segment Leaders to help advise and evaluate strategies for high-impact enterprise undertakings and growth initiatives. This role will support these strategic efforts, facilitate decision making exercises and strategy workshops, develop options and recommendations, and conduct scenario analysis.

What you will do...

• Collaborate with senior leadership and offer consultative support to executives to determine and implement strategic next steps, driving Edward Jones' growth
• Lead/facilitate strategic exercises and various strategy workshops with stakeholders across the firm and develop trust-based relationships with a deep understanding of internal client's business objectives and challenges
• Conduct thorough analyses of high impact strategic issues confronting the firm, collaborating with, and managing cross-functional teams as required (incl. structuring problems, developing hypotheses, gathering data, analyzing results, and presenting findings to senior executives)
• Communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a structured manner via presentations, meetings, and written communications
• Track industry and competitive trends, and develop business outlook and forecasts where appropriate
• Drive multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely completion of deliverables

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree is required with an emphasis in Accounting, Finance, or Economics. Advanced Degree(s) or Certification(s) in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Analytics are preferred
• 5+ years of relevant work experience, with a preference for core strategy and/or analytical work at leading Strategy Consulting Firms or Financial Services Organizations.
• The role requires prior experience in Wealth Management with advanced familiarity about WM business segments and Practice Management
• Capability to drive an independent workstream and manage contributions to the work of multiple projects
• Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis
• Experience contributing to high-impact strategy assignments and comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, as the position will be responsible for significant thought leadership

Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ, St. Louis, MO home office locations, and/or that work within a Talent Capability and Generations Hub are expected to work in the office four days per week.

Any changes in strategic direction will be determined by the General Partner responsible for the business segment.

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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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.

Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.

Salary range for candidates located in St. Louis, MO
Hiring Minimum: $120,000.00
Hiring Maximum: $204,300.00

Salary range for candidates located in New York, New York
Hiring Minimum: $153,120.00
Hiring Maximum: $260,687.00