Business View Magazine Apr-2023

97 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 4 Its purpose is to build financial well-being together with its members. That includes an inherent drive to make communities better. After all, there’s more to being a financial services provider than earning profits. Many of YNCU’s profits are returned to the community through an array of activities, fundraisers, and causes. Best of all, since members and employees have a major stake in YNCU’s strategy, many of the ideas for how to best invest in local communities come from them. That focus on financial health and community may be why YNCU celebrated its 75th year in business in 2022. “We’re all about volunteerism and community engagement while working with every member to support their financial needs,” says Chief Community Officer Archie Bonifacio. Community and volunteerism are part of the YNCU culture for employees as well. The credit union offers a Good Neighbors program for team members that includes paid off time to YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CREDI T UNION ( YNCU) volunteer at the charity of their choice, along with a $150 donation. YNCU professionals also partner with charitable organizations to help make strategic decisions and improve engagement to support their individual causes. According to YNCU Chief Human Resources and Support Services Officer Hilary Anderson, employees are encouraged to volunteer and speak up about worthy causes from the first day they start a new job with the credit union. “We want to encourage staff any way we can and are very flexible with what we offer.” That flexibility extends to the creation of a flexible or hybrid model for most non-retail- facing team members which allows them to work remotely for part of the week. Within this program is a level of flexibility that allows broad accommodations for time-off requests, childcare challenges, and more. It also includes a flexible hourly model where some employees can work off-hours as part of their weekly schedule.