Accenture is one of the world's largest professional services and technology consulting firms, with roots in the consulting arm of Arthur Andersen, operating as Andersen Consulting from 1989 and renamed Accenture in 2001. It is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and its New Zealand practice, based in Auckland, delivers for New Zealand government and enterprise clients backed by the global Accenture network.

The firm offers strategy and consulting, technology and operations services, application and platform engineering, and managed services, together with industry platforms and software assets spanning finance, supply chain, customer experience and human capital.

Its technology specialisations include artificial intelligence and generative AI, cloud transformation across public and hybrid environments, data and analytics, enterprise applications such as SAP and Salesforce, cyber security and intelligent automation, with recognised leadership in public cloud IT transformation.