What It Does: Accenture offers strategy, management, digital, technology, and operations consulting services.
Mission: Accenture’s mission is to take its clients on an upward trajectory, making them the next and best version of themselves.
Size and Presence: Accenture operates in Canada with around 5,865 employees in its Toronto location.
Best Known For: Accenture is popular for its excellent use of digital, cloud, and security.
The good bits: Despite being a large company, Accenture boasts excellent support and employee care potential.
The not-so-good bits: Accenture employees may have to deal with long working hours and frequent rotations.
Accenture was founded in the 1950s under Arthur Andersen’s accounting firm. In 1989, Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting became separate parts of the Andersen Worldwide Société Coopérative.
Andersen Consulting became Accenture in January 2001. Accenture was formed to mean “Accent on the future”. The name was presented by Kim Petersen, a Danish Andersen Consulting employee. In the same year, on 19th July, Accenture opened its public offering at $14.50 per share and raised over a billion dollars that day.
From the 2000s to the 2010s, Accenture opened several branches worldwide and made a couple of important partnerships.
Accenture embraces a culture of support, innovation, and teamwork. They combine comfort and productivity, placing employees in work environments that are enjoyable, spirited, fair, and result-oriented.
Accenture’s workplace is a haven for innovation and somewhere the brightest minds get together to great effect. The firm offers excellent work-life balance and gives employees tools to help them remain in sync with the ever-changing world.
Recruitment at Accenture is a journey to personal discovery and is designed to help graduates and interns put their best selves on display. Accenture as an equal opportunity gives every graduate and intern an equal chance at employment.
Graduate and internship applicants commence their recruitment journey at Accenture with a job search on the company’s website. After finding roles that suit their passion and skills, applicants can proceed to provide detailed information as they submit a tailored resume.
After submitting a resume, recruiters at Accenture study each application and select the best-suited candidates for interviews. Some interviews may include assessments while others are plain interview sessions.
Interviews at Accenture are always a two-way street and are an opportunity for graduates and interns to learn about the company.
When all interview requirements have been met, a hiring team decides on graduates and internship candidates. Accenture’s recruitment team gives feedback on how to be better at their interviews and offers suited candidates employment at the firm.
After the offer is accepted, graduates and interns are onboarded and given further details on their roles at the company.
The people are the greatest contributors to growth at Accenture. From their start at the firm, graduates and interns are connected with high-spirited teammates that cater for their growth.
Asides from providing Human Resources, Accenture financially supports employees to grow in their careers. Last year, Accenture invested over $1 billion in learning and training materials for its employees.
They offer several programs like certifications, deep-tech training, workshops, online games, and hackathons to bring employees up to speed with the global work atmosphere.
Consulting Analysts at Accenture earn around CA$ 67,000 per year while Technology Analysts at the firm are paid around CA$ 65,960 per year.
Software Developers at Accenture are paid around CA$ 88,868 annually and Technical Consultants earn around CA$ 77,655 annually.
Accounting Interns at Accenture are paid an average of CA$ 31,249 annually.
Through all its work processes, Accenture maintains its position as a responsible company and citizen. They scale their commitment to SDGs in order of how well they can contribute to the goals and act accordingly. Accenture contributes to a better world by investing in environmental sustainability, social innovations, and TECH4GOOD.
In every change-driven initiative, Accenture lets its employees play a huge role through volunteer initiatives. They offer volunteering opportunities to help employees grow their careers while working on projects they are passionate about.
Most recently, Accenture is investing in partnering with private organizations to end human trafficking with the use of technology.
One of Accenture’s less pronounced roles is its partnership with Facebook to remove harmful content. Accenture organizes thousands of its employees to sift through Facebook and identify toxic messages.
Some employees employed in this role constantly complain of depression and high anxiety levels. Some employees of the firm have even filed class action lawsuits against the company, protesting the work conditions they’ve had to endure.
Facebook has indeed distanced itself from the partnership, knowing how much negative media they were already dealing with