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At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.
In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.
At Edward Jones, the Human Resources division utilizes people expertise to proactively drive high-impact solutions that deliver firm results. Cultivating a highly talented and inclusive workforce, you’ll guide an exceptional associate experience, enabling them to do their best work. Here, you’ll enable continued firm growth through professional and leadership development, workforce and succession planning, inclusion & diversity, and talent acquisition and engagement. By driving these human resources solutions, your work will serve both firm and associates’ best interests and support Edward Jones being recognized as a Best Place to Work.
The Administrative Assistant II, HR will be responsible for providing administrative support to ensure the smooth functioning of the department.
Specific responsibilities may include:
Utilizes knowledge of the firm’s organizational structure, Forums, Division functions, and current initiatives to make appropriate connection points and update the leader(s) as appropriate
Prepares and delivers responses (written and verbal) on behalf of leader(s) requiring advanced knowledge of relevant subject matter
Prepares the leader for meetings
Obtains and organizes information for use in conferences, speeches, reports and/or meetings
Prepares meeting materials and assists with the development of presentations
Develops, edits, proofs, and/or formats documents for presentation
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
High School Diploma or equivalent
5-8 years related experience
Strong organizational skills with ability to set priorities and handle multiple tasks
Self-motivated and ability to work independently
Must have good verbal and written communication skills and a customer service orientation to handle internal and external contacts
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, OneNote, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Adobe Professional
Completes work with a limited degree of supervision
Likely to act as an informal resource for associates with less experience
Moderate problem-solving skills; problems may be non-routine
Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion
Problem Solving
Generally following procedures and guidelines. Will need some problem solving skills to research where to obtain needed information.
Decision Making
Decisions are limited to setting work priorities and how to handle requests for information.
Span of Influence
Works under general supervision. Makes decisions concerning own work.
May help train, mentor, coach newer administrative assistants.
2021 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® By Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE Magazine – Edward Jones was named No. 20 on the list.
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2021 Corporate Equality Index – Edward Jones joins the ranks of 767 major U.S. businesses that received top marks in the Foundation’s 19th annual scorecard on LGBTQ workplace equality.
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2021 Training Top 100 list – Edward Jones ranked No. 19, up six spots from last year in its 21st consecutive year on this prestigious list.
J.D. Power, 2021 – Edward Jones has ranked “highest in Employee Advisor Satisfaction among Financial Investment Firms” in the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study.
Edward Jones received the highest score among employee advisors in the J.D. Power 2007,2008, 2010, 2012-2015, 2017-2021 Financial Advisor Satisfaction Studies of employee advisors’ satisfaction among those who are employed by an investment services firm. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more information.
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. Visit our career site 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:
