Manager, Corporate Governance

Reporting to the Vice President, Corporate Governance, the Manager, Corporate Governance & Executive Support plays a pivotal role in ensuring effective governance, executive support and corporate administration practices across ACU and its subsidiaries, supporting compliance with relevant regulations, bylaws, and policies.

This position manages the Corporate Governance & Executive Support team to deliver high quality support and administrative assistance to the Executive Leadership Team, Board of Directors, and Corporate Secretary. This role supports Assiniboine Credit Union/Caisse Assiniboine (ACU)’s commitment to rural and agricultural communities, francophone services, values-based banking and ACU’s triple bottom line accountability to people, planet, and prosperity.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**

**Leadership**
- Develop a high performing team through meaningful coaching sessions, clear communication and employee-centric thinking.
- Lead by example and promote a culture of service excellence, continuous improvement and challenging the status quo to improve processes, procedures and frameworks within Corporate Governance and Executive Support.
- Responsible for ensuring training and development and performance management activities meet the needs of team members and support quality standards, policy and procedural knowledge and promote employee development.
- Delegate responsibilities and create an environment where employees are motivated to achieve results, resolve issues and question independently with the resources provided (i.e. company intranet, policies, procedures, etc.).
- Responsible for collaborating with Vice President, Corporate Governance, providing input to the creation of annual goals and initiatives, connecting goals to broader departmental and organizational priorities and working with members of the team to realize goals.
- Responsible for the recruitment, selection, and onboarding of new team members.
- Develop valuable and effective working relationships with the Executive Leadership Team, Board of Directors, internal colleagues, and key external contacts in order to provide high-quality, efficient service.
- Act as an ambassador of ACU by looking for opportunities to promote products and services and seeking referrals from members and non-members and by being visible in the organization and the community in support of corporate and community initiatives.
- Champion ACU’s commitment to rural and agricultural communities, francophone services, values-based banking and ACU’s triple bottom line accountability to people, planet, and prosperity.

**Governance**
- Support the Corporate Secretary in the delivery of comprehensive corporate secretarial services for the Board of Directors, maintaining high quality of service standards and ensuring compliance with governing policies, protocols, and processes.
- Support the planning and execution of assigned governance projects, processes, and initiatives, including but not limited to the Call for Nominations and Member Resolutions, Director Elections, Member Meetings, and other activities.
- Conduct research regarding governance processes or policies as directed, reporting on findings, drafting briefing notes to the Board of Directors or its Committees, and contributing to the development of policy and/or process updates.
- Oversee the execution of logistics for Board and Board Committee meetings, Strategic Planning Sessions, and other Board events and activities.
- Ensure the governance section of the ACU website remains accurate and up to date.
- Respond to information requests from members and other stakeholders on behalf of Board of Directors promptly, accurately and in line with established protocol and timelines.

**Executive Support and Corporate Administration**
- Oversee the organization and maintenance of corporate records, including contract management.
- Oversee the submission of assigned regulatory filings for ACU and its subsidiaries.
- Organize, schedule and monitor executive support and corporate administration activities to ensure high-quality of support and compliance with requirements.

**Other**
- Work collaboratively with team members to support the achievement of departmental and organizational objectives and commitments.
- Maintain current and relevant knowledge of governance and industry-specific trends, legislation, and the regulatory environment as it pertains to corporate governance.
- Keep informed of, understand and act in accordance with all ACU governing and management policies and operating procedures.

**Qualifications**

**Education and experience**

The competencies for the position would typically be acquired through the achievement of a post secondary diploma or degree in business administration or a related discipline plus a minimum of 5 years of job-related experience in roles focused on governance and corporate administration including two years of experiencing managing a team.

An equivalent combination of