Strategy Analyst III – Finance

Edward Jones; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & prescription

Dental

Vision

401k

Paid holidays

Vacation 15 days

Bonuses

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Edward Jones is seeking a Strategy Analyst III to design and deliver partnership compensation models, analyze partner affiliations, and present economic projections to Financial Advisors across the firm. You will build user-facing tools for business decision-making and may contribute to projects with digital product teams.

The role requires a strong background in financial analysis, forecasting, and modeling, with collaboration across advisory, product, and finance teams to enable strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business discipline or analytics required.
• 7+ years of relevant work experience.
• Strong financial analysis, forecasting, and modeling skills.

Responsibilities

• Create compensation modeling tools and resources with advanced financial analysis and forecasting.
• Present modeling and analysis to partner Financial Advisors on a regular basis.
• Collaborate with partnership SME to design solutions aligning with firm policies.
• Collaborate with Product Teams to design enablement and educational solutions.
• Champion process improvements to meet changing organizational needs.
• Identify opportunities with broad impact and drive implementation of solutions.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/related field

CPA license (plus)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Pivot tables

Advanced formulas

Job description

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 02-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.

Overview

The Partnership Strategy & Accounting Area within the Finance Division collaborates across the firm to design and deliver partnership models which support the firm's goal to be the premiere destination for financial advisors to start, grow, optimize and pass on a practice. The team closely partners with financial advisors, outside advisors and other firm stakeholders to build projections, draft educational materials, and meet with partners.

The Strategy Analyst III is responsible for building compensation models, analysis of the various partner affiliation models and meeting with Financial Advisors (FAs) to help share those insights. They will build user-facing modeling tools and resources that will aid Financial Advisors in making business decisions based on the economic projections of the various modeling tools. In addition they may also be part of projects with our digital product teams to develop new affiliation models, practice valuation models, and compensation modeling tools.

What You’ll Do

• Creates compensation modeling tools and resources as well as analysis that facilitates the transformation of complex data/information into actionable insights. Includes advanced financial analysis, forecasting, and financial modeling responsibility
• Frequent verbal, visual & written presentation of modeling and analysis to partner Financial Advisors.
• Collaborate with others as the partnership subject matter expert (SME) to conceptualize and recommend solutions for enabling firm policies and strategies
• Collaborate with Product Teams in the design, development, and implementation of enablement and educational solutions
• Champion the innovation and evolution of existing processes, controls, and tools in order to meet the changing needs and increasing complexity of the organization
• Proactively identify opportunities with moderate to broad impact and visibility, propose solutions to relevant parties and drive implementation of solutions

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's degree is required with emphasis in a business discipline such as accounting, finance, economics, data science, or analytics (or relevant work experience).
• 7+ years of relevant work experience.
• Strong financial analysis, forecasting, and financial modeling skills
• Ability to prioritize and execute on multiple tasks/projects and independently adjust to changing priorities
• Ability to translate business strategy into business requirements
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint required including working ability to utilize pivot tables and advanced formulas
• Basic understanding of accounting processes and financial statements (CPA license, a plus)
• Ability to summarize financial information and concepts and clearly communicate to senior leadership
• Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment
• Ability to influence associates and leadership up to the senior leader level using verbal, written, and presentation skills

What could set you apart:

• Working understanding of agile product management is a plus
• A proficiency in using Business Intelligence tools such as Power BI/ PowerQuery is a plus

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.

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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.

Benefits & Compensation Package

• 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.