Finance Hubs Become More of a Focus

Walter Bialas says DFW’s backbone is in a wide range of technology all over the metroplex.

DALLAS—What types of employees are being hired, where are the employers located and how is the industry evolving? As the region increasingly grows, particularly in the finance industry, employment hubs have become more of a focus. These are some of the areas explored in the recent JLL Financial Services report.

With so many new lines of business, the challenge becomes how best to integrate functions to be more efficient, serve customers at the highest level and effectively manage costs, the report says. At first, this integration was basic. It was all about the expanded companies being on the same platforms for main functions such as accounting, financial reporting, compliance and the like. But true efficiency is more complicated—and has taken time to achieve.