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Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66 - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 August 2019
Employment effect (start)
13 August 2019
Foreseen end date
31 August 2024
Description
Financial services company Opus Fund Services is hiring 100 people at its base in Co Wexford, over the next five years.
The company is seeking experienced financial service professionals and qualified accountants for its new European headquarters, in Enniscorthy, Wexford.
Opus specialises in 'providing asset valuations, anti-money laundering services and financial reporting to the alternative investments industry'.
The jobs measure is being backed by the Government through the national FDI agency IDA Ireland.
Eurofound (2019), Opus Fund Services, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 98359, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98359.
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