Workday Payroll Processing Specialist

Position:Workday Payroll Processing Specialist

Location: San Juan Capistrano, CA

Job :1431

# of Openings:2

Workday Payroll Processing Specialist

Position Type:Full Time, Employee.

Salary:$75,000 - $85,000 annually, DOE; may be eligible for bonus.

Location (Onsite):This role is onsite at our San Juan Capistrano Service Center and partial remote work is available after the first 90 days.

Ensign Services, Inc. (“ESI”) is a subsidiary of The Ensign Group, Inc. whose affiliated entities are considered national leaders in the fast-growing post-acute care industry. ESI provides service and support to over 378 facilities in the long-term care continuum that employ over 55,000 employees.

ESI is known as the Service Center and provides the facilities and leaders it serves with back-office support in areas such as accounting, construction, compliance, human resources, information technology, learning and development, legal and risk management and recruiting. This structure allows the onsite leaders and caregivers to focus on day-to-day care and operational issues in their individual operations. What sets ESI apart from other companies is the quality of our most valuable resource - our people.

We take seriously our core values of Celebration
, Accountability
, Passion for Learning
, Love One Another
, Intelligent Risk Taking
, Customer Second
, and Ownership (“CAPLICO”) seriously. We want an individual in this role who will demonstrate these values through actions and words.

The Workday Payroll Processing Specialist is responsible for the timely and accurate execution, auditing, and processing of periodic payroll cycles for a complex, multi‑state employee population. This role coordinates day‑to‑day payroll activities across the team, ensures regulatory and policy compliance, serves as a subject matter expert for end‑to‑end payroll processing, and partners cross‑functionally to drive process improvements and support scalable payroll operations in a fast‑paced service center environment.

The position carries delegated administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability for assigned duties.

• Perform on‑cycle Field Operations payroll processing and post‑payroll audits, including Monthly Incentive and Special Field Incentive Bonus runs.
• Provide general payroll processing guidance to the Payroll Team and coordinate day‑to‑day service center payroll activities in support of operational payroll cycles and payroll policies and procedures.
• Operate as the subject matter expert for processing issues and escalation point to resolve issues.
• Partner with Payroll Business Systems Analysts, Payroll Market Supervisors and FSS team for resolution of more complex cases.
• Coordinate and administer transactional payroll data inputs for each payroll cycle, including the use of EIBs to load and manage a variety of payroll transactions.
• Perform ongoing audits of timekeeping, payroll, retro pay, PBJ, and payroll accounting data (including cost allocations and labor expense) to ensure accuracy, compliance, and proper expense reporting.
• Produce and distribute post‑payroll audit reports and provide ad hoc reporting and data as directed by the Payroll Processing Manager and Payroll Manager.
• Assist with validation of payroll setup and coordination for newly acquired facilities.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all payroll information and partner with the Fraud Manager to support payroll‑related investigations and controls.
• Participate in special projects and other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma, required.
• Minimum of 4 years of Workday Payroll experience as a Payroll Resource or Specialist, with increasing levels of responsibility; experience with a large employer preferred.
• Hands‑on Workday Payroll experience, including Payment Elections, Tax Elections, Payroll Inputs, Withholding Orders, FLSA, retro pay, pay calculations, pay completion, settlements, and post‑payroll reporting.
• Knowledge of ADP wage payment, tax, and garnishment processing preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, including…