Accenture wins $185 million BPO contract from Microsoft   

Accenture is to provide Microsoft Corp. with a range of finance and accounting (F&A) and procurement services under a seven-year, $185 million business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement. The agreement outsources some of Microsoft’s transactional finance activities and consolidates services currently provided by other vendors.   

The finance and accounting services Accenture will provide include accounts payable, travel and expense, and record-to-report functions, including fixed assets, general ledger, treasury and statutory reporting. In procurement Accenture will provide requisition-to-purchase-order processing.   

Accenture will ultimately provide these services to Microsoft in 92 countries and 36 languages outside the United States.   

Select services are being built on the Microsoft Dynamics AX platform, a multi-language, multi-currency enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that automates and streamlines core business functions to show a comprehensive view of a company’s business processes. The application’s adaptability is enabling Accenture to tailor its F&A services to Microsoft’s specific business needs.