Associate General Counsel II - Legal

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Job Overview

Position Schedule: Full-Time

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 02-Oct-2025. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

This position in the Legal Regulatory team will work with business, Compliance, and other Legal team members to identify, evaluate, and communicate on regulatory developments that may impact our clients, colleagues, and firm and advise on advocacy and policy perspectives. This opportunity will afford candidates with demonstrated financial services regulatory experience to be part of a culture that inspires the individual and supports him or her.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide legal advice and guidance to legal, compliance, and business colleagues involving broker-dealer rules and regulations under the federal securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933, the Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, ERISA, and the Commodities Exchange Act.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on legal regulatory issues affecting broker-dealers and investment advisers to retail clients. Familiarity with regulation from a perspective wealth management, including broker-dealer and investment adviser conduct rules and Regulation Best Interest.
• Identify new and proposed laws and regulations affecting the financial services industry and partner with government relations and policy colleagues to assess potential impact to the firm.
• Advise on advocacy strategy, including evaluating advocacy levers, identifying policy positions, drafting comment letters, and leading internal, external, and regulator conversations on emerging policy issues.
• Develop and execute effective communications on regulatory developments for internal audiences. Identify and collaborate with internal stakeholders on compliance and implementation discussions.
• Deepen the firm's relationships with securities regulators at the Federal, state, and SRO levels.

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.

Hiring Minimum: $140400
Hiring Maximum: $239100

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Edward Jones is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain specified criminal history as set forth in Section 3(a)(39) and 15(b)(4) and Rule 17a-3(a)(12) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and conducts background reviews consistent with FINRA Rule 3110(e). A copy of a notice regarding the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance is available at: dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf.

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Skills/Requirements

Experience You Need:

• Juris Doctorate with exceptional academic credentials required
• Securities regulation experience with a premium on work experience for a regulator or work on regulatory or legislative policy and advocacy in-house or as outside counsel.
• License to practice law in Missouri or an equivalent state
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive responsibility as an attorney in private practice, in the public sector (including with a regulator) or in an in-house counsel capacity
• Technological aptitude and ability to learn new technologies

What Could Set You Apart:

• Experience providing legal support to high-risk, complex business projects, as in-house or outside counsel, is highly preferred

*Candidates that live within in 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.

Current INTERNAL home-based associates: While this role is posted as hybrid, if selected and accepted, you may retain your home-based status. Edward Jones intends in good faith to continue offering the role as home-based, though future business or regulatory needs may require on-site work.

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Awards & Accolades

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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.

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