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Senior Branch Real Estate Consultant

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500 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.

The Senior Branch Real Estate Consultant serves as a main point of contact for Edward Jones. Here are a few of your key responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing and responding to more complex incoming real estate requests (US and Canada) from Financial Advisors, Regional Leaders, Market Leaders and numerous home office departments.
• Partner with Market Leaders, Regional Leaders, and Branch Teams. Build, maintain relationships, and work in partnership with workflow business areas such as Market Management, Branch and Region Development, Client and Practice Transition, FA Compensation, Compensation and Expense Services, Network Field Services, Business Continuity, Global Security and Branch Real Estate Leadership.
• Handle complex branch real estate escalation issues. Assist, support and guide Branch Real Estate Consultant IIs with more difficult and complex situations, and provide indirect supervision of department's contract associates.
• Document real estate issues, identify opportunities and work with departments across the firm to resolve issues or implement new ideas.
• Understand and effectively communicate firm real estate policies, guidelines, tradeoffs, and P&L impacts.
• Provide oversight reviews of Branch Real Estate workflow processes to ensure accuracy, client service excellence and project completion.
• Identify opportunities to create efficiencies for Branch Real Estate by participating in projects, leading and implementing department initiatives.
• Represent the department and act as a liaison with other business areas. Branch Real Estate Consultants must be adaptable, willing to champion change and innovation, and have a collaborative spirit as we work with the field and multiple business areas across home office.

Bachelors degree (or equivalent related work experience)

Organizational and project management skills

Exceptional customer service skills

Ability to apply a general understanding of Associate Relations policies, business continuity planning for catastrophic events within regions and impacts to an FA's P&L statement

Ability to balance Compliance, Legal and Associate Relations business decisions

Ability to temporarily serve as leader in leader's absence

Ability to lead projects and lead implementation of new initiatives

Leadership and project management experience

Understanding of Edward Jones FA performance expectations, and ability to analyze an FA's tenure, Practice Management Level and level of business

Ability to apply general knowledge of broad corporate principles and practices including Finance, Associate Relations, IS, Marketing, Branch Real Estate, etc.

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.

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.

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.

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