Benefits & Payroll Specialist

**Organizational Profile** At **The Global Orphan Project**, our mission is to break the orphan cycle by addressing its root causes—relational and economic—strengthening families before they break. We believe the family is the essential cell of civilization. When families fracture, children pay the highest price, often entering destructive downstream systems such as street life, prison, and human trafficking. When our ministry began, we sought to respond to this crisis by building physical orphanages around the world. But along the way, we discovered something that changed our trajectory: up to 90% of children living in orphanages globally have at least one living parent who could care for them if they had the means. Many were placed in orphanages not because of abuse or abandonment, but because their parents—often single mothers—felt unable to provide for them. We soon recognized the same reality in our own nation. In the richest country the world has ever known, the leading reason children enter foster care is not abuse its neglect, most often tied to poverty. This conviction drives us today: to come alongside families, churches, and communities, offering hope and tangible solutions so that children can grow up where they belong—within the love and stability of a family. **Position Summary** **Benefits & Payroll Specialist** The Benefits & Payroll Specialist is responsible for administering employee benefits and payroll programs while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. This role encompasses strategy as well as execution of both the benefits and payroll disciplines. **Location:** Kansas City Office **Reports To:** HR Director of People Operations **Your Responsibilities Include** **Benefits** - Serve as the main point of contact for employee benefits questions, claims, and coverage updates. - Manage day-to-day enrollment, changes, and terminations across health, dental, vision, life, and 401(k) plans. - Direct, along with the Director of People Operations, the annual Open Enrollment process, including vendor setup, material distribution, and employee meetings. - Reconcile monthly insurance billing statements against payroll deductions to ensure precise data matching. - Process leaves of absence, FMLA requests, short/long-term disability, and Workers' Compensation claims. - Serve as contact for benefits reporting and audits. - Comply with all benefits laws and regulations including ACA. - Work directly with benefits vendors to solve issues. - Provide excellent customer service to employee base on all benefits inquiries. **Payroll** - Serve as a primary administrator for multi-state, bi-weekly payroll processing, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour laws. - Review payroll registers, resolve discrepancies, and ensure proper approvals prior to payroll submission. - Coordinate with the Finance team to reconcile payroll, tax, and benefit expenses to the general ledger and answer questions as needed. - Proactively monitor for compliance with state, federal and local payroll laws. - Serve as contact for all payroll reporting and audits. - Provide excellent customer service to employee base on all payroll inquiries. **Other Duties** - Protect employee data and maintain confidentiality of employee information. - Help address employee concerns and foster a positive and inclusive workplace culture. - Attend team and office meetings as requested. - Other duties as assigned. **Knowledge and Skills, You Bring to the Organization** - BS/BA in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting, or related field, professional certification is a plus. - 4+ years of related human resources and/or payroll experience. - Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral mediums with associates at all levels of an organization. - Experience with an integrated payroll software system. (Paycom experience preferred) - Understanding of multi-state payroll and taxe…