Scandinavian Airlines outsources F&A

STOCKHOLM: Accenture will provide Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) with finance and accounting (F&A) business services in Western Europe under a seven-year business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement.

The services Accenture covers include accounts payable, accounts receivable and accounting to reporting, adds a press release. Accenture will provide the services to SAS in 14 countries across Western Europe; mainly in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the United Kingdom. The services will be delivered through Accenture’s Global Delivery Network from its delivery center in Delhi, India.

“The work being performed by Accenture is part of SAS’s new strategy “Core SAS” that is designed to deliver annual savings through a streamlined and simplified operating model,” said Sara Jinnerot, VP at SAS Accounting Services. ”We selected Accenture because of their ability to provide a qualitative and cost effective solution. Accenture has a proven track record of delivering similar services”.