Submit NEST pension contributions directly from Cintra People Payroll
You can now submit NEST pension contributions directly from Cintra People. The Pension Submissions dashboard handles enrolment, contributions, and payment authorisation in one place: no manual CSV exports or separate NEST portal logins required.
What's new?
If your submissions are managed by your bureau:
Your bureau handles the full submission process on your behalf. You have read access to the Pension Submissions dashboard, where you can:
Monitor the status of each submission.
See which payroll periods have been submitted and when.
View the enrolment and contribution data sent to NEST.
If you manage your own submissions:
You can connect your NEST credentials once in Cintra People and enable submission for each payroll. From the dashboard, you can then:
See which closed periods are ready to submit (shown as Due)
Check total contributions against your payroll report before submitting
Submit enrolment data, contributions, and payment authorisation in a single action
Track submission status through to completion
Cintra People handles the full end-to-end process via Direct Debit. There is no separate payment step in NEST.
What are the key benefits?
One dashboard: all payrolls and submission statuses in a single view
No manual exports: data goes directly from Cintra People to NEST
Automatic period surfacing: closed periods appear as Due so nothing is missed
Full submission trail: the History tab records completed submissions with access to report data
What next?
To find out how to use it, we've written separate guides for customers who manage their own NEST submissions and customers whose NEST contributions are managed by the bureau. There’s also a handy troubleshooting guide if you encounter any problems.