Software firm to create hundreds of jobs with European expansion
Loughborough-headquartered business management software firm The Access Group is set to create hundreds of jobs with the opening of two new offices in Romania and Ireland.
In Romania, Access has chosen Timisoara to establish its latest Global Operations Centre (GO Centre), in a move that will expand its team there from 375 people today to more than 700 by the end of the year.
In Ireland, the new offices in Cork will consolidate staff, bringing together employees to work with more than 500 companies across the country.
The launch of a new GO Centre in Romania and the new office in Ireland marks the latest phase of the group’s global expansion, following the company striking a £9.2bn investment deal from shareholders Hg and TA Associates last year. Access saw year-on-year revenue growth of 43% for its fiscal year to the end of June 2022.
Access says it has plans for further expansion into the APAC region planned for later in 2023.
Terry Taylor, Access chief operating officer and leading the GO Centre programme, said: “Our ambition is to create a global ‘backbone’ of Access GO Centres which will provide international management, access to diverse talent and regional infrastructure to execute the group’s sustainable growth more easily.
“The centres will deliver excellence in product engineering, customer support, customer success, sales, marketing and operations and will be the physical representations of our ambition, brand and culture.”
Chris Bayne, CEO of The Access Group, said: “Over the next four years, the Access GO Centres will support 40% of our global staffing needs. Having these strategically located offices keeps momentum growing. It gives our teams a workplace they can genuinely be proud of while positioning the business in an excellent place to execute strategic growth and drive acquisitions across multiple regions, languages and time zones.
“These state-of-the-art offices inspire our people to strive for excellence every day and are reflective of the innovative solutions and high quality we aim to deliver to our thousands of dedicated customers around the world.”
