Position Title: Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Reports to: Director of Business
Status: Part Time, Support Staff (20 hours/week)
Schedule: Flexible

Send us the following required items to be considered for this position
• Your resume
• Your cover letter
• Links to your social media

Job Purpose and Goals:
The position of Payroll and Benefits Specialist exists for the two-fold purpose of owning payroll and benefits as well as providing administrative support for the daily operations of the Business Office of Lincoln Berean Church. This role requires superb customer service, detail orientation, flexibility and collaboration.

The Key Roles for this ‘seat’ are:

• Payroll
• Benefits Administration
• Business Administration
• HR Operations

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Payroll
• Process Semi-monthly payroll
• Upload retirement contributions 
• Reconcile benefit invoices against payroll
• Update compensation spreadsheet
• Create annual compensation letters

Benefits Administration
• Manage annual Benefits Open Enrollment Process for dental, vision, health, FSA
• Reconcile invoices against payroll
• Ensure insurance invoices are paid
• Make benefit changes for employees
• Manage HRA reimbursements
• Respond to employee questions regarding benefits

Business Administration
• Input journal entries
• Create Purchase Orders and Check Requests
• Assist with year-end tax filing
• Weekly attendance report
• Update weekly / monthly / annual data reporting

HR Operations
• Assist with the interview process, including phone screens, creating interview packets, scheduling, reference checks, etc.
• Create the onboarding schedule for new employees with direction from the Director of HR and Director of Business 

Education, Skills and Background

Necessary: 
• Has a growing relationship with Jesus Christ
• 2 years of experience in Payroll and Benefits Administration
• Proven experience with Microsoft Suite, and Teams
• Highly Organized 
• Detail Oriented and an exceptional degree of accuracy
• Self-Starter – demonstrated capacity to anticipate needs before they arise; demonstrated capability in forming systems of administration
• Flexible – Able to easily switch between routine, weekly tasks and random ones

Abilities and Commitments:
• Christ Centered: you build your life and ministry around Jesus, with an open heart allowing the Holy Spirit to lead and inspire. 
• Team Oriented: you love building a team, being able to work across teams and to partner with other ministries, using the skills and gifts of others to create a better final product.
• People Savvy: you relate well to all kinds of people and cultures – inside and outside the church as well as cross culturally; can build rapport, constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact.
• Self-Awareness: you know your personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and limits; seeks feedback; gains insights from mistakes; is open to criticism; is not defensive.
• Trustworthy: honest and considers confidentiality a priority.

Must make Lincoln Berean Church their home church and participate in the life of the community (Life Group).

At Lincoln Berean Church, we fully expect each staff member to be actively engaged in following Jesus and believe that if this commitment to Jesus is present, it will be evident in a staff member’s personal life, family relationships, and ministry. In working at Lincoln Berean Church, every staff member must be aware of and embrace the responsibility to represent the:
          o Church’s Mission: To glorify God by seeking to present every person complete in Christ.
          o Doctrine: What We Believe at Lincoln Berean Church - Committed to truth
          o Staff Core Values: Healthy Drive, Teachable, People Savvy, Radical Candor and Hopeful
          o Life Groups: The Christian life is not meant to be lived alone – we are better together!

 Measured by:
• A 30-60-90 day review by your manager
• Annual review by your manager