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Everything you need to know about BrightHR Payroll (New)

In this handy course you'll be guided through the process of setting up your BrightHR Payroll account, all with our easy to follow, step-by-step instructions.  The following sections will take you from configuring your employees ready for payroll to ensuring they are paid - and everything in between. 

Introduction

Welcome to BrightHR Payroll! Our payroll engine is the part of your Bright package where you can seamlessly run your payroll along-side your HR & Health & Safety platform. Manage everything from day one, integrating your employee details, right up until you're ready to close your pay run and pay HMRC - BrightHR Payroll has it all.

In this first lesson, we're going to run you through what to expect, how to access your payroll engine whilst keeping your account and your data safe & secure.

About BrightHR Payroll

Over 1,000,000 people trust BrightHR for their HR management, so why not payroll?

Key Features of BrightHR Payroll

  • Reduce administration time by having an integrated HR and Payroll process and system. 
  • Real time updates from the HR feed in to payroll to keep payments correct and up to date. 
  • Make managing your pay-runs a breeze with a new and exciting Payroll Dashboard. 
  • Seamlessly present employee pay slips visible within the BrightHR profile after pay-run completion. 
  • Fully RTI compliant, with integrations to pension and accounting providers. 
  • Synchronise key employee information in real time during your pay-run. 

What to do First?

Follow our simple steps below, getting you from setup to go-live, allowing you to enjoy the benefits of your new painless payroll!

Step 1

Access your payroll software

First things first. From within your BrightHR account, head over to the payroll section and click 'BrightHR Payroll' to get started.

Step 2

Company payroll setup

Ensure your company payroll settings, pay-runs and pension setup are configured.

Step 3

BrightHR data cleanse

Cleansing your HR data is extremely important, especially if you have missing information that's required for payroll reporting.

Step 4

Add your employees to BrightHR Payroll

Using the new payroll dashboard functions, seamlessly add your employees in to BrightHR Payroll.

Step 5

Check your tax notices

Check for any HMRC notifications and apply them to your employees in a few simple steps.

Step 6

Payments and deductions

Enter employee payment & deduction details to ensure employee paylips are correct.

Step 7

Complete pay runs and issue payslips

Once payment and deductions are added, you're ready to complete the pay run and issue payslips to your employees!

Step 8

Submit your RTI submissions to HMRC

Using our RTI compliant and integrated solution, send your FPS and EPS to HMRC - all at the click of a button!

Logging in to BrightHR Payroll

Getting in to your Payroll account is simple yet secure! we ensure you have a two factor authentication enabled to add an extra layer of security for your sensitive payroll information. 

You can access BrightHR Payroll via the Payroll section of your BrightHR account meaning you don't have to remember multiple passwords but first you will need to enable two factor authentication.

Logging in to BrightHR Payroll

Getting in to your Payroll account is simple yet secure! we ensure you have a multi-factor authentication enabled to add an extra layer of security for your sensitive payroll information. 

You can access BrightHR Payroll via the Payroll section of your BrightHR account meaning you don't have to remember multiple passwords but first you will need to enable multi-factor authentication.

When you attempt to access Payroll for the first time, you will be presented with the screen above. Follow the process to set up your Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and you will then be able to access your Payroll information safely, and securely.

Watch our handy how-to-video below to see how easy it is to set up MFA with BrightHR.