EDWARD JONES: Data Analyst

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 14,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.A typical branch office has one financial advisor who meets with clients face-to-face and one branch office administrator who enhances the team’s ability to build deep relationships with clients.

Headquarters associates in St.

Louis and Tempe provide support and expertise to help U.S.

and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience.

Edward Jones currently has more branch offices than any other financial services firm, and we continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.Firm Analytics partners with business areas to provide analytical and financial insights for firm decision making and strategic planning.

Data & Analytics utilize advanced data manipulation techniques and data visualization tools in their expertise of sourcing and transforming of data that provide actionable insights.

Key Responsibilities:Maintain a strong understanding of business results & key business drivers, as well as an understanding of key strategies & priorities of business,to be able to apply business knowledge to analytic approach to address business questions.

Drive measurement and improvement strategies by connecting business activity to outcomes that will help achieve stated goals.Develop business relationships and partnerships with cross-functional targeted business owners and senior leaders across the organization.Analyze the effectiveness of programs, perform advance calculations, summarize and present data to enhance future efforts using appropriate descriptive statistical methods.Design technical, functional, and impactful prototype to discover business questions, validate use cases and uncover key requirements.

Create data visualizations that simplify complex information in a robust, accurate, and appealing way that engages end users and drives them to action.Conduct meaningful descriptive data analysis to inform business decisions.

Primarily by performing root cause, exploratory, sensitivity and scenario analysis, hypothesis testing, economic modeling and data visualization to identify patterns/trends/insights etc.

on ambiguous business problems.Identify, extract, clean, transform, validate, and model data across multiple domains using various technologies and languages (SQL, Hive, Pig, etc)Utilize new and advanced methods to extract, transform and load data.Build requirements for, develop, and enhance automated processes that provide functional areas with data and information.Document, monitor, and proactively recommend improvement to processes and controls related to area responsibilities while quantifying the impact of changes for leaders.Collaborate with cross-functional teams responsible for implementing projects in support of divisional and firm-wide business objectives; occasionally lead cross-functional teams responsible for divisional objectives while following an analytics development lifecycleEducate other team members, associates, and leaders across the firm on data and statistical concepts and best practices.Communicate across a wide range of audiences with specialized subject matter expertise including finance, compliance, marketing, products, branch development, and technology.Train and mentor lower level analysts to follow appropriate procedures and understand the best practices for interacting with the information systemWork with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging company data to drive business solutions.Undergraduate degree required, preferably in the areas of mathematics, finance, business, engineering, sciences, and information systems.

Advanced degree is a plus.5 years business experience in data analytics, finance, marketing, or information systems fields preferredAbility to prioritize and execute on multiple tasks/projects and adjust to changing priorities with minimal leader oversight requiredAbility to extract and analyze large amounts of data using various toolsModerate analysis skills, primarily investigating and explaining trends and variances using statistical techniques requiredWorks effectively both independently and in a team environment requiredAbility to effectively communicate with associates and leadership in cross-functional settings using verbal, written and presentation skills requiredModerate understanding of the firm and how data impacts decision making in each functional area supported requiredAbility to execute pre-existing project plans and possesses basic project management skillStrong analytical, critical, and systems thinking requiredTechnical proficiency preferred in the following: SQL, TableauAn advanced ability to interact with various database and file storage systems (DB2, IDMS, Oracle, Hadoop, NoSQL)Data manipulation languages such as SQL, Hive, Pig, XMLVisualization tools such as Tableau, Qlikview, or birstStatistical tools such as SAS, SPSS, R, or JumpMicrosoft Excel experience using pivot tables, formulas, macros, vba, charts/graphs Persons requiring sponsorship for an employment visa are ineligible for this position FORTUNE 2020 Edward Jones was named No.

7 on the 2020 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® list.

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Edward Jones Ranked No.

6 of the 100 best workplaces for millennials by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE Magazine.

2020 Corporate Equality Index Edward Jones joins the ranks of 680 major U.S businesses that received top marks in the HRC Foundations 18th Annual Scorecard on LBGTQ Workplace Equality Edward Jones named a top company for training, ranking No.

25 on Training magazine’s 2020 Training Top 125 list the highest ranking among the financial-services industry!

Financial services firm Edward Jones has been named one of the 2019 Best Workplaces for Parents by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE magazine.

The firm ranked No.

5 on the list of 50 companies, up two spots from last year.

The Best Workplaces for Parents list is one of a series of rankings by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE based on employee feedback from Great Place to Work-Certified organizations.

Edward Jones ranked No.

7 on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work for in 2019 list, the firms 20th appearance on the list.

The firm also was ranked the No.

1 Best Workplace in Financial Services & Insurance and the No.

6Best Workplace for Millennials by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE.

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:Salary: $75962 $129341Category: Headquarters