Corporate Governance Specialist

Job Summary

Hybrid-Incumbent must work a percentage of time each week from the Omaha, NE office.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure the corporate governance processes, practices and framework are properly designed, implemented, and maintained for each of the three Associations.
• Board and Board Committee structure, process, composition, and alignment
• Nominating Committee structure, process and composition
• Elections for Directors and Nominating Committee members
• Director Appointments
• Career Development and Onboarding
• Coordinate processes and procedures related to maintenance of key corporate documents and agreements for each of the three Associations.
• Articles and Charters
• Bylaws
• Governance Guidelines
• Board Committee Charters
• Board Policies
• Minutes and Resolutions
• Stockholder Lists
• Corporate Registrations and Licensing
• Coordinate preparation of meeting agendas, minutes and resolutions, including required stockholder disclosures concerning the following for each of the three Associations.
• Annual or Special Stockholder meetings
• Nominating Committee meetings
• Board meetings
• Board Committee meetings
• Ensure that the Boards of Directors of all three Associations have the guidance, advice, and resources needed to fulfill the fiduciary duties to their respective Associations.
• Serve as a key consultant to the Nominating Committees and Boards of Directors of each Association as well as the joint Executive Leadership Team.
• Serve as a primary liaison with third parties, including the Farm Credit Administration with respect to corporate governance matters and compliance at each of the three Associations.
• Coordinate with the Human Capital and Organizational Enablement Teams to provide oversight for the annual Board Assessments, and Director onboarding and development for each Association.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Preferred in Business Administration, Legal, Paralegal, Corporate Governance.

Years of Experience

• 2+ years of experience in Legal, Corporate Governance or Stockholder Relations.

Why Us:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Retail Plans: 401(k)
• Paid Time Off: Vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and parental leave
• Additional Benefits: Life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), wellness programs, tuition assistance, and short-term incentive pay

About Us:

• AgCountry has 43 offices, is based in Fargo, North Dakota and serves portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
• FCSAmerica is based in Omaha, NE and has 42 local offices serving rural communities and agriculture in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
• Frontier Farm Credit has six offices serving eastern Kansas. Together, we support nearly 82,000 producers and agribusinesses, meeting the needs of today’s agricultural industry with our combined 2600+ employees providing lending, risk management, technology, commodity marketing, and customer and employee education.

AgCountry Farm Credit Services, ACA, Farm Credit Services of America, ACA, and Frontier Farm Credit, ACA are Equal Employment Opportunity employers, and they comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.