Firm Spotlight: Accenture

Firm Name:

Accenture

Specialization:

Accenture is a global professional services company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Accenture is a global collective of innovators who look to improve the way the world works and lives. Working with their clients, they apply innovation and intelligence at the heart of their organizations. Empowered with leading-edge technologies, continuous learning opportunities and a global community with deep industry expertise, they stay continually ahead of the game while making a difference everywhere we go. Whatever your passion, Accenture offers a range of career opportunities in Strategy & Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations.

Things they are known for:

With more than half a million employees, Accenture is one of the world’s largest global professional services organizations. Accenture leads particularly in the digital, cloud, and security sectors, and employs professionals on projects that span more than 40 other industries. Accenture offers traditional management consulting services via their Strategy and Consulting division while providing a large volume and variety of technological solutions via their Interactive, Technology, and Operations divisions.

Number of Employees:

Accenture employs about 537,000 professionals globally.

Geographic Footprint:

Accenture operates in more than 200 cities in 50 countries around the world. In the West, Accenture has major offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. The LA Office is brand new and located in the Arts District of Downtown LA!

Any programs specifically for UCLA students interested in Consulting?

Accenture offers summer internships for current students full-time opportunities for rising seniors. More specifically, they hire into the following programs from UCLA each Fall: Consulting Development Program, Interactive Development Program, and Technology Development Program.

Accenture also maintains additional undergraduate programs such as the Accenture Student Leadership Program (SLP) and the yearly Accenture Innovation Challenge.

You can learn more about their undergraduate opportunities here.

Name of UCLA recruiter and email contact:

Madeline McCooe (Connect with Madeline on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/madelinemccooe/) & give her a follow on Instagram (@madelinetherecruiter).

Working experience at Accenture:

“I could not think of a better place to start my career than Accenture. In the past 4 years I’ve had incredible career development opportunities and most importantly, impactful mentors who have guided me every step of the way. I constantly feel that I’m being challenged while still steering the direction I want my career to go. Compared to my peers, I feel I have much more autonomy in my work and have accumulated a deep industry expertise that is hard to match elsewhere.”

- Olivia Secard, UCLA ’17, Management Consultant at Accenture in Los Angeles