Bank on a Brighter Future
STAR Bank offers a community-driven work environment with a strong emphasis on career growth, innovation, and integrity. Employees benefit from competitive health and wellness programs, flexible work arrangements, and a culture that prioritizes inclusivity and career development. STAR values personalized service, technology-driven solutions, and community leadership.
Why Work at STAR?
STAR Bank, rooted in Indiana since 1943, blends a strong community legacy with modern innovation, managing over $3 billion in assets across 37 branches. With a mission centered on empowering local businesses and individuals, STAR values its employees as key drivers of growth and actively supports the communities it serves. It’s a place where tradition meets forward-thinking, and where your work can truly make a difference.
Our People are Amazing
Working at STAR Bank means being part of a team that feels like family—where people genuinely care about one another and your contributions are valued. With a shared mission to empower local communities and support personal growth, STAR offers a supportive environment that blends meaningful work with a strong sense of belonging. It's a place where you're not just building a career—you're joining a community that celebrates your success as their own.
Find Your Career Path
STAR Bank offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that stands out among many Indiana employers. Employees enjoy comprehensive health coverage, generous paid time off, retirement plans with company matching, and performance-based incentives—all designed to reward hard work and foster long-term career growth. STAR also invests in professional development and well-being, showing its commitment to both the personal and financial success of its team. It’s not just about a paycheck—it’s about being truly supported in your career and your life.
Life Isn't Just Work
At STAR Bank, work-life balance is built on a foundation of integrity, respect, and shared accountability. Employees thrive in a culture that encourages ethical decision-making, values every voice, and celebrates both personal and team successes. By staying progressive and community-focused while remaining proudly independent, STAR fosters an environment where professional growth and personal well-being go hand in hand. It’s a place where doing what's right isn't just a principle—it's part of everyday life.
A Family Business
As a family-owned, Indiana-based community bank, we pride ourselves on delivering quality service, personalized banking solutions, and innovative technology. We see our customers as part of our family and deeply care about the community and the relationships we build together. Visit our Corporate Profile for more information.
Professional Development
STAR encourages team members to grow and develop both personally and professionally. Our commitment to your growth is seen in a variety of opportunities that we offer to employees.
Tuition Reimbursement
Participants in this generous program are pursuing Associate, Bachelor's, or Master’s degrees in job-related disciplines. Included are traditional, LEAP, and online programs of study.
Participants in this generous program are pursuing Associate, Bachelor's, or Master’s degrees in job-related disciplines. Included are traditional, LEAP, and online programs of study.
Learning Days
Twice each year every team member participates in planned Learning Days that address company knowledge, job skills, and techniques that make individuals more effective employees and the business a more effective provider of financial services.
Twice each year every team member participates in planned Learning Days that address company knowledge, job skills, and techniques that make individuals more effective employees and the business a more effective provider of financial services.
Compliance Education
All team members participate in industry-sponsored education programs each year that provide insight into topics such as fraud prevention, privacy issues, security, prevention of sexual harassment, and many others.
All team members participate in industry-sponsored education programs each year that provide insight into topics such as fraud prevention, privacy issues, security, prevention of sexual harassment, and many others.
Continuing Education
Continuing Education opportunities are available through STAR Academy as well as outside professional organizations. Team members, with management approval, participate to increase professional skills and obtain or continue certifications and professional designations.
Employee Wellness
Being a part of the STAR family means being surrounded by people who care about your health and well-being.
STAR helps employees manage the challenges that come with achieving work/life balance by investing in the following wellness initiatives each year.
Employee Assistance Program
Provides free guidance and support for issues so you can be more productive, both at work and at home.
Health Management Contribution
Paid to the employee upon the purchase of a healthy program or service.
Health Screenings
Offered each year to manage your health from the inside out.
Offered each year to manage your health from the inside out.
Flu Shots
Available to help protect you, and to prevent the spread to others.
Wellness Challenges
Keep employees moving, often rewarding successful completion.
Education and Resources
Combine webinars, use of the STAR Library, and weekly blogs to keep wellness at top-of-mind for employees.
Annual Surveys
Measure the success of the program and gather suggestions for other programs that are of interest to employees.
Health Plan
Our people are the heart of what keeps us moving forward, so it’s important to us that they are healthy and happy.
STAR offers a High Deductible Health Plan with a Health Savings Account option to all full-time employees* working 30+ hours. Vision and dental coverage are also available.
STAR proudly offers a contribution and match to the health savings accounts of our employees in order to make their healthcare more affordable. In addition, STAR’s health plan covers a variety of preventive (wellness) services at no cost to the employee!
We partner with a variety of PPO networks which are determined by the county in which an employee resides.
*Spouses of employees who have coverage available through their own employer do not qualify for coverage on the STAR health plan.
Additional Benefits
Our employees are why STAR continues to grow, year after year. Therefore, we recognize the importance of making our employees feel valued with our comprehensive benefits package.
In addition to professional development, health plan benefits, employee wellness, and retirement planning, STAR offers far more benefits to employees. We hope you agree there are many benefits to joining the STAR family.
- Managed Time Off
- Paid holidays
- Accrued Short Term Disability Hours
- Basic Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Optional Life Coverage
- Spouse Life Coverage
- Child Life Coverage
- Critical Illness Coverage
- Accident Insurance
- Individual Short Term Disability
- Whole Life Insurance
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) & 401(k)
- Discounts with Area Partners
- STAR Library
- Annual Employee Events