Associate General Counsel II- Product Counsel

2 weeks ago


Saint Louis, United States Edward Jones Full time
Want a meaningful career where you can make a difference? Edward Jones sounds perfect for you.

Collaboration. Autonomy. Opportunity. Words our headquarters associates use when talking about working at Edward Jones. Words that describe what it's like being part of a firm where everyone is aligned toward a singular focus: serving the client. And everyone is working to make the firm better together - as they grow as individuals. If these words resonate with you, we should talk.

Job Overview

Position Schedule: Full-Time

Team Overview:
Do you have a passion for Law? Do you have experience working in a highly regulated industry? If so, this might be the right opportunity for you Our Legal Division is expanding to enhance solutions for millions of clients and their families. We are looking for an experienced attorney to partner with business leaders across the firm to provide strategic legal advice and guidance in support of the firm's multi-disciplinary transformational efforts and product management function that deliver financial products, solutions, and services to the firm's clients and branch teams.

What You Will Do
This position includes working with business leaders to develop solutions that serve our clients' best interests and deliver an exceptional experience for our branch teams, clients, and the firm. This opportunity will afford the successful candidate the opportunity to be a part of a culture that inspires the individual and supports him or her. The associate will be responsible for:
  • Providing strategic legal leadership to the U.S. business segment's multi-disciplinary, transformational efforts and Product Management function to ensure solutions are delivered in a way that provides an ideal experience for clients, branch teams, and colleagues, while meeting legal and regulatory obligations and mitigating risk.
  • Understanding and interpreting laws, rules and regulations affecting the Firm's business.
  • Proactively spotting legal, regulatory, and business risks, and coordinating with subject matter experts to ensure business leaders understand those risks while meeting business objectives.
  • Navigating complex issues and partnering with peers and leaders within and outside the Legal Division to connect dot across initiatives, advise on impacts to the Firm and develop best practices for executing on the Firm's plan.
  • Effectively communicating and sharing information across the Firm and Legal Division.
  • Managing a workload that is large, diverse, and complex.
  • The individual selected for this role will enjoy the benefit of working for a well-established 100-year-old Fortune 500 firm and will have the opportunity to be a key influencer within the Firm by using their deep understanding of financial products, solutions, and services.

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.

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: $136571
Hiring Maximum: $232541

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Skills/Requirements

Experience You Need:
  • Juris Doctorate with exceptional academic credentials required
  • Securities/Financial industry experience or experience in a highly regulated industry is required
  • 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.

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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Awards & Accolades

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

Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones

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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 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.

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.

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