Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)

uidance and testing. This role ensures adherence to applicable federal and state privacy laws, SEC and FINRA regulations, and internal policies governing the handling of personal and sensitive data. The CPCO will lead efforts to mitigate privacy risks, manage regulatory relationships, and foster a culture of privacy awareness across the organization and collaborate with the Privacy Legal team.

What You'll Do:

• Privacy Compliance Oversight: Develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive privacy compliance program aligned with SEC, FINRA, and state regulations.

• Regulatory Engagement: Ensure compliance with privacy-related aspects of broker-dealer operations, including GLBA, Regulation S-P and FCRA, by monitoring regulatory developments and assessing their impact on the firm's privacy practices.

• Collaboration: Work closely with Legal, IT, Operations and other Compliance teams to ensure privacy is embedded in business processes across multiple legal entities.

• Risk Management: Conduct privacy-related risk assessments and participate in response efforts for data breaches or privacy incidents.

• Training & Awareness: Develop and deliver privacy training programs for leaders and associates. Promote a culture of privacy compliance and ethical data use.

• Control Framework: Lead assessments of policies, procedures, and controls.

• Policy & Procedure Management: Draft and maintain privacy policies and procedures and oversee the firm's Written Supervisory Procedures (WSPs) related to privacy and data protection.

• Industry Connectivity: Participate in industry forums and networking. Certifications such as CIPP or similar are a plus.

• Testing: Opine on testing and/or audit topics to validate efficient and compliant privacy operations.

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: $202200
Hiring Maximum: $344200

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Edward Jones is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain specified criminal history as set forth in Section 3(a)(39) and 15(b)(4) and Rule 17a-3(a)(12) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and conducts background reviews consistent with FINRA Rule 3110(e). A copy of a notice regarding the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance is available at: dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf.

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Skills/Requirements

What You'll Need

• 15+ years of related financial industry experience

• Bachelor's degree is required. MBA degree preferred

• Possess exceptional compliance, legal & regulatory knowledge.

• Should have extensive knowledge of relevant privacy laws and a deep understanding of the current regulatory environment.

• Requires significant industry experience with comprehensive knowledge of financial services and the securities industry.

• Requires knowledge of a wide variety of products and services.

• Ability to effectively lead a group of high-performing compliance professionals.

• Understand the range of regulations and regulatory issues and apply the facts of each situation to balance regulatory requirements with the firm's business goals and objectives.

• Ability to problem solve

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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

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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.

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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.

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