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Payroll integration

We want to make Nest as easy as possible for everyone to use. That’s why we’ve developed an innovative solution to make the data management process more straightforward.

Web services for payroll integration

Employers can run the Nest scheme – whatever payroll system they’re using. Now we’re working with leading payroll providers on web services to make sending data even simpler.

This innovation simplifies the exchange of information between employers and Nest by enabling payroll software to ‘talk’ to Nest. That means employers can manage Nest through their payroll software, meeting their day-to-day auto enrolment duties without needing to log into their Nest account.

Payroll providers currently developing or offering Nest web services

If you’re a payroll software developer or provider and would like to develop our web services, please see our technical guides and information on our testing facility.

Other ways of getting information to Nest

You can also submit data to us directly. If you prefer, you can continue to do this after the relevant payroll software provider starts offering our web services functionality.

We’ve created a range of guides and tools to help you find the most practical and cost-effective ways to exchange data with Nest. These include:

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Shelly Cliffin NannyPaye image and quote

Shelly Cliffin, Director at NannyPaye

NannyPaye is a payroll bureau representing families who employ domestic workers. NannyPaye makes employing domestic staff simpler by managing all of the financial arrangements, including setting up and managing workers’ pension schemes as well as producing their payslips, calculating National Insurance and tax bills, and reminding the employer when payment is due.

How web services works for me

“We went live with our very first Nest pension in 2015. Originally, we set everything up through the Nest website. We would log in and type in all the employer’s details. We input all of the payroll figures manually. They’d be checked twice before they could be verified, and then we’d submit them for bank processing. It’s quite a long process so thankfully we didn’t have too many clients on the system at that point.

Designed to be straightforward

Now we’re representing around five and a half thousand employers. With web services, it’s much easier. We designed the way we work around it. We use software called QTAC which allows us to push the data from our own software. There are only a few extra bits we need to input, then we just push a button and it submits all that information to Nest. And we can submit payment this way as well. Because the two systems are now streamlined, we can do it all through our payroll system. The main saving for us is in not having to log into an external website to do things.”

Last updated: 02/21

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