Mark A. Griffin – Mark is a MBA Alumni of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He is the Founder and Chief Consultant of In HIS Name HR LLC, a human resources outsourcing and career-coaching firm. Mark leverages his more than two decades of Human Resources expertise to help companies pilot the complex issues of managing HR.
In HIS Name HR LLC has a built a strong web presence with over 2500 Facebook followers, 25,000 Twitter followers and 2600 plus connections on LinkedIn. Mark will inspire you to develop your company and personal web presence through the use of the powerful social media tool LinkedIn.
10Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.
I have made a lot of money at times and I have made little money at other times. One underlying similarity is that I have never had to sleep on the streets or go unfed. We serve and experience an amazing God, One who cares for us far more than we could ever imagine. I believe, and have always believed, even before I was saved, that if you love what it is that you do, if you put your whole heart and soul into it and you trust God, you will reap amazing rewards, and not just financial ones.
When you put your trust in God, you will reap rewards
So, dear Readers, if you love God far more than your money and your stuff, it will be evident to all, especially the people you lead. If you are leading for God and not money, you are truly building the strong foundation for a “Kingdom Minded” Organization.
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In an economy that is yielding very little career opportunities, we are excited to be retained by this wonderful organization, Utility Keystone Trailer Sales, Inc. (UKTS) to assist in recruiting a Finance and Accounting Manager for their Manheim PA location. With over 30 years in the industry U KTS continues to build its legacy of providing the ultimate customer experience.
Purpose of Position
The Finance and Accounting Manager leads the strategic direction of the Accounting and Finance functions. Through this candidate’s leadership, he/she will set policies and procedures designed to protect the Company’s assets from theft or misuse by establishing and maintaining effective internal controls. The Finance and Accounting Manager works closely with the President and Department Managers to provide accounting supervision for all locations, as well as provide essential support to the Trailer Sales Department. The Finance and Accounting Manager maintains the Company’s health insurance programs, administering employee health insurance forms and court-ordered processes, such as support orders, liens, and garnishments, and also serves as Trustee for the Company’s 401(k) plan.
Some Of The Essential Duties
Payroll / Benefits
Review payroll changes
Complete employment verification forms
Serve as an alternate payroll processor
Review and protest (if required) all Workers’ Compensation claims
Coordinate and control open enrollment, including memorandum to employees with carrier and rate information, and provide presentations to employees
Ensure 401(k) plan is compliant and passes non-discriminatory rules
Equipment / Trailer Sales
Manage new and used equipment assets, including costing, purchase orders, vendor invoices, and payments
Track deal funding and finance reserve activities and organize supporting documentation for each trailer sale
Accounts Payable / Receivable / Billing
Manage Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable staffs
Prepare daily cash report and balance to general ledger (GL)
Maintain sales tax tables in billing system
Review credit line transactions, wire transfers, electronic fund transfers, and bank adjustments for daily cash analysis
Prepare 1096/1099 forms
General Accounting and Tax
Reconcile bank accounts
Review and balance general ledger (GL) accounts
Reconcile bank/merchant statements and bank loans
Prepare, review, and analyze weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial and operational reports as required
Assemble the annual plan with all Department Managers
Prepare fixed assets/depreciation detail
Coordinate all audit activities
Review year-end activities, including inventory counts, write-off or write-downs, year-end adjustments, and tax filings
Coordinate annual insurance renewals, including property, casualty, liability, workers’ compensation, automobile, and garage-keeper policies
Ensure company lease agreements are current
Manage floor plan financing
Prepare/review the following:
Corporation Commission Report
ADOT Dealer License
State Banking License
IRS Form 5500
Property tax returns
Sales tax returns
Federal excise tax returns
State tire tax returns
Required Personal Attributes
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent organizational, time, and stress management skills to complete the required tasks
Ability to multitask
Ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment
Self-confidence
Ability to perform and execute strategic planning
Excellent leadership skills
Excellent problem-solving skills
Strong people skills
Position Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting plus 5 + years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. CPA designation encouraged; Master’s degree in Accounting preferred.
Experience in streamlining financial systems and processes
Experience in supervision or management of employees
Due to the overwhelming response we anticipate we ask that you are patient during the selection and interview process. All qualified applicants will be notified.
Cover letters should include why you should be considered for the position and what would make you the best candidate.
Serious and confidential inquiries: HR@InHISNameHR.com
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Mark A. Griffin – Mark is the Founder and Chief Consultant of In HIS Name HR LLC, a human resources outsourcing and career-coaching firm. Mark leverages his more than two decades of Human Resources expertise to help companies pilot the complex issues of managing HR.
In HIS Name HR LLC has a built a strong web presence with over 2500 Facebook followers, 25,000 Twitter followers and 2600 plus connections on LinkedIn. Mark will inspire you to develop your company and personal web presence through the use of the powerful social media tool LinkedIn.
Sometimes the best way for employees to develop an appreciation of what they have is to take a closer look at what other people have. I would like to introduce to one program that does just that.
Employee engagement is not only concerned with aligning employees to the goals and objectives of their organizations. Engagement can be just as much about aligning their hearts to the organization’s vision, a vision we hope has a Kingdom impact. Employees who perceive a greater good in what is being done in addition to their daily roles have a greater sense of purpose and satisfaction. All of us, at one time or another, have experienced that longing for a true sense of purpose. Having an engagement program that helps employees fill that void will benefit not only the organization, but also the world we live in.
Imagine a company that generates an impact not simply on one child’s life but an entire village.
Meet Elexio. Elexio makes a difference, not just in their Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania community, but also in Honduras. Today, we’ll talk to Jeff Hostetter, the CEO of Elexio, to learn more about their commitment to community,
Mark: Greetings, Jeff. It’s an honor to spend time with you this morning. We know already that you have a wonderful story to tell us about how you impact the world through employee engagement. But, first, please tell me a little bit about you, how you came to occupy your role as CEO of Elexio, and a little bit about the history of Elexio.
Jeff: Thanks, Mark. It’s a privilege to talk with you. I’m a simple guy who wants Christ to use him for His glory. Diane and I have been married for 24 years and have an 18-year-old son and an 11-year-old daughter. In high school, I took two years of computer programming and got a job as a software developer at the age of 18. Software has been the track I’ve been on ever since. Along the way, support, sales, and leadership crossed my software path, and then, in 2008, I was asked to become CEO of Elexio. Elexio began in 2002 and, in 2009, we merged People Driven Software into Elexio.
Elexio provides church software for people to come to know Jesus. Exclusively for churches, we have a database, check-in, website CMS, mobile, and giving—all integrated. We help churches in all fifty states and in thirty-two countries. God continues to amaze us with what He has in store for us.
Mark: That’s a great story. I’m always intrigued by how organizations develop, grow, and change over time—how it all comes together. Let’s talk about the organization you support. What organization is it and when did you start supporting them?
Jeff: We have a strategic partnership with Compassion International that began in the fall of 2010.
Mark: Out of curiosity, why did you choose Compassion? Tell us a little bit about your selection process.
Jeff: I created a profile of the type of Kingdom-minded organization we were looking for, and then worked with our other leaders to finalize the profile. I shared it with our entire staff to ensure they had a picture of the ideal organization. Our criteria included items like: make a big impact in one location rather than a small impact in many places, involve our staff in more than just giving money, and to avoid being self-serving in any way, to name a few. I asked our staff to submit recommendations for organizations, and Compassion was the most highly recommended.
When I contacted Compassion and learned they had an established initiative for strategic partnerships with businesses, and that they matched our profile and beyond, I knew God was at work and this was meant to be.
Mark: How many children did your company ultimately sponsor?
Jeff: Praise God, we currently sponsor thirty-five children, all in the same church and community! We also work with the pastor of that local church, which partners with Compassion and cares for 225 children altogether. In 2012, through Compassion, we sponsored a Leadership Development Program (LDP) student.
Her name is Arely, and someone had sponsored her through Compassion in her younger years. Now we are sponsoring Arely through college at the University of Honduras, where she majors in computer science. Arely loves the church, computers, and software, so we have a lot in common.
Mark: Besides sponsoring children, in what other ways have you worked to tie employee engagement into this process?
Jeff: We have a big vision for this, so a few years ago we began inviting our staff to go to Honduras to meet their sponsored child. As giving money is available, we send a team to Honduras to visit our kids, their families, the church partner, and the pastor. We are hoping that, when it is time for Arely to do an internship, she can do her internship at Elexio, so that our staff can invest even more into Arely and growing her in her field.
Mark: Tell me how you engage employees to support Compassion.
Jeff: First, we setup a co-sponsorship where the staff person pays half of the monthly sponsorship and Elexio pays the other half. Sponsoring a child only costs $38 per month, so the staff member pays half, $19 per month. Since we pay our staff twice a month, it’s only $9.50 from each paycheck.
It’s an outstanding return for the investment. Also, a security wall was needed to protect the children, so Elexio decided to match dollar for dollar, the total of what our staff donated. Our staff raised $2000 so Elexio added another $2000 on top of that. Now, the security wall has been built and is protecting our sponsored children in the community. We have also helped our Honduran community get clean water and upgrade their electric service.
Mark: Many leaders miss the effect that positive employee engagement activities can have on an organization. Tell us in what ways your organization has been impacted by having adopted these types of employee engagement activities.
Jeff: It gives us another thing in common that we can rally around, share, and talk with each other about. Our team knows that, beyond the work they do at Elexio, they are making a difference in another country and, more important, in someone else’s life. Our team members write their children letters and also receive letters. It’s life changing for each child.
When a trip is coming and our staff has the opportunity to go or send gifts to their children, there is a buzz in the office because of the encouragement it will be to our long distance family in Honduras. As far as the gifts we send along, it is tough to manage our people’s generosity. It’s a good problem to have.
Mark: What suggestions do you have for other organizations that are interested in adopting policies of employee engagement in order to make a difference in the world?
Jeff: Create a profile of what an ideal employee engagement might look like for your team and make sure there’s nothing about it that’s self-serving or a marketing tactic. Involve your team in the process and strategic planning. Focus on fewer initiatives and make a big impact in those initiatives. This also builds momentum. Remember, it’s not an expense, it’s an investment, so put time and capital into it. God may surprise you with the ROI.
Mark: Jeff, thanks so much for spending the time and sharing your insights with us today, despite your busy schedule. We do appreciate it. By sharing this, we hope to encourage other great organizations to follow your example, and to build Kingdom-minded organizations through their human resources practices, encouraging activities with meaningful aspects, like solid employee engagement programs such as yours.
During this Labor Day special broadcast, Mark A. Griffin and Susan Woodard discuss how Christian business owners can prosper their businesses using sound human resources practices that support their Christian values.
A little bit about Christian Family Radio…
Christian Family Radio transmits from Bowling Green, Glasgow, and Owensboro, Kentucky and can be heard by listeners across two dozen counties in Kentucky and about another dozen in northern Tennessee.
Christian Family Radio was the dream of board member James Chapman over 30 years ago. Upon returning from vacation, he and his wife shared with their youth group about a Christian radio station they had heard. The youth then made a covenant to pray for a full-time Christian radio station in the Bowling Green area. In 1984, a nonprofit corporation was set up to establish just such a station. Construction was approved in February 1985, and Christian Family Radio broadcast for the first time on April 23, 1986.
Mark has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources from Saint Leo College and an MBA from Bloomsburg University. Mark lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with his wife Gail. Mark and Gail attend LCBC Church.
Having spent over 20 years working in Human Resources, Mark has witnessed the varying, sometimes dramatic changes that workplaces undergo and has an established track record of effectively developing HR programming tailored to provide high-performance organizational results. Mark currently leads the HR consulting firm that he launched in 2011, In HIS Name HR LLC.
Since authoring the book “How To Build Kingdom Minded Organizations,” Mark has become an established authority on successfully implementing Christian values to create happy, healthy workplaces that benefit employees and employers alike.
Mark is passionate about the workplace and creating opportunities for Christian business owners to reach their employees. He strives to ensure that employees and companies work closely together to prosper the company for their mutual benefit.
Levi’s Building Components is a wholesale supplier of metal roofing screws, fasteners, specialty screws, metal roof snow guards and more. Levi’s Building Components is a locally owned and highly respected company that has been in business for over 30 years.
The Marketing Assistant is responsible for creating and maintaining the company’s presence on a variety of platforms including print ads, catalogs and company blogs. The Marketing Assistant is in charge of increasing the overall exposure of the company though, search engine optimization (SEO) and by finding ways to use these keywords in marketing strategies employed by the company.
The Marketing Assistant is also responsible for administrative support to CEO. Position involves a close and highly responsive working relationship with the CEO and requires the ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision and guidance; and to closely follow direction on specific projects.
Essential Duties
Marketing/Graphics:
Responsible for creating, proofreading, ordering ads and marketing materials:
Examples of Ads (list includes, but not limited to):
Magazine Ads
Website Updates
Examples of Marketing Materials (list includes, but not limited to):
Flyers
Brochures
Fax and e-mail blasts
Responsible for sending all website updates to Web Designer.
Responsible for updating mailing lists, etc.
Administrative Duties:
Responsible for responding to, or directing e-mail and phone calls.
Responsible for coordinating, preparing administrative tasks as assigned by the CEO.
Perform any and all other tasks necessary, or related to the foregoing.
Web Media:
Manage presence in posting on relevant blogs, and seeding content into social applications as needed.
Develop and manage e-mail marketing strategy.
Become an advocate of the Company in social media spaces, engaging in dialogues and answering questions where appropriate.
Manage the Blog outreach program and be an active brand ambassador network to spread the word about the Company.
Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of social media programs, and analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximize results.
Like all Levi’s employees, the conduct of this representative must be consistent with good character and must be reflective of our company’s values, and it is expected that the representative will support Levi’s Mission and help assist in Vision attainment.
Required Personal Attributes
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; a winning attitude is important.
Excellent problem solving skills.
Knowledge of relevant computer applications.
Knowledge of products and services.
Ability to perform multiple tasks.
Ability to be creative.
Ability to learn quickly in a fast paced environment.
Self-confidence.
Telephone skills.
Detail oriented.
Friendly and Energetic.
Excellent organizational, time and stress management skills to complete the requiredtasks.
Position Requirements
High school diploma or GED; 3 – 5 years related experience.
Computer experience is required (working knowledge of Excel, Word)
Computer experience with EBMS accounting software is a plus.
Computer software willing to learn (Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, MicrosoftPublisher, Adobe Illustrator). Opportunities are available for candidates with a stable work history and the desire to build a career within a growing company. Levi’s Building Components are conveniently located in Leola PA.
All qualified individuals may submit a resume and letter of interest to:
It’s no secret that businesses want to succeed. It also should be no surprise that their employees want to succeed! Of course, there’s often a strong, positive relationship between the two—when employees succeed, so do the organizations they serve.
A key question, then, becomes: How can organizations most effectively encourage and support their employees’ success?
Mark Griffin, founder of In HIS Name HR and a professional with more than two decades of experience working with high performance organizations, is uniquely qualified to explore this question.
Managing Employees to Success promises to be an interesting and interactive event that will offer fresh ideas and productivity-enhancing insights for employers and employees alike.
Please join us for this important Messiah College Business Alumni Networking Breakfast Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at the Eden Resort Lancaster PA.
Give your employees hope and a bright future in this upside down world.
Now more than ever, organizational leadership needs to create a platform to help employees succeed. Come and learn how to do this by implementing processes that will lead your organization to High Performance.
Leading an organization with clarity in Mission, Vision and, most importantly, Values makes good business sense. We call organizations that do that successfully, “High Performance Organizations,” or simply HPO’s.
Mark A. Griffin is the founder and chief consultant of In HIS Name HR LLC, a human resources outsourcing and career coaching firm created to help companies pilot the complex issues of managing HR.
As a human resources professional with 20-plus years of experience in both public (Quaker Oats Company, Kodak Inc., Merck Inc.) and private companies (Woolrich, Conestoga Wood Specialties, Valco Companies Inc.), Mark is passionate about building high performance workplaces through utilizing best practices while leading companies with strong values.
While serving in the United States Air Force, Mark received his Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Administration from Saint Leo University. He earned his MBA from Bloomsburg University while interning for Congressmen Kanjorski as a Military Liaison during the first Gulf War. Mark has completed several executive education programs at the University of Michigan and is a certified practitioner of the Myers Briggs Type Instrument MBTI®.
Mark and his wife, Gail, have two adult children, and recently celebrated their twenty-eighth wedding anniversary. They attend LCBC Church, where he is a career coach and volunteer leader for The Career Network, a ministry focused on assisting career explorers in the community.
A recently published author (How to Build “Kingdom-Minded” Organizations) , speaker and accomplished HR consultant, Mark A. Griffin gives Christian leaders encouragement in building values-led organizations during these difficult economic times.
10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Part of leading people is developing them to be the best they can be, not only in the workplace but within their families and communities as well. Look at your people from a whole person perspective, not just a ‘worker” perspective. Give your people the opportunity to do greatness in their lives and they will do great things for you. Developing your people skills can impact the communities in which they live and in which you do business. Many companies are putting programs in place that help match employees’ interests to volunteer opportunities in the community. Some companies are shutting down for a week and building homes with Habitat for Humanity, for example.
Develop your people not only to be their best at work but their best at home and their communities.
I have often wanted to manage a process where a company would inspire their people by running a contest in which each employee could present why their volunteer organization is the most impactful. The winner would receive a considerable prize to help fund the employee’s efforts. If you are promoting good works by your employees not only in the workplace, but in the world we live in, you are going great things for God, and you are building a “Kingdom Minded” Organization.
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Do you help your employees help others? How do you find your employees’ strengths and match them to community involvement? We would love to know what it is you have going on.
