Payroll Clerk
Ensign Services • San Juan Capistrano, CA • Part Time • $17–$24 / hour
Posted on Sat, Sep 26, 2026
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 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.
About the Opportunity: Ensign Services, Inc. is currently seeking a motivated and energetic Payroll Clerk to play a key role in our growing organization, as it serves the needs of our rapidly expanding heath care services client base across the United States. The Junior Payroll Clerk will have a variety of routine and non-routine payroll functions for several facilities, including handling garnishments, verifications any overflow from the team. Job Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Update and maintain garnishment files while working with third party vendors.
- Process and maintain all verifications of employment.
- Manage daily sorting and signing for all manual checks including fed ex delivery.
- Process manual checks for refunds of garnishments.
- Provides support to internal and external auditors as required.
- Assist with scanning, filing, and other administrative tasks as needed to support the payroll team.
- Complete additional tasks and special ad hoc projects as assigned.
- Minimum High school diploma or equivalent.
- Associate’s degree in accounting or related field is a plus.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- High attention to detail and the ability to do well in a fast paced, multi-tasking work environment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and Word.
- Must be a team player, motivated and able to work under pressure during peak periods.
- Pre‑employment criminal background screening required.
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