What are the responsibilities and job description for the Policy Governance Analyst position at Edward Jones?

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 23-Feb-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

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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The Policy Governance Analyst partners with policy owners to ensure policies are logical, readable, adequate and consistent. The Analyst ensures alignment with the firm policy management program and guides policy owners through the policy lifecycle. The Policy Governance Analyst works cross-functionally with peers in risk management and leaders across the firm to ensure that policies are reflective of the current business framework and aligned with regulatory expectations.

Key Responsibilities

Evaluate New Policy Requests: Review and assess proposed new policies against the existing policy inventory to identify opportunities to eliminate duplication, streamline content, and ensure alignment with existing documentation.
Review Draft Policies: Analyze draft policies for alignment with governance standards, ensuring logical structure, readability, consistency, and adherence to approved templates.
Guide Policy Owners Through the Lifecycle: Support policy owners throughout the full policy lifecycle—including drafting, stakeholder review, revision, and final approval.
Act as a Subject Matter Expert: Serve as the firm’s SME on policy governance standards, advising stakeholders on expectations, required documentation, and best practices.
Ensure Proper Policy Linkage: Provide guidance on establishing appropriate connections between policies, procedures, and written supervisory procedures (WSPs), including communication and change-management requirements.
Support Policy Publishing: Assist policy owners with publishing finalized policies into the firm’s system of record and ensure compliance with recordkeeping and metadata requirements.
Maintain Version Control: Track version history and document updates in accordance with governance and regulatory standards.
Assist With Governance Committees: Help policy owners prepare materials for governance committee reviews and support them in presenting policy changes when needed.
Support Audits and Exams: Respond to internal audit and regulatory examination requests related to policy governance and the policy inventory.

Knowledge or experience with SEC and FINRA rules, advisory processes, fiduciary, broker dealer or banking requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Communications, Business or related field
3-5 Years policy related experience
Experience working with Copilot

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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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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