Outsourcing demand signalled by IAOP award

Grant Thornton said on April 23 that Auxis, now part of Grant Thornton Advisors, made the 2026 IAOP Global Outsourcing 100 as both a Leader and an All Star Company. (grantthornton.com) The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals lists Auxis as a Leader in its 2026 Global 100 roster, which groups providers and advisors across the outsourcing market. Grant Thornton said Auxis also received a Sustained Excellence award for appearing on the list for 11 straight years. (iaop.org) (grantthornton.com) IAOP’s current format scores firms on customer references, awards and certifications, innovation programs, and social impact programs. Companies that score across every judging category are labeled All Star companies. (iaop.org) (grantthornton.com) That matters because Auxis sells operating work, not just advice. Grant Thornton says its services cover finance, information technology, human resources, customer service, automation and shared services, with delivery centered on Latin America nearshoring for U.S. clients. (grantthornton.com) Nearshoring means moving work to teams in nearby countries instead of sending it halfway around the world. Grant Thornton said Auxis built that model for U.S. companies around real-time collaboration, cultural alignment and access to talent in Costa Rica, Colombia and the United States. (businesswire.com) Grant Thornton announced its deal to join forces with Auxis on July 29, 2025, and said on September 2, 2025 that the transaction had closed. The firm said the combination added more than 1,400 professionals and folded Auxis’ outsourcing and automation business into a broader advisory platform. (grantthornton.com) (businesswire.com) Grant Thornton has described that platform as a push beyond traditional consulting into strategy, operations, tax, technology and managed delivery. In that setup, an outsourcing award for Auxis signals that clients are still buying long-term execution in finance and back-office work, not only project advice. (grantthornton.com 1) (grantthornton.com 2) Grant Thornton also pointed to newer automation credentials as part of the pitch. The firm said Auxis was recently named a UiPath Diamond Partner, the highest partner tier in UiPath’s ecosystem, alongside earlier recognition from research firms including Everest Group and ISG. (grantthornton.com) The immediate change is reputational, not financial: neither Grant Thornton nor IAOP disclosed revenue tied to the award. But the April 23 announcement gives Grant Thornton a fresh data point as it sells a combined model of advisory work plus outsourced operations. (grantthornton.com) (iaop.org)