Accenture

“This is the 10th anniversary of Accenture’s European Service Centre in Dublin and IDA support for this investment was crucial to Ireland being chosen as the location for this global investment in 1999. Over the years, Accenture Ireland has worked closely with the IDA on a number of projects and we continue to collaborate. In these challenging economic times the support of organisations like the IDA to multinational companies based here cannot be underestimated. As Ireland vies for highly skilled inward investment the role of the IDA will become ever more central to Ireland’s economic well-being.” Mark Ryan Managing Director, Accenture Ireland

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With more than 186,000 people serving clients in over 120 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$23.39 billion for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2008.

Accenture's clients span the full range of industries around the world and include 96 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500. In addition, of our top 100 clients in fiscal year 2008, based on revenue, 99 have been clients for at least five years, and 87 have been clients for at least 10 years.

Accenture delivers its services and solutions through 17 focused industry groups in five operating groups. This industry focus provides Accenture’s professionals with a thorough understanding of industry evolution, business issues and applicable technologies, enabling Accenture to deliver solutions tailored to each client's industry.

For more than 20 years, Accenture has been one of the leading providers of management consulting, technology and outsourcing in Ireland. The company currently employs 1500 people in Ireland. The structure of the Irish practice reflects the overall structure of Accenture, with operations divided across 5 operating groups: Communications & High Tech, Financial Services, Public Service, Products and Resources. Our "high performance business" strategy builds on our expertise in consulting, technology and outsourcing to help clients innovate and perform at the highest levels so they can create sustainable value for their customers and shareholders.

In addition, we have a Global Service Center Organization (GSCO) location in Dublin providing a large breadth and complexity of services across a variety of processes such as Finance, IT, Procurement, Marketing, Facilities & Services, Human Resources, Alliance Utilization and Global Process Ownership. Accenture’s GSCO manages the consolidation and redesign of administration and support business processes into service centers. Our objective is to deliver the optimum in cost-effective, high quality services to Accenture.

As well as being an internal service organization, GSCO is a unique sales tool and provides a platform to demonstrate Accenture’s leadership in implementing and developing global service centers. GSCO showcases Accenture as an organization without boundaries of geography or culture, and demonstrates our vision to provide world-class standard service to our business by unifying, re-engineering and continuously improving repetitive processes.