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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.22 - Business And Other Management Consultancy Activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 July 2024
Employment effect (start)
14 July 2024
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
The international financial consultancy Deloitte will open its ninth office in Portugal, in the city of Braga - North Portugal. According to the company, the new office will support specialised resources in various technological areas, namely Artifitial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Low code/No code, Customer Experience, Systems Design & Engineering, Service Management and Process Orchestration.
Deloitte's Braga operation will also export services to different international markets, namely the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Middle East and Netherlands.
Its operations in Braga started with an initial team of 150 workers, and will increase by a further 100 workers by the end of this year.
By 2027, Deloitte expects to hire a thousand workers, in a total investment of €10 million.
Eurofound (2024), Deloitte, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 201398, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201398.
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