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Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66.1 - Activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 June 2017
Employment effect (start)
15 June 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Consulting firm Societe Generale European Business Services will hire 100 new employees at its centre in Bucharest by the end of 2017. The centre offers professional services in areas such as finance, procurement, human resources, KYC (Know Your Customers) and IT for the Societe Generale banking group.
Since it opened in 2011, the centre has increased its activities year-on-year by about 50%.
 As of June 2017, Societe Generale European Business Services had an employee base of 1,000 in Bucharest, Romania.
Sources
15 June 2017: Profit.ro
16 June 2017: Ziarul Financiar
16 June 2017: Forbes Romania
16 June 2017: romania-insider (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Societe Generale European Business Services, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 91181, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91181.
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