Sundaram Business Services to hire 200 people

Chennai, May 23: Sundaram Business Services (SBS), the BPO arm of the five-decade-old Sundaram Finance Limited, today said it would hire over 200 people this year.

A press release here said the expansion was necessary because of new account wins as well as growth in existing customer base, both domestic and overseas. As part of the expansion plans, SBS was considering hiring qualified accountants and management graduates.

Commenting on its domestic BPO expansion, Executive Director P S Raghavan said, "We are seeing a lot of traction in the domestic market, especially in the insurance vertical. We have strong domain expertise in the insurance back office operations which appeals to both established and new generation companies and our plan is to expand deeper into this space, in addition to the accounting and payroll services." Sundaram BPO currently has over 450 employees housed in a 30,000 sq ft facility in the heart of Chennai besides subsidiary facilities in Mumbai and Delhi.

UNI