Careers
Career Opportunities
At NORTHSTAR BANK OF TEXAS we're committed to providing a stable work environment for our employees with equal opportunities for learning and personal growth. We offer competitive compensation, rewards for going above and beyond, and excellent benefits. Our community involvement helps make NORTHSTAR unique. We do volunteer work not only to help show our support to our communities, but also because we're proud to represent NORTHSTAR BANK and serve our markets at the same time.
Once again, NORTHSTAR BANK OF TEXAS has been named as one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas for 2013!!! This awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of "TEXAS MONTHLY" magazine, Texas Association of Business, Texas State Council (Society for Human Resource Management), and Best Companies Group. This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Texas, benefiting the state's economy, its workforce and business. We are very proud of this recognition!
TO APPLY FOR A POSITION:
We strive to select the very best qualified candidates to fill our open positions. All positions at NORTHSTAR are deemed security sensitive, and as part of the hiring process, we conduct credit, criminal, and employment background checks on qualified applicants who are being considered for employment. NORTHSTAR BANK is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status.
When you meet the specific qualifications for any open positions, you may:
- Complete an employment application online (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Print completed application
- Email your resume and completed application to jobs@nstarbank.com
- You may also drop it off at any NORTHSTAR BANK location or mail it to:
NORTHSTAR BANK OF TEXAS - Human Resources Department
P.O. Box 430
Denton TX 76202
Thank you for your interest in employment with NORTHSTAR BANK OF TEXAS!
Job Listings
Area President, Central Texas
Austin, TX
Growing $1 billion plus bank, and is part of Carlile Bancshares, is seeking a community-oriented market President for the Austin, Texas area. This position will oversee four locations in Austin and one in Marble Falls, with over $100 million in assets. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: management and profitability of area branches, helping identify future branch locations in and around the Austin area, growing the brand and market share through an existing team while building an additional team, and providing leadership, direction and goals for the area team. Successful candidate will have 10+ years lending and management experience, strong credit skills, proven leadership abilities, and be driven to grow the bank. Competitive salary and benefits. 2009-2013 Best Companies to Work for in Texas!
Job Summary: Responsible for the profitability, administration, daily operation and sales management of multiple branches in a defined geographic area; provides leadership, direction and goals for the area team.
Education: Bachelors degree in Business Management or Finance is preferred.
Experience: The minimum required job-related experience needed to demonstrate competence to perform the job is 10 years of lending and management experience, strong credit skills, proven leadership abilities, and to be driven to grow the bank. Supervisory experience is required.
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
- Analytical--the individual synthesizes complex or diverse information.
- Problem-solving--the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
- Oral communication--the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive and negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills and participates in meetings.
- Delegation--the individual delegates work assignments, sets expectations, monitors delegated activities, inspires and motivates others to perform well, and accepts feedback from others.
- Managing people--the individual takes responsibility for subordinates' activities, makes self available to staff, provides regular performance feedback, develops subordinates' skills and encourages growth.
- Quality management--the individual looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
- Judgment--the individual displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment and makes timely decisions.
- Planning/organizing--the individual prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans.
- Safety and security--the individual observes safety and security procedures and uses equipment and materials properly.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Strategically plans for the future growth and development of the lending function in the Central Texas area.
- Develop strategies to meet Bank goals to grow revenue and effectively mitigate risk.
- Responsible for the performance and goals for the Central Texas area.
- Responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of branches through analysis of branch activity reports and daily sales results.
- Responsible for profitability and budget of all branches within the area while ensuring the delivery of the highest level of customer service to retail branch customers within the area.
- Exercises the usual authority of a manager concerning staffing, performance appraisals, promotions, salary recommendations, and employee relations/development.
- Oversees creation and implementation of retail branch promotions and other related marketing strategies.
- Creates relationships with clients to accomplish the company's mission.
- Manages bank visibility recognition in the communities within the region.
- Provides current monthly revenue projections.
- Ensures that supervisors are making schedules daily and weekly so that the direct labor expenses are in direct relationship to revenue.
- Gives prompt and proper direction to branch managers as needed.
- Supports supervisors to enable them to achieve top performance and that of their foremen and laborers.
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Chief Compliance Officer
Denton, TX
JOB SUMMARY: Act as head of the Compliance Department. Direct Bank employees in the implementation of the Bank's compliance function. Administer the compliance program, coordinate and develop plans to implement laws and regulations. Annually, assess the compliance area to ensure that resources are appropriately applied to higher risk areas. Outsource compliance audits through the selection of third party firms. Ensure Bank personnel perform periodic self-audits of respective areas to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines. Consult with Bank departments regarding the development of policies and procedures for new products and any changes to the same, compliance with any enforcement actions, and corrections of violations. Participate in the Bank's Second Review Committee to ensure that the Bank properly complies with the various fair lending statutes. Oversee the Bank's Community Reinvestment Act Program. Assist the Bank Secrecy Act Officer, upon request by the BSA Officer or direction by the Chief Executive Officer/Board of Directors. Provides training to Bank personnel and the Board of Directors as needed. Participate in Bank committees. Regularly presents compliance update reports to the Board of Directors at official meetings. Duties are performed with little or no direct supervision. Job requires a good knowledge of regulations and the ability to communicate this knowledge. This position will cover both the Texas and Colorado Regions but will be based in Denton, TX.
Education: College degree and regulatory experience preferred. Banking experience specific to compliance may substitute for the aforementioned. Formal training in compliance is required.
Experience: At least 15 years of experience in banking, and a working knowledge of consumer protection regulations.
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
- Computer and Equipment Skills – working knowledge with PC-based software, i.e. Microsoft Word, Windows, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc. Must have the ability to operate standard office equipment.
- Analytical--the individual synthesizes complex or diverse information.
- Problem-solving--the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
- Oral and Written Communication--the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive and negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills and participates in meetings. Must have the ability to compose reports and correspondence using good business vocabulary and proper grammar and construction. Must have the aptitude to read, interpret and implement regulations and laws.
- Quality Management--the individual looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
- Judgment--the individual displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment and makes timely decisions. Must have the ability to independently formulate and draft balanced, well-reasoned recommendations and to present such recommendations persuasively to senior management.
- Planning/Organizing--the individual prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans. Must be organized and detail oriented.
- Bank Knowledge – Must have working knowledge of banking principles, philosophies and operations.
- Ability to work well under pressure.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversee the outsourcing compliance audits.
- Annually develops a schedule of areas that need to be covered by each review.
- Ensures that Bank personnel periodically perform self-monitoring audits of their respective areas and report the findings to the Audit Committee.
- Annually assesses risk in the compliance area to ensure that resources are appropriately applied to higher risk areas.
- Assists in the development of Bank policies and procedures to ensure policies and procedures comply with consumer and commercial laws, rules and regulations. Coordinates the centralization of all Bank policies and procedures.
- Ensures that the compliance committee meets to discuss new regulations, significant changes to regulations, and other relevant compliance issues.
- Assists departments in the implementation of new products to ensure that Bank products are compliant with various consumer and commercial regulations.
- Assists in the review of marketing materials to ensure that advertisements meet consumer and commercial regulatory guidelines.
- Assists in disseminating information on regulatory matters.
- Supervises and assesses the compliance training needs for bank personnel.
- Participates in the Bank's Second Look Committee meeting to review files for Fair Lending, compliance regulations, and any necessary issues identified.
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Sr. Teller
Full-Time, Hours are Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm and Alternate Saturday Rotation, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Pilot Point, TX
Experience is required.
Job Requirements Include:
- Candidates with previous Bank Teller experience is required. This individual must have heavy cash handling experience.
- Requires a good work history with favorable work references, and excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to use a personal computer and knowledge of Windows based software.
- Ability to prioritize and make on-the-spot decisions regarding customer transactions, weighing customer satisfaction issues with Bank exposure to loss or fraud.
- Excellent mathematical skills required.
- Requires a high degree of accuracy and excellent organizational and communication skills (both verbal and written).
- Ability to work n a fast-paced environment and work well under pressure.
- Ability to cross sell.
- Credit and Criminal Background checks are run on all applicants considered for hire.
Job Duties Include, but are not limited to:
- Operates a Teller window to serve the Bank's customers
- Responsible for Bank opening/closing
- Promotes the Bank's products and services; consistently cross-sells bank products at every opportunity.
- Makes concentrated effort to solve customer problems
- Promote and maintain positive relations with all contacts, customers and potential customers
- Complies with all Department and Company policies and procedures.
- Perform as a team member in allocating and coordinating the work flow.
- Will be involved in ordering, receiving, verifying, and distributing cash.
- Responsible for recaps.
- Responsible for vault works.
- Responsible for ordering money.
- Responsible for Fed shipments and deliveries.
- Responsible for ordering supplies.
- Balances vault, coin machine, and/or ATM.
- May be responsible for scanning work.
- May be responsible for TT&L.
- Responsible for large change orders.
- Responsible for Teller audits.
- Attends meetings (including off-site meetings) involving the Teller functions.
- Responsible for over-rides.
- Includes other duties as assigned.
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Teller
Part-Time w/ Benefits, Hours are Monday - Friday 12:00 pm - 6:15 pm and Alternate Saturday Rotation, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Austin, TX (Westlake Banking Center)
Experience is preferred.
Job Requirements Include:
- Candidates with previous Bank Teller experience are preferred. This individual must have heavy cash handling experience.
- Requires a good work history with favorable work references, and excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to use a personal computer and knowledge of Windows based software.
- Ability to prioritize and make on-the-spot decisions regarding customer transactions, weighing customer satisfaction issues with Bank exposure to loss or fraud.
- Excellent mathematical skills required.
- Requires a high degree of accuracy and excellent organizational and communication skills (both verbal and written).
- Ability to work n a fast-paced environment and work well under pressure.
- Ability to cross sell.
- Credit and Criminal Background checks are run on all applicants considered for hire.
Job Duties Include, but are not limited to:
- Operates a Teller window to serve the Bank's customers
- May be responsible for Bank opening/closing
- Promotes the Bank's products and services; consistently cross-sells bank products at every opportunity.
- Makes concentrated effort to solve customer problems
- Promote and maintain positive relations with all contacts, customers and potential customers
- Complies with all Department and Company policies and procedures.
- Perform as a team member in allocating and coordinating the work flow.
- Includes other duties as assigned.
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Branch Operations Assistant
Full-Time, Hours Vary and Alternate Saturday Rotation, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Denton, TX
Experience is required.
Job Summary: The job incumbent processes basic branch service transactions to ensure customer satisfaction; responsible for handling all phases of customer service as well as opening new accounts, teller operations, customer service operations, checking orders, and handling customer complaints; responsible for banking center lobby operations coverage as needed at any of the Northstar Bank locations.
Job Requirements Include:
- Candidates with previous Bank Teller experience is required. This individual must have heavy cash handling experience.
- Requires a good work history with favorable work references, and excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to use a personal computer and knowledge of Windows based software.
- Ability to prioritize and make on-the-spot decisions regarding customer transactions, weighing customer satisfaction issues with Bank exposure to loss or fraud.
- Excellent mathematical skills required.
- Requires a high degree of accuracy and excellent organizational and communication skills (both verbal and written).
- Ability to work n a fast-paced environment and work well under pressure.
- Ability to cross sell.
- Credit and Criminal Background checks are run on all applicants considered for hire.
Job Duties Include, but are not limited to:
- Operates a Teller window to serve the Bank's customers
- Responsible for Bank opening/closing
- Promotes the Bank's products and services; consistently cross-sells bank products at every opportunity.
- Makes concentrated effort to solve customer problems
- Promote and maintain positive relations with all contacts, customers and potential customers
- Complies with all Department and Company policies and procedures.
- Perform as a team member in allocating and coordinating the work flow.
- Will be involved in ordering, receiving, verifying, and distributing cash.
- Responsible for recaps.
- Responsible for vault works.
- Responsible for ordering money.
- Responsible for Fed shipments and deliveries.
- Responsible for ordering supplies.
- Balances vault, coin machine, and/or ATM.
- May be responsible for scanning work.
- May be responsible for TT&L.
- Responsible for large change orders.
- Responsible for Teller audits.
- Attends meetings (including off-site meetings) involving the Teller functions.
- Responsible for over-rides.
- Includes other duties as assigned.
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Credit Analyst
Lewisville, TX
Education: Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, or Real Estate is preferred.
Experience is required.
Job Summary: The primary purpose of the credit analyst role is to support the lending staff with analyzing financial statements and preparing loan presentations. The incumbent is responsible for examining the financial history of an applicant in order to determine creditworthiness.
Job Requirements Include:
- Capacity to analyze and prioritize information and make appropriate recommendations to the lenders.
- Ability to communicate effectively to customers, superiors, and peers.
- Good problem solving skills.
- Remain objective when listening to conflicting perspectives.
- Can be trusted to keep sensitive information secure.
- Conscientiously and methodically approaches work and sees tasks through completion.
- Flexible schedule that will allow individual to stay late in order to complete task.
Job Duties Include, but are not limited to:
- Analyzes credit data and financial statements to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money.
- Interprets financial and specific industry trends and customer payment histories.
- Performs on-site collateral inspections and in-house appraisal reports.
- Prepares reports that include the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money.
- Evaluate customer records and recommend payment plans based on earnings, savings data, payment history, and purchase activity.
- Confers with credit association and other business representatives to exchange credit information.
- Completes loan applications, including credit analyses and summaries of loan requests, and submits to loan committees for approval.
- Generates financial ratios, using computer programs, to evaluate customers' financial status.
- Reviews individual or commercial customer files to identify and selects delinquent accounts for collection.
- Compares liquidity, profitability, and credit histories of establishments being evaluated with those of similar establishments in the same industries and geographic locations.
- Consults with customers to resolve complaints and verifies financial and credit transactions.
- Analyzes financial data such as income growth, quality of management, and market share to determine expected profitability of loans.
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Bank Teller ~ Full-Time and Part-Time
We are accepting applications for Full-Time and Part-Time Tellers
Experience is preferred.
Job Requirements Include:
- Candidates with previous Bank Teller experience are preferred. This individual must have heavy cash handling experience.
- Requires a good work history with favorable work references, and excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to use a personal computer and knowledge of Windows based software.
- Ability to prioritize and make on-the-spot decisions regarding customer transactions, weighing customer satisfaction issues with Bank exposure to loss or fraud.
- Excellent mathematical skills required.
- Requires a high degree of accuracy and excellent organizational and communication skills (both verbal and written).
- Ability to work n a fast-paced environment and work well under pressure.
- Ability to cross sell.
- Credit and Criminal Background checks are run on all applicants considered for hire.
Job Duties Include, but are not limited to:
- Operates a Teller window to serve the Bank's customers
- May be responsible for Bank opening/closing
- Promotes the Bank's products and services; consistently cross-sells bank products at every opportunity.
- Makes concentrated effort to solve customer problems
- Promote and maintain positive relations with all contacts, customers and potential customers
- Complies with all Department and Company policies and procedures.
- Perform as a team member in allocating and coordinating the work flow.
- Includes other duties as assigned.
Selection Process
A Human Resources representative will review your resume and application to ensure that your background and skills match the open job requirements. All applications are sent to the Human Resources Department located at the Denton Corporate Headquarters.
After your application and resume are received, Human Resources will contact the most qualified candidates to proceed to the interview process.
If you do not hear from us, applications will be kept on file for one year, so don't be discouraged. You may be more suited for a future job opening within NORTHSTAR BANK.
Continue to visit our website to see if there are other positions in which you have an interest. Thank you for considering employment with NORTHSTAR BANK OF TEXAS!
Employee Benefits
At NORTHSTAR BANK OF TEXAS our employees are our most valuable asset. Employees are provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every NORTHSTAR customer.
To insure we maintain the highest level of employees, we offer a very competitive benefits package for our full-time employees, and part-time employees who work over 30 hours/week, which includes the following:
- Medical Insurance Including Option for a High Deductible Health Plan / Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Life Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Plan with Company Match
- Sick Time Benefits
- Vacation Benefits
- Short-Term Disability Benefits
- Long-Term Disability Benefits
- The Option for Long-Term Care Benefits
- Bank-paid Emergency Services through CareFlight
- The Option for AFLAC Products
- Flexible Spending Reimbursement Plan
- Flexible Spending Child Care Reimbursement Plan
Corporate Culture
At NORTHSTAR our objective is to provide employees with the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every NORTHSTAR customer.
At NORTHSTAR BANK we have an on-going Corporate Culture Team with representatives from each banking location. The purpose of the team is to find ways to make work an enjoyable experience. Such projects coming from the Corporate Culture Team have been-Support the Troops, Halloween Costume Contests, Favorite Sports Fan Day, and even a Biggest Loser Contest to help everyone stay fit.
A company's culture lives in the hearts of its employees and at NORTHSTAR BANK OF TEXAS, that's a reality!
