Gilbert deal for Deloitte operations center will bring 2,500 tech jobs

PHOENIX — A major professional services company’s expansion into Gilbert will put an emphasis on tech-focused jobs, nearly 2,500 of them, town leaders said Friday.

New York-based Deloitte planned to open a delivery center near Gilbert Road and Loop 202. Gilbert’s town council approved the development agreement at Thursday’s meeting.

“We’re incredibly excited,” Jonas McCormick, managing partner for Deloitte in Phoenix, told KTAR News 92.3 FM. “… It’s a great place to locate the center.”

The jobs will be be filled over as many as three phases and eventually some yearly salaries will be as high as $95,000.

The project will get underway with a $34 million investment from Deloitte.

“This will not just benefit those in Gilbert but all of the Phoenix metro area,” Mayor Jenn Daniels said in a statement.

Dan Henderson, Gilbert’s director of economic development, told AZ Big Media the company will be in its permanent space within the Commons at Rivulon “creative neighborhood” by December.

“Arizona has become a hub for technology and innovation,” Sandra Watson, president and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, said.

The Phoenix Business Journal reported that Deloitte will get $2.1 million in incentives for the first 1,500 jobs and about half that for the 1,000 jobs that follow.

“Our recruitment efforts have already started,” McCormick said.

“There’s a large, well-educated talent pool to draw from. That certainly drew us to this area.”

Deloitte employs 285,000 around the world, 85,000 in the United States.

The company has an office in Phoenix.

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