Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Poludniowo-Zachodni; Dolnoslaskie; Miasto Wroclaw
Location of affected unit(s)
Wrocław
Sector
Information / Communication
Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities
Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities
62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities

600 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
27 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
27 January 2016
Foreseen end date

Description

UBS, a Swiss bank, has announced that it will create 600 jobs at its new shared services centre in Wrocław. The bank is looking for programmers, data analysts, business analysts and communication specialists with knowledge of foreign languages, especially English, German, French and Italian.

UBS was founded over 150 years ago; currently the bank employs over 60,000 people in 50 countries. In Poland, UBS has been operating since 2007; since 2009, with more jobs added in 2013, the bank has a shared services centre in Kraków (Kraków Technological Park) , where it currently employs 800 people.


Sources

  • 27 January 2016: Gazeta Wyborcza

Citation

Eurofound (2016), UBS, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 86578, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86578.