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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
27 February 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
German outsourcing company arvato Poland, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann, has announced that it will create 200 jobs at its new office in Katowice. The unit will specialise in financial services, including accounting, risk management and debt collection.
arvato is part of an international media corporation, Bertelsmann. arvato has more than 7,000 employees in 22 countries. The company has specialised in retail and electronic business, telecommunications, insurance, banking and health care sectors. Bertelsmann has been operating in Poland since 1994 and employs over 3,000 people in 11 locations across the country.
Sources
27 February 2017: Portal Spożywczy
Citation
Eurofound (2017), arvato Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90503, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90503.
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