Corporate Governance Specialist

Job Summary

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

We are seeking a Corporate Governance Specialist who will work with the Corporate Governance leader to develop, recommend and implement the corporate governance processes, practices and framework for three separate and independent Farm Credit Associations (AgCountry Farm Credit Services, Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit). 

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 
• Maintain the master governance calendar and annual team workplans, including recurring activities, milestones, deadlines and assigned responsibilities. 
• Administer governance templates and standard operating procedures, including drafting, documenting and maintaining clear, repeatable processes that support consistent execution and team coverage. 
• Maintain SharePoint organization and document libraries, including version-control practices, retention and authorized purging in accordance with applicable records retention requirements. 
• Coordinate dependencies across disciplines and business partners, including Public Relations and Marketing and Accounts Payable; monitor milestones and deadlines, resolve coordination gaps and escalate risks to timely completion. 
• Design, maintain and serve as the business-process owner for the team’s workflow solutions and related application tools, organizing projects, tasks, responsibilities and deadlines; establishing workflow standards, action tracking and portfolio reporting; and coordinating with designated team members and business and technology partners. 
• Coordinate Annual Meeting production and manage the integrated Annual Meeting Information Statement (AMIS) project plan, including presentations, speakers, materials, logistics, content dependencies, assembly, production and release readiness. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Cont.

• 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. 
• Collaborate with the Corporate Governance Team to provide governance guidance, advice and resources to the Nominating Committees, Boards of Directors and joint Executive Leadership Team, supporting each Board in fulfilling its fiduciary duties to its respective Association. 
• Coordinating with third parties, including the Farm Credit Administration, on governance and compliance matters across all three Associations; managing Stockholder Relations mailbox intake, triage, assignment, follow-up and closure tracking. 
• Executing special projects while proactively addressing team needs during periods of increased workload. 

Travel Time

• Travel required during the day and overnight - 10%

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Legal, Paralegal, Corporate Governance or related area preferred. 

Years of Experience

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