I have long said that banking is a noble profession. While one might think I’m biased, as a banker and the past chair of the Nevada Bankers Association, I truly believe in the value and mission of banks. As bankers here in Nevada, we are quite simply in the business of improving people’s lives.
We help people save, borrow, invest, and manage their money. We help bring the unbanked and underbanked into the financial mainstream. We help them buy their first car, purchase their home, save for retirement, send their children to college, and start their own business -- to name just a few of the things bankers do.
Nevada State Bank (NSB) is very focused on career growth, development, and mentorship. No matter what your role, as an employee, you have a development plan and a pathway for growth at NSB. As the Director of Retail Banking, I oversee our 43 branch locations spread across the state. Our branch network is often the funnel through which employees join NSB. Branch roles include Customer Service Associates (CSAs), relationship bankers, operations officers, and branch managers. But that can be just the beginning of a long and varied career.
While the starting wage is $15 per hour, there is a clear pathway to increase wages within a relatively short period of time through training and reaching certain competency levels. There are opportunities throughout the state, though most are concentrated in Southern Nevada.
One can go many directions from the branch network, including marketing, HR,
operations, business banking, and treasury management, to name just a few.
Our Explorer Program allows newer bankers to spend time in different departments within the bank, letting them see how these internal departments operate. It lets them make new contacts and see what possibilities exist for growth within the company.
Nevada State Bank also believes in equipping our employees with significant tools and capabilities. An example is our credit training for branch managers and business bankers. Most of them have credit authority today, with the ability to approve or override a credit decision within their credit authority levels, which are based on the level of training they’ve completed. Most branch managers at other financial institutions in the market DO NOT have this capability; this is just one of the differentiators for NSB.
NSB is also very committed and focused on community involvement, whether it’s teaching several hundred hours of Junior Achievement classes in schools throughout the state, or collecting supplies and volunteering at the Las Vegas Rescue Mission. Community is one of NSB’s eight core values and we encourage all our employees to spend time making a difference by volunteering.
Working in banking can be a great career decision, and I think working for NSB would be an even better decision for the following reasons:
- Our commitment to career planning and training support
- Our focus on credit training to build lasting and transferable skills Mentorship programs
- Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, with diversity business resource groups celebrating our differences
- Rewards and recognition programs
- Flexible schedules and some work-from-home opportunities
- Focus on volunteerism
- A long history in Southern Nevada; we’ve been part of the community for more than 60 years
- Financial stability; NSB is part of Zions
Bancorporation, with $90 billion in assets
Our HR website shows current positions in and outside of retail banking.
I’d like to personally invite you to check out all the opportunities within banking, where you can build a worthwhile career in a noble profession.