HR & Finance Coordinator

Temple Emanuel is seeking an organized, collaborative, and detail-oriented HR & Finance Manager to join our Finance and Administration team. This full-time position combines responsibility for the synagogue’s human resources functions with a significant role in day-to-day financial operations.

The position is approximately evenly divided between Human Resources and Finance, with responsibilities varying throughout the year. We are looking for someone who enjoys both people-focused and detail-oriented work, takes ownership of recurring processes, and is interested in helping improve the systems behind them.

Temple Emanuel is seeking an organized, collaborative, and detail-oriented HR & Finance Manager to join our Finance and Administration team. This full-time position combines responsibility for the synagogue’s human resources functions with a significant role in day-to-day financial operations.

The position is approximately evenly divided between Human Resources and Finance, with responsibilities varying throughout the year. We are looking for someone who enjoys both people-focused and detail-oriented work, takes ownership of recurring processes, and is interested in helping improve the systems behind them.

The HR & Finance Manager will oversee the organization’s day-to-day HR functions, including:

• Manage biweekly payroll and related employee changes.
• Administer employee benefits, including health and dental insurance, retirement plans, and other benefit programs.
• Coordinate annual open enrollment and proactively research benefit options and opportunities to improve the organization’s benefit offerings.
• Manage employee onboarding and offboarding and maintain accurate and confidential personnel records.
• Support recruitment and hiring, including job postings, interview coordination, candidate communication, and hiring documentation.
• Serve as a resource to employees and supervisors on payroll, benefits, policies, and routine HR matters.
• Maintain and improve HR procedures, documentation, and recurring processes.
• Coordinate with payroll, benefits, insurance, and other outside vendors and advisors.

As an integral member of the Finance team, the HR & Finance Manager will own a portfolio of recurring financial processes, including:

• Prepare, code, and record deposits from checks, Pay Pal, and other payment sources.
• Review and reconcile accounts receivable activity and investigate discrepancies.
• Maintain recurring financial schedules, reconciliations, and tracking tools in Excel.
• Manage financial activity for auxiliary and affiliated accounts, including deposits, reconciliations, schedules, and communication with appropriate staff and volunteers.
• Assist with credit-card and expense-management administration and coding follow-up.
• Assist with routine reconciliation of information between financial and administrative systems.
• Maintain supporting documentation and assist with monthly and year-end close and the annual audit.
• Help identify discrepancies, incomplete information, and process issues and work with Finance staff and other departments to resolve them.
• Take on additional recurring financial processes as appropriate based on organizational needs and experience.

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Several years of relevant experience in human resources, payroll, benefits administration, finance operations, nonprofit administration, or a related field.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to independently manage recurring processes and deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Comfort working with numbers, spreadsheets, and detailed records.
• Proficiency with Excel and the ability to learn new software and…