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Vattenfall hires Accenture to digitally transform its HR

By TechTaffy Desk

European electricity and heat retailer and producer Vattenfall has awarded Accenture a five-year agreement to digitally transform its human resources (HR) function, including deployment of a new platform and delivery of end-to-end HR services.

Accenture will deliver a full HR as-a-Service offering, including a digital transformation based on SAP SuccessFactors solutions, and supported by ServiceNow, SAP Fieldglass and Concur solutions, which will be cloud-based. Technologies Accenture will deploy in the project will include robotics process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence and analytics, says the firm.

Accenture will deliver the services from its delivery centers in, Prague and Mumbai, and Vattenfall’s locations in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Forsmark, Ringhals and Lulea.

[Image courtesy: Vattenfall]

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