Jobs at Raymond James

Leads accounting policy, technical accounting research, complex transaction analysis, new product accounting, standards implementation, acquisition accounting, and auditor engagement. Oversees accounting policy governance, prepares technical memoranda, advises Finance and business leaders, and manages a team of accounting professionals. Requires strong U.S. GAAP, SEC reporting, acquisition accounting, internal controls, and financial services expertise, along with CPA certification and extensive accounting experience.

Leads the enterprise Finance transformation strategy, overseeing financial systems, data governance, process improvement, AI adoption, and the Finance PMO. Partners with executive, Technology, Risk, Legal, and Finance leaders to modernize operations, improve automation and controls, govern technology roadmaps, and deliver large-scale transformation programs. Manages senior leaders and develops organizational capabilities while ensuring initiatives align with strategic objectives, regulatory requirements, and long-term business growth.

Executes specialized deposit operations, including client implementation setup, maintenance requests, teller work, quality reviews, escrow sub-accounting, and ongoing client support. Collaborates with relationship managers, sales, wire, treasury, ACH, loan operations, capital markets, and compliance teams. Assists with employee training, maintains service levels, researches non-standard transactions, and supports deposit products such as checking, money markets, CDs, and CDARS/ICS.

Supports marketing agency project management for internal clients by coordinating marketing and communications materials, gathering requirements, managing timelines and budgets, maintaining project documentation, monitoring workflows, and collaborating with account management and creative teams. Assists with business cases, process improvements, project tools, client requests, and senior project managers while ensuring projects are completed accurately, on time, and within budget.

Lead development of enterprise-grade Java services and APIs for financial and wealth-management applications. Responsibilities include architecture, system design, programming, testing, deployment, performance optimization, production support, root-cause analysis, documentation, and technical mentorship. The role also coordinates cross-functional projects and applies AI-assisted development tools throughout the SDLC. Candidates need strong Java, Spring, microservices, Python, cloud, testing, CI/CD, and distributed-systems experience.

Provides technical and customer support for securities trading activities, including investigating trade issues, correcting transactions, reconciling orders, resolving comparison problems, supporting portfolio allocations, and coordinating block orders. The role works with internal and external customers in a high-volume environment, ensures trades comply with company procedures, and maintains accurate trade data in required systems.

Provides advanced administrative and staff support to managers, including correspondence, reporting, scheduling, meeting and travel coordination, records management, fiscal administration, and stakeholder communication. The role may train and monitor others, resolve routine issues, maintain data systems, and support office operations within a financial services environment. Requires strong organization, judgment, communication, customer service, and multitasking skills, with at least six years of administrative experience or equivalent qualifications.

Reviews and approves money movement transactions, investigates potential fraud and financial exploitation, verifies client disbursements, and resolves supervisory matters. Partners with advisors, branch leadership, Fraud, and other teams on complex account issues, disputes, and senior or at-risk client concerns. Applies securities regulations and firm policies, communicates decisions clearly, identifies supervisory trends, and documents matters through resolution. The role requires independent judgment, strong financial services knowledge, and securities licensing.

Conduct risk-based surveillance of broker-dealer and investment adviser activities using analytics and surveillance platforms. Identify trends, anomalies, and emerging risks; perform investigations and thematic analyses; produce executive-level dashboards and reports; recommend escalations and mitigation strategies; collaborate with senior compliance and business stakeholders to inform remediation and program effectiveness.

Leads ServiceNow Service Catalog requirements management, stakeholder alignment, solution definition, acceptance criteria, governance, workflow modernization, testing, and continuous improvement. Translates business needs and technical complexities into actionable agile stories, coordinates business owners with development teams, manages dependencies and issue logs, and supports prioritization and scalable enterprise service management solutions.

Leads the national strategy for recruiting experienced financial advisors, driving advisor, asset, and revenue growth. Oversees recruiting effectiveness, evaluates cultural and risk fit, develops internal teams, analyzes market and competitive trends, partners with business leaders, modernizes recruiting processes and technology, and conducts consultative discussions with prospective advisors. The role requires executive leadership, transformational change management, data-driven strategy, relationship building, and experience across financial advisor models.

The Financial Advisor Trainee completes Raymond James’s Advisor Mastery Program while developing investment, sales, client service, compliance, and financial planning skills. Responsibilities include prospecting, building a client book, evaluating financial needs, recommending suitable investment products, managing portfolios and accounts, processing transactions, maintaining records, and meeting production targets. The trainee must complete required training, obtain securities and insurance licenses, and provide advice aligned with client objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizons.

Monitors and troubleshoots IT operations across multiple environments, including enterprise job schedules and service management requests. Creates reports and dashboards, analyzes operational data, identifies trends, supports quality assurance and audits, maintains documentation, and leads continuous improvement and automation initiatives. The role also provides operator training, supports month-end statement processing, and presents service delivery insights to leadership and stakeholders.

Leads mortgage product strategy, development, implementation, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement for Encompass and related mortgage banking systems. Defines product roadmaps, business cases, requirements, governance, and success metrics; coordinates cross-functional technology initiatives, testing, training, launches, and risk management. Serves as a mortgage banking subject matter expert and advises leadership on product performance, regulatory trends, client needs, and strategic opportunities.

Supports asset management sales by preparing analyses, reports, and advisor-ready proposals. Assists financial advisors with portfolio construction, investment screening, proposal generation, and tax-efficient investment tools. Responds to advisor inquiries, demonstrates platform capabilities, provides technology guidance, supports presentations and events, and helps build advisor relationships. Requires strong communication, organization, data analysis, and prioritization skills, plus a bachelor’s degree and Series 7 licensing.

Conduct enhanced due diligence investigations on high-risk financial clients, analyzing ownership structures, source of wealth and funds, transactions, negative media, sanctions exposure, and AML risk indicators. Document findings, make risk-based determinations, escalate regulatory concerns, mentor colleagues, maintain knowledge of AML requirements, and support process improvements. The role requires compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, OFAC guidance, CIP, and EDD requirements.

Manages branch expenses, financial projects, loan agreements, advisor collections, defaults, write-offs, and financial reporting. Reviews and audits reports, maintains financial data in systems, supports tracking-system projects, analyzes accounting information, resolves moderately complex issues, and recommends process improvements. Requires collaboration with management, financial advisors, staff, and internal or external customers while maintaining confidential records.

Supports branch or complex growth strategy by monitoring expenses, facilitating revenue growth, coordinating client and prospect experiences, resolving account inquiries, managing special projects and events, maintaining reporting and compliance practices, and supporting advisor recruiting, onboarding, transitions, and business development activities.

Leads ETL and data testing strategy, test data management, automation, data quality validation, and AI-driven testing initiatives. Manages testing teams, establishes reusable frameworks, oversees Informatica, Ab Initio, and ODI testing, and partners with engineering, analytics, product, and business teams. Responsibilities include data lineage, masking, synthetic data, pipeline validation, CI/CD integration, metrics, stakeholder management, and process innovation.

Supports financial advisors and succession consultants with business succession and acquisition processes. Responsibilities include preparing and processing succession agreements, coordinating plans and meetings, maintaining records and CRM data, managing case closures, processing account and payment requests, conducting quality assurance, resolving inquiries, and coordinating with internal teams and external stakeholders. Requires strong organization, communication, financial-services knowledge, contract review, data management, and Microsoft Office skills.