Tiverity announced this week that it has secured a key hire for financial jobs in Atlanta.

The Unified Communications (UC) and Contact Center systems integration firm appointed Mr. Joe McGhee as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

The new hire has worked for Cisco Systems, Avaya Communications, and Siemens. (more…)

Zanett has announced a new deal with PNC that could spur on the creation of hiring for finance jobs in Atlanta.

Zanett, a leading consulting firm specializing in serving Fortune 500 corporations and mid-market organizations in Health Care, Life Sciences, Manufacturing & Distribution, Retail, Gaming & Hospitality, and State & Local Government today announced that it has recently signed a 3-year banking relationship with PNC Bank. The 3-year Line of Credit is for a maximum amount of $10 million and initially carries an interest rate of Prime +1.25%. (more…)

Chase Bank is opening new branches all across Georgia and plans on hiring new tellers in Atlanta, among many other positions.

Chase is the retail and commercial banking arm of JP Morgan Chase. The bank plans on opening ten new bank branches across the Atlanta area within the year. The average cost of opening a bank is about $2.5 million.

Total, Chase plans on opening about 35 branches through 2012, which equates to approximately 300-400 new jobs.
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Wells Fargo, a nationwide bank, has declared they will continue adding finance jobs in Atlanta after a recent hiring spree.

The bank, which acquired Wachovia Corp. over a year ago, said they plan to continue expanding in the metro Atlanta area. The merger gave them 199 branches in Atlanta alone.

Wells Fargo recently hired 300 people around branches in Georgia and 200 people in the metro area alone.

Jobs they are hiring for include tellers, branch managers, financial specialists, and loan officers. They bank is focused on growing and improving their customer service and offerings.
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First Data, a Fortune 500 payments processor, is creating about 350 finance and clerical jobs in Atlanta.

The jobs are headed to Cobb County over the next 18 months as First Data continues to consolidate its operations in metro Atlanta.

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One banking company may relocate several Atlanta finance jobs.

Bank of America Corp. is considering plan to relocate 650 jobs from Atlanta to Charlotte, North Carolina, where the bank is headquartered. The move could be stopped if the company’s building in Atlanta receives a major renovation, according to an article by the Charlotte Business Journal.

BentleyForbes Group, the company that owns Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, has brought this idea before the Development Authority of Fulton County, asking the authority to offer $567 million in bonds, finance the renovation of Bank of America’s office space and fund the addition of a hotel, restaurants and stores.

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