About this role
Opportunity Overview
Are you passionate about transforming the account onboarding experience and making account opening and maintenance the easiest part of the onboarding lifecycle? If so, this opportunity may be the perfect fit for you.
We are seeking a highly motivated developer with strong written and verbal communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for innovation. The ideal candidate thinks creatively, builds strong partnerships across teams, mentors and supports others, and is eager to help drive solutions that enhance both the client and branch office experience.
In this role, you will work collaborate with an Agile team within the Account Open & Edit product area to design, develop, test, and implement a modernized account opening and edit experience used daily by branch offices across the firm. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact, influence the future of our account platform, and collaborate with talented teammates in delivering high-quality solutions that improve efficiency and usability.
What You Will Do
- Actively mentors and trains other associates in their area of expertise
- Provides direction about the effective use of technology within the enterprise architecture.
- Provides leadership related to technical aspects of tools, methodologies, best practices and processes and standards that apply to their technical area of expertise.
- Researches technical improvements and takes the initiative to communicate/implement solutions. Communicates issues and problem resolutions with all affected stakeholders, business areas and vendors.
- Participates and represents area in cross-functional groups.
- Researches requirements to determine system feasibility, costs, benefits, or functional requirements.
- Establishes and maintains effective relationships across departments, business areas, and vendors.
- Takes personal responsibility to improve processes and systems.
Position Requirements
What Experience You Will Need
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Telecommunications or Engineering preferred or related work experience.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience directly related to technical area of expertise. Ability to perform analysis of system requirements to determine feasibility, costs, benefits.
- Considered a subject matter expert in an I.S. discipline (business solutions, systems development, infrastructure area, planning, security) and have experience across multiple platforms in an area or multiple technologies in a layer (network, computing, operating systems, data, application infrastructure, appliances, business solutions, security, systems management)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues and their implications for projects and business decisions, facilitate discussion and resolution of problems, and mentor other IS associates. Presents ideas, thoughts, arguments, and information persuasively. Seen as credible and trustworthy.
- Ability to provide strategic direction and technical leadership to align objectives with the overall Firm strategy. Embraces change and considers different approaches to issues.
- Strong understanding of project management concepts.
- Knowledge of brokerage or financial company processes.
- Ability to multi-task and participate in multiple large and complex efforts or projects.
- Ability to develop system designs within area of expertise.
- Able to create a strong team environment and build technical skills through training and mentoring of others.
- Ability to quickly understand a broad range of emerging technologies and the ability to apply and exploit target technology to support firm objectives.
- Knowledgeable in globalization (g11n), particularly with respect to technology design and deployment for a multi-national firm.
Company Description
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.
Awards and 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.
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EEO Statement
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.
Salary Information
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.