MUMBAI, India, Nov 08, 2011 -- WNS (Holdings) Limited (WNS) a
leading provider of global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services, was
recently recognized as a training partner by the Chartered Institute of
Management Accountants (CIMA), the world's largest professional body of
management accountants. The accreditation will enable WNS to enhance its Finance
& Accounting (F&A) outsourcing capabilities among its employees across
WNS centers, with the help of CIMA's global quality standard training program in
management accounting.
"The professional growth of our employees is fundamental to WNS's growth. WNS
has initiated continuous learning and development initiatives along with
knowledge enhancement programs that enable our specialized workforce to improve
our services and solutions, enabling our clients to grow in the long run and
maintain an edge over their competition in today's highly competitive market.
One of our key initiatives in this endeavor towards nurturing talent within the
company is this partnership with CIMA that will help build, disseminate and
share domain knowledge expertise, a capability that is synonymous with WNS,"
said Keshav R. Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS.
WNS set up its F&A outsourcing services in 1996, and is currently one of
the fastest growing business units within WNS. The CIMA qualification will
enable WNS to create a one-stop solution for all finance and accounting domain
knowledge in an endeavor to retain and build specialized capabilities in the
segment. The training partnership will recognize WNS employees as CIMA qualified
professionals and will continue to support them throughout their working career.
"The CIMA qualification and our training program will help us in both
attracting and retaining talent. This will enable our knowledge experts to
deliver at a higher level of the value chain, by driving operational excellence
and delivering key outcomes to clients," said Tasneem Lakdawalla, Business Unit
Head, Finance & Accounting, WNS.
WNS is a leading comprehensive F&A outsourcing service provider, with
over 7,000 dedicated employees delivering a full range of over 600 processes
that range from simple transactions to complex analytical processes, including
industry-specific processes to more than 70 F&A clients around the world.
About CIMA
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, founded in 1919, is the
world's leading and largest professional body of Management Accountants, with
183,000 members and students operating in 168 countries, working at the heart of
business. CIMA members and students work in industry, commerce and
not-for-profit organisations. CIMA works closely with employers and sponsors
leading-edge research, constantly updating its qualification, professional
experience requirements and continuing professional development to ensure it
remains the employers' choice when recruiting financially-trained business
leaders.
CIMA is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards
of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management
accountancy. CIMA is proud to be the first professional accounting body to offer
a truly global product in the fast-moving area of Islamic Finance.
About WNS
WNS (Holdings) Limited is a
leading global business process outsourcing company. WNS offers business value
to 200+ global clients by combining operational excellence with deep domain
expertise in key industry verticals including Travel, Insurance, Banking and
Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping
and Logistics and Healthcare and Utilities. WNS delivers an entire spectrum of
business process outsourcing services such as finance and accounting, customer
care, technology solutions, research and analytics and industry specific back
office and front office processes. WNS has over 21,000 professionals across 23
delivery centers worldwide including Costa Rica, India, Philippines, Romania,
Sri Lanka and United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.wns.com .
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Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
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