Accenture plans to cut up to 890 jobs at its Irish operation.
The move comes after the company began work to "streamline" operations.
Accenture currently employs around 6,500 people here.
The professional services company says it will be "commencing a collective employee consultation for a proposed redundancy programme.
It adds it remains "firmly committed" to Ireland and will continue managing for the long term.
It also says it does not "plan to comment further while the consultation process is ongoing".
Accenture says it'll continue to focus on ensuring it has the right talent to serve its clients and run its business today and tomorrow.
Staff were informed of the job losses today.
In March, it initiated a series of actions to streamline its operations, including the departure of around 2.5% of its current global workforce.
The company has released the following statement: "We continue to focus on ensuring we have the right talent to serve our clients and run our business today and tomorrow.
"In March, we initiated a series of actions to streamline our operations, including the departure of around 2.5% of our current global workforce.
"We will be commencing a collective employee consultation for a proposed redundancy programme that is expected to affect around 890 people at Accenture in Ireland.
"Our business in Ireland continues to show strong performance and we remain focused on our strategy to be at the centre of our clients' business and help them reinvent themselves to reach new levels of performance. We continue to focus on ensuring we have the right talent to serve our clients, to invest in our people and recruit in critical skills areas. We remain firmly committed to our business in Ireland and will continue managing for the long-term."
