TCS bags multi-year deal from BBC

Tata Consultancy Services said on Thursday that it has won a multi-year deal from The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to transform its finance and payroll functions and manage the underlying application estate for greater agility and resilience. Deal financials were not disclosed.

TCS will leverage TCS Cognix, an AI-driven human-machine collaboration suite and also provide application management and change delivery services for the broadcaster’s application estate supporting the finance, procurement and HR functions. Additionally, TCS will help deploy a new partner payroll platform and services with an integrated analytics layer, to streamline the broadcaster’s payroll function.

“We are pleased to be selected by the BBC as their partner to transform their finance and payroll function. TCS’ digital capabilities and domain expertise will help them achieve their business objectives while building greater agility and resilience in their operations,” said Amit Kapur, Country Head, UK and Ireland, TCS.


The partnership will entail managing individual processes across strategic as well as transactional finance operations, embedding digital technologies in them to improve efficiency, process velocity and process outcomes.