Penfold has launched a new zero-touch integration with Staffology Payroll by IRIS, meaning pension contributions are processed the moment a pay run is finalised. No logins, no clicks, no manual uploads.
Payroll day is stressful enough without extra admin bolted onto the end of it.
For accountants and payroll bureaus running dozens of clients through payroll every month, the pension step is often the part that eats up the time. Export a contributions file. Log into another portal. Upload it. Check it's landed. Repeat for every client, every pay period.
Even where a payroll-to-pension “integration” already exists, it doesn't always remove that manual work, it just moves it. Many still rely on someone remembering to trigger a sync, push a file across, or log in and double-check it's gone through.
That's the gap we've set out to close.
We're pleased to have launched a new integration with Staffology Payroll by IRIS, and it works differently to the traditional manual processes.
Once you've connected your payroll to Penfold, there's nothing left to do. When a pay run is finalised in Staffology, Penfold is notified automatically, securely pulls the relevant data, and processes pension contributions and enrolments there and then. No exports. No logins. No one has to remember anything.
It's our third zero-touch payroll integration, joining our existing connections with Xero and FreeAgent.
For accountants and payroll bureaus, that means less repetitive admin across every client, and fewer chances for a missed step or a mistyped figure to creep in. For employers, it means one less compliance duty competing for attention on payroll day.
We don't think an integration should just mean two systems can talk to each other, if someone remembers to ask them to. It should mean the work happens without being asked.
Penfold was built to make workplace pensions clearer, simpler, and easier to manage; not just for the people saving into them, but for the people running payroll. Our platform can handle the pension side of payroll automatically, from contribution calculations through to auto enrolment, so nothing sits waiting for someone to log in and check it's worked.
For employers, that means the workplace pension stops being a task on the payroll to-do list and simply happens, correctly, every time. For accountants and payroll bureaus, it means one more client process that doesn't need chasing, checking, or double-handling, freeing up time for the work that actually needs a person. Through Staffology, that experience is now available directly from the payroll software employers and bureaus already use, with nothing extra to set up beyond the initial connection.
Chris Eastwood, CEO at Penfold, said:
Workplace pension administration has traditionally involved too much manual work for accountants, payroll bureaus and employers. Even where integrations exist, many still rely on users pushing files, clicking buttons or logging into multiple systems every pay period.
Our Staffology integration and other zero-touch integrations are different. Once connected, they enable pension contributions to be processed automatically from payroll data. It's another step towards making workplace pensions genuinely effortless for businesses and their advisers.
Fran Williams, Senior Director at IRIS Software Group, said:
Payroll and pension administration should never demand more time than it needs to. This integration removes another layer of manual admin for accountants, payroll bureaus, and employers, so pension contributions happen automatically the moment a pay run is finalised, helping customers work smarter and focus their time where it matters most.
It's all part of the same mission: making workplace pensions easier to manage for businesses and their advisers, so employees can save more confidently for later life.
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