Chief Information Officer

LONE STAR NATIONAL BANK•McAllen, TX

47d•Onsite

About The Position

Among other duties, the Chief Information Officer provides vision and direction enabling Lone Star National Bank to achieve strategic technology and business objectives. The duties listed below may not include all responsibilities that the person in this role may be asked to perform. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties, as assigned, including cross training across other departments, as necessary.

Requirements

A self-starting team player who possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems or similar Business/IT related field and at least ten years of prior IT/IS management related experience
Banking experience required
Demonstrated expertise leading IT project management for software and application development, enterprise platform implementations and core processor conversions, operations, support services, business solutions, systems security and risk compliance, large-scale systems migrations, client-server architectures, and technology-driven business process improvement
Flexibility, professionalism, ability to work in a highly stressful environment, meet deadlines and perform a variety of tasks with numerous interruptions
Good organizational, interpersonal and communications skills required
Availability to travel occasionally

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in English and Spanish is desired

Responsibilities

Provides vision and direction enabling Lone Star National Bank to achieve strategic technology and business objectives
Acts as a liaison to the external IS vendors on behalf of the bank’s business units
Develops enterprise strategy for technology and information management and works closely with Business Unit Managers, customers and stakeholders to identify and maximize opportunities to use knowledge and systems technology to improve business processes and enable the company workforce to maximize use of Information Technology
Provides technical advice to senior executives and staff as well as develop and offer solutions to IT problems
Ensures all IT projects meet strategic business objectives and that software package and licensing are current
Works with Risk Management department to update and improve enterprise wide disaster recovery plan to ensure timely and effective restoration of IT services in the event of disaster
Monitors information technology industry trends and suggests enhancements
Manages the hiring, daily activities, coaching, evaluating and counseling of reporting staff
Participates in job specific training and other various Bank training programs, as necessary
Maintains current knowledge of internal risk controls and loss prevention, including reporting of suspicious or unusual customer activity per Bank policy, and ensures adherence by the respective department personnel
Maintains current knowledge and complies with all federal and state laws and regulations and all established Bank policies and procedures, including internal audit controls related to department operations, and ensures adherence by the respective department personnel
Maintains current knowledge of all rules, regulations, and laws as they apply to BSA/OFAC/USA Patriot Act/CIP/AML, and ensures adherence by the respective department personnel