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**Your passion. Our purpose. This could be powerful.** Maybe the markets keep you up at night. Trusts are your forte. Or your idea of a perfect day at the office is a deep dive into equity research. Whatever your passion, at Edward Jones it will have purpose. Your work is meaningful - because it has a singular focus: client relationships. What you do every day helps people achieve and protect their financial goals. Impacting lives for the better. And with our remarkable work-life flexibility, one of the lives it could enhance is yours. **Job Overview** **Position Schedule:** Full-Time This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 30-May-2025. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants. Team Overview: Do you have a strong risk background? Do you have the desire to be part of a face paced team? If so, this could be the right opportunity for you! Wealth Management Advice and Solutions (WMAS) First Line Risk Management department is responsible for delivering the risk profile of the division and producing impactful risk reporting and risk analytics for the division and firm. The Risk Insights and Model Risk team is responsible for developing and enhancing risk reporting, risk analytics, and model risk management functions used within WMAS to identify, assess, and monitor risks. What You Will Do: The Sr. Risk and Control Associate will drive the proactive identification of opportunities where analytics can inform business decisions and strategy development. This role involves performing advanced analyses, consulting with business owners, and leading analytic approaches to solve complex problems. The associate will ensure risk information integrity, manage, and transform complex datasets, and apply analytical concepts to generate actionable insights. In addition, the role includes communicating insights effectively to senior leaders, serving as a technical and functional data expert, and advocating for a strong risk culture. This role has a strong emphasis on developing and managing risk reporting. This position is crucial for delivering impactful insights that support risk-based decision-making at Edward Jones. Responsibilities include: + Drive the proactive identification of opportunities where analytics can inform business decisions and strategy development. Perform advanced analyses, consult with business owners, and lead analytic approaches to solve complex problems. + Ensure risk information integrity, manage, and transform complex datasets, and apply analytical concepts to generate actionable insights. Communicate insights effectively to senior leaders, serving as a technical and functional data expert, and advocate for a strong risk culture. + Understand the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and Standards, identify opportunities to align WMAS risk programs to ERM, and lead the department and/or business areas to adopt necessary changes. + Manage WMAS Divisional risk programs, create efficiencies and increased effectiveness for those executing the programs, and identify and deploy improvements to the risk programs. + Develop and maintain WMAS first line risk reporting and analytics. + Build strong collaborative relationships with ERM stakeholders and WMAS business stakeholders. + Assist divisional associates or business leaders in understanding the Enterprise Risk Management Program and expectations and identify opportunities to develop risk reporting and risk metrics. + Carry out some risk and control activities per the Enterprise Risk Management Program as well as any divisional-required elements. + Stay informed on risk industry and educational/development opportunities. ***This position is known internally as a Senior Risk and Control Associate** 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:** $99200 **Hiring Maximum:** $168900 Read More About Job Overview **Skills/Requirements** **What Experience You Need:** + Bachelor's Degree required with an emphasis in finance, business, economics, data science, math or analytics preferred. Relevant work experience will be considered. + 5 years' experience is required, preferably in risk management experience + Series 7 required or attainable within twelve months of hire + Experience in building relationships and networks, at varying levels in the organization + Experience using Microsoft Excel, including use of pivot tables, formulas, macros, vba, charts/graphs. + Proficient with visualization tools such as Tableau or PowerBi + Strong analytical, critical and systems thinking required + Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to tailor communication based on the audience and communicate with influence **What Could Set You Apart:** + Experience with statistical tools such as SAS, SPSS, R, or Python preferred. + Experience managing and facilitating risk reporting, model risk management, and/or Key Risk Indicator programs + Previous analytical related experience is preferred + Financial Services industry experience is a 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. Read More About Skills/Requirements **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 ( Read More About Awards & Accolades **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. View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report ( . ¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. 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. \#LI-HO

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