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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
70 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 May 2020
Employment effect (start)
27 May 2020
Foreseen end date
31 December 2020
Description
Intrum, the Swedish company providing credit management services, has announced its plans to expand in Lithuania and will create 70 new jobs in Vilnius by the end of 2020. The company is expanding its Global Business Services which currently employs 400 employees. The company will hire 70 professionals in data analytics, back office and finance control in 2020.
Intrum was established in Vilnius in 2014 as Lindorff Business Services Centre. In 2017, Lindorff joined forces with Intrum Justitia and became Intrum. Currently, Intrum operates in 24 countries and has more than 10,000 employees worldwide who serve around 80,000 companies across Europe.
Eurofound (2020), Intrum Global Business Services, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 100801, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100801.
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