Accenture

“Over the years, Accenture Ireland has worked closely with the IDA on a number of projects and we continue to collaborate. In these challenging economic times the support of organisations like the IDA to multinational companies based here cannot be underestimated. As Ireland vies for highly skilled inward investment the role of the IDA will become ever more central to Ireland’s economic well-being.” Mark Ryan Managing Director, Accenture Ireland

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 236,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.
 
Today, around 240,000 people across the world are delivering services throughout more than 200 cities in 120 countries. We serve 96 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500 and government agencies around the world. Accenture's clients span the full range of industries around the world and include 96 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500. Organised into five client service groups, which together comprise 17 industry groups, and four workforces, we have the breadth and depth of knowledge to provide real insight and tailored solutions to fit our clients’ specific needs. This industry focus provides Accenture’s professionals with a thorough understanding of industry evolution, business issues and applicable technologies, enabling Accenture to deliver solutions tailored to each client's industry.
 

The structure of the Irish Accenture practice reflects the overall structure of Accenture, with operations divided across 5 operating groups: Communications, Media & Technology, Financial Services, Health & Public Service, Products and Resources. Our "high performance business" strategy builds on our expertise in consulting, technology and outsourcing to help clients innovate and perform at the highest levels so they can create sustainable value for their customers and shareholders.
 
Dublin is also home to our internal service organisation Accenture Business Services (ABS) which provides services to Accenture across a wide range of internal processes, including Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, Marketing and Communications, Facilities and Services, and Information Technology. We now have over 4,500 shared services professionals working across our global network of centers in Bangalore, Buenos Aires, Chennai, Chicago, Dalian, Dublin, Prague, Manila, Mumbai and Pune.
 
Accenture‘s Business Services manages the consolidation and redesign of administration and support business processes into service centers. Our objective is to deliver the optimum in cost-effective, high quality services to Accenture. Our mandate is to unify, re-engineer and continuously improve these processes for Accenture. We are responsible for driving global standard methodologies, tools and architecture for internal operations, and for driving cost and process efficiencies.
 
In addition to being an internal service organisation, ABS is a client showcase demonstrating Accenture as a high performance business hosting hundreds of client visits for international clients, including many of Accenture‘s Diamond clients. This is a unique sales tool where  we take clients to see first-hand the realities of running a shared services operation – from startup through stabilization to reinvention. The mindset of what can be done in shared services is frequently outdated, and too often the perceived benefit is restricted by a focus on wage arbitrage. ABS helps support client wins by showcasing how the next generation of shared services organizations can go beyond transaction processing to take a key role in driving global business transformation by working across business functions to drive strategic cross-enterprise collaboration and change.
 
Accenture has also recently opened The Accenture Analytics Innovation Centre in Dublin which is a showcase for Accenture’s predictive analytics capabilities and their ability to help the C-suite meet its most pressing objectives. The Centre will initially focus on the development of sophisticated analytics solutions to address customer insight and compliance challenges facing Accenture’s clients today.
The Analytics Innovation Centre in Ireland is part of Accenture’s global network of analytics innovation centres. This network is expressly designed to help clients address their most pressing issues, and improve decision-making processes by providing them with quick and easy access to a range of sophisticated analytics solutions and resources, locally and globally.
 
For further information please visit www.accenture.ie