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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
5 September 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
British legal and accounting services company PwC has announced that it will create at least 100 jobs at its new shared services centre in Opole by the end of 2017. The centre will provide financial and accounting services mainly to German-speaking customers. The company is looking for experienced specialists as well as for graduates with knowledge of foreign languages, especially German and English.
PwC, headquartered in London, operates in 157 countries and employs over 195,000 people worldwide. PwC employs over 3,500 people in eight Polish cities: Warszawa, Åódź, GdaÅ„sk, PoznaÅ„, WrocÅ‚aw, Katowice, Kraków and Rzeszów.
Sources
5 September 2016: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2016), PwC, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 88615, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88615.
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