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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70 - Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
1,400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 December 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
Professional service company KPMG has announced an expansion of its workforce in Spain by 1,400 more people in 2020. The company is looking for computer, telecommunications or industrial engineers, mathematicians, statisticians and physicists, to respond to the increased demand for services related to data and analytics, digital transformation and cybersecurity. This announcement follows a business expansion which toook place in 2019.
Eurofound (2019), KPMG, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 99722, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99722.
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