OREANDA-NEWS. July 25, 2012. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, announced today that it has been designated as a leader in finance and accounting outsourcing (FAO) in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix, published in the FAO Service Provider Landscape – Survival and Growth in the Crowded FAO market, in June 2012. Among the attributes that earned TCS the prominent position are robust growth in new client wins and renewals coupled with continuous investments in process and technology capabilities.

In this report, Everest Group analysed the position of 20+ service providers on the Everest Group Performance | Experience | Ability | Knowledge (PEAK) Matrix for FAO. These service providers are divided into three categories based on performance: leaders, major contenders and emerging players. The PEAK Matrix is a framework to assess the absolute matrix success and overall capability of service providers. Everest Group also identified five service providers, including TCS, as the 2012 FAO Market Star Performers based on the strongest forward movement demonstrated on the PEAK Matrix year-on-year.

“TCS is an established player in the FAO market and emerged as the leader on the Everest Group’s 2012 PEAK Matrix for FAO. TCS has made strong and smart investments in technology-led and industry-specific solutions backed by a robust and expanding global delivery model.  Further, successful relationships with existing clients aided in robust contracts expansion / renewal activity. Consequently, TCS transitioned from a major contender to a leader in 2012. With this strong forward and upward movement on the PEAK Matrix in 2011, TCS also earned the status of a 2012 FAO Star Performer,” said Saurabh Gupta, vice president, Everest Group.

“We are honored to receive recognition as a leader in finance and accounting (F&A) outsourcing  from Everest Group. TCS places great value on providing its customers with transformational F&A offerings. This recognition from Everest Group affirms the quality and strength of our offerings on a global scale,” said Abid Ali Z Neemuchwala, vice president and global head of BPO, TCS. “As CFOs globally seek to enable profitable growth with robust risk management for their organisations, TCS’ F&A services are enabling them to meet their goals by addressing finance functions' efficiency, effectiveness and compliance all at the same time.”

TCS’ F&A services help CFOs and controllers to create visibility and transparency around capital and assets by identifying, managing and mitigating risks and tightening budgeting and planning to meet and exceed performance expectations. TCS’ FORE™ methodology is a process maturity assessment and transformation tool that is enabling organisation to accelerate their journey towards business excellence by establishing a current process maturity baseline, identifying areas for target performance and recommending and implementing a roadmap to expand the role of controllership beyond execution and financial efficiency to a more strategic & proactive growth enabler.