Outsourcing and IT firm Accenture Philippines is eyeing to hike its total headcount to 25,000 by August 2011 with its 13 facilities in Metro Manila and Cebu.
Accenture currently has more than 20,000 employees and banking on its newest facility in Cebu City to provide most of the job growth.
It has 2 facilities in Cebu — one in Pioneer House, which opened in 2007, and Robinson’s Cybergate Cebu, which opened in mid-December.
Both Cebu facilities currently employ over 500. Accenture initially set up operations in this central Visayas location in 2008.
Benedict Hernandez, Accenture BPO delivery lead for the Philippines, described the Cebuano workforce as “talented.” In turn, he said Accenture’s facilities will provide “career opportunities and a rewarding job experience.”
The second Cebu facility in Robinson’s Cybergate is part of the firm’s efforts to expand the “breadth of our IT and BPO services.”
“With the added facility, Accenture Cebu now provides application development and management, including testing, plus infrastructure and security services. In addition, non-voice services are being added to Cebu’s roster of BPO offerings, such as finance and accounting BPO and custom BPO services designed to address the unique needs of client organizations,” the statement said.
In November, Accenture Philippines celebrated its 25th anniversary and inaugurated its new facilities in McKinley Hill in Taguig City and the Eastwood site in Quezon City.
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 211,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries
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