Accenture sees PH workforce rising to 25,000 by year’s end

MANILA, Philippines—With Southeast Asia poised to become the next economic powerhouse, Accenture Philippines has started to beef up its local operations to cater to new growth areas such as analytics, mobility and cloud computing.

In a briefing on Thursday, Accenture country managing director Manolito T. Tayag said the business process outsourcing firm would “continue to grow its practice in the Philippines” with the number of its employees rising to about 25,000 this year from the 20,000 headcount as of end-2010.

Tayag announced that Accenture had expanded its Manila delivery center with the opening of its facility at Global One in Eastwood, Quezon City—its second facility in the area.

With the latest facility, Accenture now has a total of 14 operating centers in the country, 12 of which are in Manila and two in Cebu.

Apart from technology and BPO, Accenture is also boosting its management consulting services to cater to the needs of its clients—Philippine companies as well as multinational firms operating in the country.

“Local companies will be able to tap the experience and expertise of Accenture and its highly skilled professionals around the world,” the company said.

The Philippine unit accounts for about 80 percent of the company’s regional workforce, which indicates how important the Philippines is to Accenture, said Shane Ryan, the company’s managing director for Asean.