What is i-Connect?

The internet application i-Connect helps to manage the transfer of employee information from payroll administrators to pensions administrators. It is a cloud service that manages the flow of employee information from your payroll system to the fund’s pension administration system.

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The i-Connect software allows for employers to provide employee details in a secure method and negates the need to provide end of year reporting. The monthly data uploads will inform the Fund of any changes to members details, New Joiners and also allow for the upload of leaver forms.

i-Connect onboarding

East Sussex Pension Fund will continue to onboard all employers onto i-Connect throughout 2024. The employer engagement team will be contacting any employers who have not yet onboarded to provide details on how to onboard and the specifications required.

i-Connect guides for employers (March 2022)

Onboarded employers will have received the Aquila Heywood i-Connect Specification Guides which offer an understanding of the specification requirements and data items that must be submitted via i-Connect.

i-Connect File Upload Guide

i-Connect Online Return Guide

As each pension fund operates differently and i-Connect is not designed specifically for us, the employer engagement team have created some supplementary guidance* for East Sussex Pension Fund employers.

i-Connect - Heywood Payroll Extract File Specification

i-Connect – ESPF Payroll extract file specification – supplementary guidance

Example File Template

These documents provide guidance for East Sussex Pension Fund employers who are responsible for the submission of payroll extract files via i-Connect.

i-Connect – ESPF Supplementary online return – specification guide 

This document provides guidance for East Sussex Pension Fund employers who are responsible for the submission of online returns via i-Connect.

* Important: Any data items included in the supplementary guidance supersedes the information provided in the Aquila Heywood Guides.

i-Connect support

If you have any queries or require any assistance with i-Connect, please email: [email protected]