Cloud Based Payroll Software for Accountants and Payroll Bureaux

Team Nomi

Oct 18, 2025
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Payroll management is important for accountants, bookkeepers, and payroll bureaux in the UK, and often time-consuming. Traditional payroll systems can be inefficient, especially when calculating payroll for a large number of clients. For this reason, many are starting to adopt an easier solution in the form of cloud based payroll software. 

The software also allows you to track new tax rules easily, while saving you time and reducing stress throughout the process.

What is Cloud Payroll Software?

Cloud-based payroll is a modern payroll processing system that operates entirely online, allowing you to process payroll anywhere. The software can automatically calculate employee wages, taxes, and pensions to limit errors. 

Employees can view online payslips and make necessary online changes. This makes everyone’s job easier and faster, doing away with the number of processes that accountancy, bookkeepers or payroll bureaux have to go through to ensure compliance with UK legislation.

Why Choose Cloud Based Payroll Software for Accountants?

For accountants, especially those managing payroll for multiple clients, cloud-based payroll software gives incredible flexibility. It allows accountants to handle payroll remotely and collaborate easily with clients without sending files back and forth. 

Multiple users can access the same payroll data in real-time, which means fewer mistakes and faster updates.

Choosing cloud payroll software for accountants means:

• • Access to payroll information 24/7
  • Automatic updates to keep compliant with the latest HMRC rules
  • Ability to manage payroll for multiple from one place
  • Easy sharing of payslips and reports with clients and employees

How Nomi’s Cloud Based Payroll Software Works

Payroll software simplifies the complex task of paying employees accurately and on time. Here’s how it works:

1. 1. Automated Payroll Processing: Nomi automates the entire payroll process, saving admin time by running payroll automatically for fixed salary clients or director-only companies.
   2. Integration with Bookkeeping: Payroll entries post automatically into the bookkeeping module, eliminating the need for manual postings.
   3. Self-Assessment Integration: Payroll data links directly to self-assessment records for directors, auto-populating employment supplementary forms and reducing data entry.
   4. Payroll Approvals and Timesheet Management: Employers receive payroll and timesheet approval requests via email, making it easy to verify hours and approve payroll before submission.
   5. Employee Self-Service Portal: Employees get secure online access to view payslips, apply for leave, and submit expenses using the portal or mobile app, cutting down on admin.
   6. Bulk Payroll & RTI Submission: Run payroll and submit Real Time Information (RTI), p11d forms, and pension contributions in bulk across multiple clients, improving efficiency.
   7. Pension Auto-Enrolment & Contributions: Fully integrated pension management with leading providers like Nest, including pension contribution submissions directly from the system.
   8. Comprehensive Reporting & Audit Trails: Generates payslips, payroll summaries, P60s, P45s, and other statutory reports with audit trails for compliance and audit purposes.
   9. Mobile App for Employers & Employees: Provides mobile access for payroll management and employee self-service to handle leave and expenses on the go.
   10. Detailed Employee Record Management: Allows addition of employees with detailed personal, pay, and contract information, including leave and expense tracking.

Pension Submissions and Compliance

• • Worried about pension submissions and following the rules? Nomi’s cloud payroll makes it easy.
  • You can see the pension status of every worker for all the companies you manage.
  • Nomi checks each worker’s age and pay to decide if they need a pension.
  • It tells you if a worker is an ‘Eligible Jobholder’, ‘Non-Eligible Jobholder’, or ‘Entitled Worker’.
  • You can handle delays, send enrolment letters and emails, and keep track of each worker’s pension status.
  • Nomi lets you manage more than one pension scheme if a company uses multiple schemes.

With a 30-day free trial, you’ll experience firsthand how Nomi simplifies payroll tasks, keeps you compliant with UK tax rules, and saves valuable time, allowing your firm to run smoothly and efficiently.