Amegy Bank

Customer service is more than a catch phrase at Amegy. It’s ingrained in every decision we make. Regardless of title or location, we strive to do the very best for our communities, customers, and each other – every day.

Having grown from 20 employees to more than 1,200 in the past 30 years, Amegy Bank has continued to maintain our “Everyone Counts” culture. Ideas are always welcome and opportunity is never far away. Explore our careers site to learn more about a future with Amegy.

It is a familiar concept around the bank – reaching Amegy’s goal of becoming the leading bank in Texas requires our team to run a marathon, not a sprint. For more than 20 years, Amegy has been dedicated to this concept – growing customer and employee relationships one by one. We realize that in order to be a great bank for Texas, we also need to develop meaningful and successful careers for our employees.

At Amegy, we work hard to create an environment where all employees have the opportunity to grow their career while contributing to the success of the company. Amegy offers resources for career development, including training and mentorship programs, is committed to recognizing the successes of its employees through a number of recognition tools, and supports employees’ involvement in their communities through its bankwide volunteerism policy.

Still, what employees seem to appreciate most about Amegy is a simple idea that began the day the bank was founded: Everyone Counts at Amegy. This “open-door” culture encourages employees to speak up when an issue needs to be addressed, to seek learning and growth opportunities, and to ultimately help develop an environment in which they can personally thrive.

“Everyone Counts” is one of Amegy’s five core values and a reason the bank has been able to recruit and retain so many of its talented team members. From the bank’s executive management team to our employees on the frontlines, we are certain that this culture will continue to sustain Amegy for years to come. And, we hope you will consider being a part of it

The goal of Amegy Bank of Texas is to contribute to the communities we serve by targeting our charitable giving and volunteerism toward nonprofit groups that produce positive results locally. We make a commitment to the people of Texas to be the leader in Texas banking, and we believe this also means committing to be a leading corporate citizen.

Our Benefits
At Zions Bank, we strive to create value for our customers, communities, employees and shareholders. As a member of our team, we recognize the essential role you play in our success. The employee benefit plans are designed to help protect the health and well-being of you and your family, while helping you grow in your career.

Health and Wellness Benefits

Our healthcare strategy is to create a culture focused on total well-being with plans that balance the rising cost of health care with financial sustainability. We’re proud to offer benefits to all employees who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Coverage for dependents including legal spouse, domestic partner (opposite and same-sex) and other legal dependents
• Eligibility beginning the first day of the month following a full calendar month of employment
• Health savings (HSA) and flexible spending (FSA) and dependent care accounts
• Employer-paid basic life insurance
• Employee and dependent supplemental life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Employer-paid basic long-term disability (LTD) insurance
• Employer-paid short-term disability (STD) insurance
• Good Health Wellness Program
• LiveWell Rewards - $50/$100 employer-paid contribution to employees’ HSAs per year for completion of wellness program activities

Employee Perks and Discounts

• Competitive 401(k) with company match
• Profit sharing program
• 10 paid federal holidays, paid vacation, and paid sick time
• Paid parental program
• Employee Assistance Program to help employees with everyday challenges
• Adoption assistance program
• Tuition reimbursement program
• PerkSpot Employee Discount Program as well as local discount opportunities
• Employee Ambassador preferred banking products
• Volunteer opportunities
• Employee recognition programs

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Amegy, we strive to create a great place to work that reflects the communities we serve, where everyone counts, differences are valued and respected, and all employees are encouraged to contribute to business objectives.

Our Commitment to DEI

We are pleased to share with the communities we serve a summary of our organizational reflection toward the many events over the past 12 months that have challenged our reality of inclusion and equality. The result is a deeper commitment to live our core values, and to report actions that contribute positively each step of the way on this continual journey where everyone can strive and achieve a better life.

Amegy Bank’s mission is to create a culture of caring bankers who support the growth of businesses, families and the communities we serve. We have a strong, ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion and have always welcomed different voices, backgrounds and perspectives into our organizational culture. However, we know there is much work to be done to build a more equitable, just and united society, and we are committed to being a part of the solution.

Equally important to our mission of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are the actions we engage in over time. Highlighted below are some key activities we are executing as part of an ongoing and dynamic commitment to DEI.

Making credit and financing more available to minority-owned businesses.
We will review our lending policies and practices and look for ways to make lending programs more accessible to minority consumers and businesses who may have an interest in them but are not qualified based on certain metrics (history with the bank, for example). By providing access to financial services, we empower small businesses to start, operate and grow.

We are currently a participant in Project REACh (Roundtable for Economic Access and Change), which helps solve inherent policy problems so underserved populations may have the same opportunities to succeed and benefit from the nation’s financial system as others. We will prioritize this work with Project REACh to focus on reducing barriers at the national or local levels, in order to expand access to capital, homeownership and financial education for all.

Making homeownership more accessible.
As part of our dedication to help support communities where our customers live, we have developed an Affordable Home Mortgage Loan. This product features a variety of options for qualified borrowers who meet specific income criteria, or properties that meet geographic location eligibility criteria.

We will help homebuyers navigate down payment assistance programs and obtain loan financing when down payment options and/or closing costs are a concern. We will collaborate with third-party programs (e.g., the Federal Home Loan Bank-Dallas, City of Houston Housing Assistance Program and Fort Bend County Housing Finance), where possible, in order to maximize impact. We will also continue to offer free homebuyer education courses and participate in homeownership forums in the communities we serve.

Driving a diverse and inclusive culture for our employees.
We will be more intentional about hiring and promoting minority employees and providing opportunities for them to learn about all areas of the bank in order to build a strong and diverse network. We will also implement structured interview guidelines to reduce bias in hiring.

We currently provide diversity training for all employees, and support career mobility based on transferable skills. We are committed to moving more minority employees into positions of leadership and will be actively monitoring our success.

Our leadership team hosts listening sessions with our employees, to gather information on what we are doing well and where there may still be gaps. We’re listening, we’re learning, and we’re adjusting.

Investing in underserved communities.
Currently, 42% of our branch network resides in communities with minority populations making up the majority of the population. We will continue to explore ways to effectively deliver banking services to minority communities through a variety of resources, collaborations and community support.

We expanded on our longstanding relationship with Unity National Bank (UNB), the only African American-owned banking institution in Texas, through a $1 million purchase of preferred stock in 2020. We will strengthen this investment by providing resources to assist Unity with risk management and technology.

Diversity in Business Award, Houston Business Journal, 2021