Case Study: The Ensign Group achieves streamlined SOX compliance and real-time collaboration with Workiva's Wdesk

Ensign expands use of Wdesk from SEC to SOX

The Ensign Group, a nationwide provider of skilled nursing and assisted living services, relied on a three-person finance team to manage SEC reporting, SOX compliance, and technical accounting. Collaboration was hindered by working in separate Word and Excel files, emailing versions back and forth, and an internal audit team located an hour away—causing version control issues, delayed updates, and lengthy narrative revisions.

Ensign expanded its use of Wdesk from SEC reporting to Controls Management for SOX, with Workiva’s CSM importing documents and the team linking narratives to the risk-control matrix, testing, and dashboards. The result was real-time, single-source collaboration with off-site auditors, faster updates and reconciliations, consolidated reporting for the board and audit committee, fewer in-person meetings, and improved efficiency and work-life balance—along with high praise for Workiva’s customer service.

The Ensign Group

Mike Flood

Vice President of Finance