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Qantas announced plans to outsource corporate roles to India through a partnership with Accenture, resulting in 850 job cuts over the coming years, starting mid-2027. Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson detailed that finance, procurement, and marketing teams would be impacted first, with services primarily outsourced to Accenture's Indian workforce. The move aims to modernize technology infrastructure and enhance innovation within the company.

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Qantas, the Australian airline, announced plans to cut 850 local jobs and outsource many of these roles to India as part of a deal with technology consulting firm Accenture. The job cuts, which include positions in finance, procurement, human resources, and marketing, will begin by mid-2027. CEO Vanessa Hudson stated the changes aim to modernize back-end systems, processes, and data to increase efficiency and invest more in customers and future growth amid high fuel costs and rapid technological advancements. The airline plans to consult with affected employees and their unions over the next few months before finalizing decisions.

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The changes will start in the finance, procurement and marketing teams, with some services delivered by those teams outsourced to Accenture "delivered mostly by its teams in India and some in Australia", the email read.

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Qantas sends corporate roles overseas as airline slashes 850 jobs · assertive framing

Qantas will move roles overseas and cut 850 positions under an outsourcing deal with tech firm Accenture. asserted

Qantas → move → Accenture

The airline said hundreds of roles would go "over coming years, with the first changes expected to be in place by mid-2027". asserted

changes → say → mid-2027

Some roles will be outsourced to Accenture workers in India. asserted

roles → outsource → India

Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson sent an all-staff email announcing the cuts, describing it as "hard news for some". asserted

Hudson → send → some

Ms Hudson said the redundancies were part of a new multi-year partnership with Accenture and would affect corporate roles within the organisation. asserted

redundancies → say → organisation

email → start → Australia

The Australian Services Union said it was meeting with its Qantas members today following the news. asserted

it → say → news

Qantas said it would look to redeploy as many people as possible. asserted

it → say → people

"Like every airline, we run on technology built up over decades for a different era, including more than 1,000 legacy applications that were never designed to work together," Ms Hudon said. " asserted

Hudon → run → applications

It will allow us to unlock innovation faster and accelerate our use of AI, with lasting benefits." asserted

us → allow → benefits

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