Director, Computer Systems & Operations at Sammons Financial Group

Overview:Supervise, control, and direct all aspects of mainframe infrastructure including hardware, operating systems, printing, and disaster recovery procedures. Supervise, control, and direct daily production and test operations for both mainframe and open systems for all Sammons Financial Group (SFG) member company locations. Day to day management of the Operations Support, Computer Operations, and Technical Support groups.Responsibilities:• Ensure SFG’s business requirements for batch and on-line processing are met.
• Drive the development of standards and procedures for all SFG computer operations for all locations. Review and enforce adherence to these standards.
• Plan, coordinate and direct system programming projects to support for SFG’s mainframe environment while containing costs.
• Monitor mainframe system utilization, and participate in the planning, budgeting, and acquisition of new mainframe systems and equipment.
• Review and approve hardware and software invoices to ensure accuracy. Monitor vendor adherence to SLAs.
• Develop and maintain Model Audit Rule compliant procedures for all departmental processing.
• Establish, maintain, and ensure departmental compliance with Record Information Management (RIM) requirements.
• Work within the Performance Management system to provide feedback, guidance and reviews to team members.
• Responsible for training and developing individuals in the Team Leader role (if applicable) on employee development and handling of Corrective Action situations; responsible for employee development and handling of Corrective Action situations if no Team Leader on staff.
• Responsible for training and developing individuals in the Team Leader role (if applicable) on conducting appropriate and quality performance evaluations; responsible for training Team Leader on the Performance Management system; responsible conducting appropriate and quality performance evaluations if no Team Leader on staff.
• Assist staff to develop their technical and decision making skills, while ensuring adherence to our core values.
• Work with developers and testers as required to develop efficient and cost-effective testing strategies.
• Work with Business Units and developers to schedule processing to meet business needs.
• Ensure quality control in implementing programs, JCL and other components to production environments.
• Create and maintain a work environment, which embraces the corporate shared values and emphasizes our employee-owner culture.
• Willingness to travel several times per year to effectively manage staff at remote locations.
• Commitment to embrace Sammons Financial Group Companies shared values (Accountability, Connection, Openness, Respect and Integrity).
• As stated within the Company Attendance and Punctuality policy, regular attendance is required and expected in order to meet the business service levels and workflow demands.
• Participate in other initiatives and/or projects as necessary.Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree Required Or
• Associate's Degree technical degree with supplementary work experience Required
• Minimum 5 years' experience in computer operations environment with increasing responsibilities Required
• Effective leadership, management, decision-making and motivational skills
• Ability to manage geographically dispersed staff
• Proficiency in IBM mainframe production batch and online environment
• Demonstrated proficiency with open-system and mainframe job scheduling software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated corporate accountability, openness, integrity and respect when dealing with internal and external customers
• Ability to respond to emergencies outside of regularly scheduled work hours

Suitability Requirements:• Criminal background check required.
• Due to the financial nature and level of accountability of this position, a credit and criminal background check is required - The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires Sammons Financial Group Companies to notify you that, as a routine part of processing this application for employment, Sammons Financial Group may request a consumer report on you to verify all information contained in this application. Such report may include information about work-related behaviors, performance, character, general reputation, and personal characteristics, in addition to information about your previous employment, education, credit history and criminal records
Company Information:•Sammons Financial Group offers a competitive benefit package that includes: Health, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Retirement, PTO and Holiday Pay.
•Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a 100% company-funded retirement plan, so you can save for retirement without contributing a penny of your own paycheck.
•Healthy balance between work and personal lives. Friday afternoons off all year long, competitive PTO, and generous number of paid holidays.
•Our incentive program for defined goals subject to eligibility and performance. Monetary rewards are based on individual and/or overall company performance.
•Colleagues who support one another, model our core values, and drive our healthy, high-performing culture.Pay Range:USD $112,713.00 - USD $234,819.00 /Yr.Pay Transparency Verbiage:Range includes data points from multiple labor markets. Specific range is dependent on the labor market where the incumbent will be hired to perform the position. Starting salary is dependent on candidate qualifications and experience. For a narrower salary range specific to your labor market, please inquire.Work Authorization/Sponsorship:At this time, we’re not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.) Apply Now