Expansion

Wärtsilä officially opens its Global Business Services Hub in Gdańsk.

While announced way back in April, the new center will support the Group’s global operations in the areas of finance and data management. By the end of 2026, the Wärtsilä Global Business Services Hub team in Gdańsk is expected to comprise approximately 100 specialists. The official inauguration of the Wärtsilä Global Business Services Hub—a new […]

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InPost centralises European finance process standardisation in Poland

InPost is adding a Finance Process Expert for General Ledger/Fixed Assets responsible for standardising processes and ensuring compliance with the group’s SAP Global Template, including end-to-end process ownership. This is significant because InPost is evolving from a Polish logistics company into a multi-country European group, perhaps with an emerging internal GBS/process-CoE model.

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Arla GSS builds cloud-platform and data engineering capability in Gdańsk

Arla Global Shared Services has added an Azure Platform capability supporting its global PLM ecosystem, alongside further development of its Data Foundation Platform. The work covers Azure infrastructure, Databricks, integration, DevOps and infrastructure-as-code. This follows Arla’s recent GenAI/data and global HR-technology moves in Gdańsk.

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Hyva puts EMEA finance transformation mandate in Kraków

Hydraulics multinational Hyva has placed a new Head of Finance – EMEA position in Kraków with an explicit mandate to create a more standardised, scalable regional Finance organisation and reshape how Finance operates across EMEA.

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TotalEnergies Bucharest expands global finance reach across 50+ countries

Fresh company information accompanying TotalEnergies Global Services Bucharest’s latest reporting activity shows its expansion plans. The Romanian SSC handles P2P, O2C, R2R, Financial Statements and Cash Management for TotalEnergies affiliates in more than 50 countries, across Exploration & Production, Refining & Chemicals, Marketing & Services and Renewables. It also delivers integrated global IT services. TotalEnergies […]

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Michelin centralises Turkish accounting leadership in its 1,000+ person Bucharest SSC

Michelin’s Bucharest Shared Services Centre has placed a Chief Accountant Turkey in Romania, with responsibility for Turkish statutory and Group financial statements and oversight of accounting activity for Turkey. Michelin says its Bucharest Corporate & Business Services operation now has more than 1,000 employees spanning Purchasing, Finance, Logistics, Sales Administration, Personnel and Service Management.

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DKV Mobility’s Romanian SSC passes 400 employees as global mandate expands

In a fresh interview, DKV Mobility Romania MD Cătălin Constantinescu disclosed that the Romanian operation now has more than 400 employees. Its shared-services centre, launched around 2021, handles operational, IT and finance functions and serves DKV Mobility globally—not merely Romania or Eastern Europe. Full Article Link (in Romanian)

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Rockwool GBS tops 800, and continues Poznan expansion

ROCKWOOL GBS expands its Poznań headquarters after reaching 800+ employees. ROCKWOOL GBS officially opened an additional ninth floor at its Poznań headquarters on 22 September, 2026. The Polish GBS organisation now employs more than 800 people across Poznań and Warsaw, with roughly 11,000 sqm occupied in Poznań. Further space on the fourth floor is planned […]

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Rankings

Newest Global Cities Index report: Warsaw jumps 109 places; CEE strong gains

Oxford Economics released its 2026 Global Cities Index today, 16 September, and the CEE results are unusually positive: Warsaw rose 109 places, while Bratislava and Sofia also made large gains; Prague ranks 51st and is the highest-ranked CEE city. Oxford Economics expects Prague, Warsaw and Tallinn to be among Europe’s stronger economic-growth cities in coming […]

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DSV GBS continues modest Warsaw expansion

The Danish DSV GBS is continuing to expand – methodically and modestly – its Warsaw operations – in both Travel procurement centralization and Contract Management. Travel procurement hiring continues, with hiring of a Senior Procurement Specialist – Business Travel in Warsaw to cover travel agencies, airlines, hotel chains, rail and car-rental companies. This shows that […]

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