star guide to regular pensionsync processing
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This whole process should take just a few minutes each pay period.
Pension No)fica)onsDownload Pension No;fica;ons using the bu?on shown below.
This will update STAR with any Opt Outs and Member Plan Numbers that need to be included in your pension feed (you can manually match no;fica;ons to workers if required).
2. Calculate your payroll as normal.
Guide to regular pensionsync processing in Star
3. Go to the Auto Enrolment Dashboard in STAR and follow the steps shown below:
3a. Check the payroll data is ready to generate the pension feed.
3b. Generate the data and save it to a loca;on on your computer (N.B. at this point please do not make changes to the file as this could result in it failing to upload).
3c. You can review the feed details on screen – once you’re happy that it is ready, simply click Send Feed.
pensionsync validates your data upfront to iden;fy the majority of errors before sending the data to the pension provider.
The pension providers will carry out addi;onal data checks and the processing ;mes for these vary.
You can check the feed in the Auto Enrolment Dashboard in STAR plus the pensionsync Alerts Dashboard will also show a completed alert once the data has been processed. See our Guide to checking feeds for more informa;on.
If there are any errors, you can view detailed error messages on the Alerts Dashboard.
pensionsync works at the heart of AE, connecting payroll to pensions.