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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.20 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
1,100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 May 2019
Employment effect (start)
16 May 2019
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
The global financial consulting services provider State Street Corporation has announced that it will create up to 1,100 new jobs at its new unit in Kraków, Poland, by the end of 2019. The company has just opened its fourth office in the city. State Street is looking for both experienced financial and IT specialists, engineers, lawyers and candidates without experience with knowledge of foreign languages, especially English.
State Street Corporation has been operating in Poland since 2007. It has three offices in Kraków employing 3,500 people and one in Gdańsk employing 1,800 staff. Currently, the company employs over 5,000 people in Poland. State Street Corporation has offices in 30 countries and employs over 30,000 people around the world.
Eurofound (2019), State Street Corporation, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97765, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97765.
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