BrightPay Bureau is built for the Irish bureau workflow: Payroll Submission Requests (PSRs) sent to Revenue on every run, a digital client experience that wins business, and the efficiency to grow without growing your headcount.
Scale without adding headcount - batch finalising, client portals and payroll entry requests let your team take on more employers without taking on more people.
Stand out from bureaus still running on email and spreadsheets - demo your client portal live, and win the client in the room.
Take the pressure out of year-end - with PSRs reported to Revenue every pay period and no P60s to produce, the December/January close becomes a check that every client is fully reported before employees see their Employment Detail Summary in Revenue’s myAccount.
4M+
payslips processed every month
87%
save time with automation
88%
say BrightPay has made their working life easier
96%
find BrightPay easy to use
Most bureaus still collect client data by email and spreadsheet. BrightPay’s client portal is a difference you can demo in a sales meeting and close with on the spot.
Demo the portal, close the deal
A live portal demo shows your bureau is modern and credible, and it converts better than a PDF proposal.
Charge premium fees for a premium service
Employers paying for payroll-as-a-service expect portal access, 24/7 payslip availability and automated reminders; BrightPay includes them as standard, not as a premium add-on.
Reduce client churn
Once a client’s employees rely on the portal every day, that client is built into how your bureau works.
Cut inbound calls and support overhead
Employee self-service means fewer “where’s my payslip?” calls on a Monday morning.
An interactive estimator: enter your bureau’s size and see the time saved, cost reduction and client-retention value you can expect, from conservative through to optimistic projections.
24/7/365 access: the invisible value
With BrightPay Cloud, employer clients and employees can access payroll data, payslips, Revenue liabilities and documents at any time, not just during your bureau's working hours. For a bureau managing 100 employers and 3,000 employees, this means the equivalent of 500 hours of potential query time is handled automatically each year, with no bureau staff involvement. That is the value of 24/7 access: not just convenience, but a permanent reduction in reactive support demand.
Total employees managed
3,000
Across your book
Annual time saved
999 hrs
Bureau staff hours a year
Staff cost saved
€25k
Staff cost recovered a year
Error cost avoided
€17k
Payroll correction cost a year
Client retention value
€44k
Estimated a year
Total estimated ROI
€41k
Tangible value a year
| Feature | Hours saved a year | Staff cost saved | Error cost avoided |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll Entry RequestChasing clients by email or phone, collating spreadsheets, re-keying data and chasing corrections, every pay run, every client. | 333 | €8,247 | €6,018 |
| Payroll Approval RequestPreparing and emailing draft payroll summaries, chasing approval by phone or email, and logging who said what and when. | 189 | €4,681 | €4,012 |
| Client PortalEmailing payroll summaries and reports, answering "what do we owe Revenue?" queries and managing report distribution. | 180 | €4,458 | €2,006 |
| Employee PortalDistributing payslips by email or post, and fielding payslip and leave-balance queries relayed through the employer. | 135 | €3,344 | €1,003 |
| Manager PortalRelaying leave approval requests between employees, managers and the bureau, then updating leave records in BrightPay by hand. | 99 | €2,452 | €3,009 |
| Mobile AppHandling leave requests and employee detail updates relayed through the employer to the bureau, outside office hours. | 63 | €1,560 | €502 |
| Total (features in use) | 999 | €24,742 | €16,550 |
Bureaus at every stage of growth run on BrightPay. The platform scales without making you renegotiate contracts, rebuild workflows or retrain your team.
10+ Getting started
Set up your bureau, import employer data and start processing; add your ROS agent certificate once and retrieve Revenue Payroll Notifications (RPNs) for your clients’ employees before the first pay period.
50+ Building efficiency
Batch finalising, client portals and payroll entry requests let your team handle more employers without adding headcount.
200+ Scaling up
Bureau-level reporting and workflow management keep quality consistent as your client list grows, and client portals become your most effective sales tool.
1,000+ At enterprise scale
High-volume batch processing, dedicated bureau support and data hosted in ISO 27001-certified datacentres in the EU (Ireland) or the UK, for the largest bureaus in Ireland.
These capabilities set BrightPay Bureau apart from payroll software designed for single employers and adapted for bureau use. 87% of BrightPay users say they save time with the software.
Client Portal for every client
Give each client their own secure portal to view payslips, payroll summaries and reports, check what’s due to HMRC, and enter leave on employees’ calendars. You decide which client users get access and what they can do, from approving payroll to onboarding new starters.
Batch finalising, PSRs on every run
Finalise open pay periods for multiple clients at once, with PSRs prepared for each employer ready to be sent to Revenue as part of PAYE Modernisation reporting.
Payroll entry and approval requests
Ask clients to enter hours, additions, deductions and new starters on their employer dashboard, then send a payroll summary for them to approve before you finalise, with every step kept in an audit trail. Client data comes back on average 75 minutes faster than by email.
ROS agent certificate
Add your agent certificate and Tax Agent Identification Number (TAIN), then retrieve RPNs and submit to Revenue for the clients you act for.
My Future Fund auto-enrolment
Send each client’s Auto Enrolment Contribution Submission (AECS) to NAERSA directly from payroll, and retrieve Automatic Enrolment Payroll Notifications (AEPNs) back into BrightPay.
Enhanced Reporting Requirements (ERR) for clients
Non-taxable expenses entered in payroll are sent to BrightExpenses and on to ROS, with no XML or JSON files to build.
Bureau-specific reporting
Cross-employer reports show payroll costs, headcount changes and pension contributions across your whole book, and clients run their own reports from their employer dashboard.
Many Irish bureaus are part of a wider accounting practice, handling bookkeeping, accounts and CRO deadlines alongside payroll. Bright brings both operations onto the same client record, so payroll data flows into accounts preparation with no re-entry and nothing to reconcile.
Payroll data feeds the books and the accounts
Payroll journals go straight to BrightBooks, and PAYE, PRSI and USC figures are available in BrightAccounts
One client view across both services
Every client’s payroll schedule, accounts job and CRO annual return deadline visible together in BrightManager.
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No setup fees. Dedicated bureau onboarding support. Irish support from our team in Duleek, Co. Meath.
