With more than 1,500 experts across engineering, AI, product development and operations, the Competence Centres act as a strategic accelerator for Visma companies, helping them scale faster while maintaining high product quality and operational maturity.

“Competence Centres are not about providing additional capacity, they are about accelerating Visma companies”, explains Eva Martins, Managing Director of the Competence Centre in Portugal.

Solving the talent challenge in a competitive tech landscape

For many software companies, hiring locally can be slow, expensive, and vulnerable to high turnover. Unlike traditional outsourcing models, the Competence Centres function as deeply integrated partners within the Visma ecosystem, providing companies with stable, highly skilled teams and access to shared expertise.

“Our goal is to build teams that stay, learn and grow within the Visma ecosystem,” says Martins.

At the same time, the international teams within the Competence Centres bring new perspectives to local product roadmaps, helping companies avoid the “geographic echo chamber” and innovate faster.

Removing one of the biggest headaches for founders

When founders join Visma with ambitious growth plans, one challenge quickly emerges: how to scale teams effectively in a rapidly changing technological landscape.

Scaling is no longer just about hiring more people. Leaders must decide which roles to automate, which require specialised talent, and how to integrate AI-native skills.

“Our role is to help founders build strong, AI-native teams, so they can focus on what matters most: building great products and leading their markets”, states Daniel Reisenauer, Managing Director of Competence Centre in Romania.

The Competence Centres support this process through advanced workforce planning, helping companies find the right balance between human expertise and emerging AI capabilities.

Strengthening the capabilities that matter most

Competence Centre partnerships go beyond engineering capacity, helping Visma companies grow while maintaining high product quality.

• Talent retention and continuity – Highly engaged teams ensure stable product ownership and minimal knowledge loss.
• Modern engineering culture – Continuous learning, peer review, and strong technical standards create stronger collaboration between distributed and local teams.
• Operational maturity – Frameworks and compliance are centralised, so companies can focus on scaling - not administration.

Driving innovation across the Visma ecosystem

The Competence Centres model is built on deep integration, transparency, and shared ways of working, where teams embed directly with Visma companies.

“We don’t see ourselves as an external vendor,” says Reisenauer. “Our teams become an extension of the companies they work with.”

This model supports companies across the Visma ecosystem, including e-conomic, Visionplanner, Tripletex, Spiris, and Visma Software Nordic, helping them accelerate product roadmaps.

Turning Visma’s scale into a competitive advantage

Visma companies collaborating with the Competence Centres gain something far more powerful: access to collective intelligence across the Group.

At the same time, the Competence Centres build a strong pipeline of global talent. Through partnerships with universities or mobility programs, they attract highly skilled talent. Many of them are AI-native and already trained within the Visma ecosystem before joining product teams.

“When companies work with the Competence Centres, they are not simply hiring developers, they are accessing a market-ready ecosystem of expertise”, says Eva Martins.

About Visma Competence Centres

• 1,500+ experts across engineering, AI, product development and operations
• +80 average eNPS (employee engagement score) across locations
• Present in 5 countries: Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Portugal and Romania
• Supporting Visma companies, including e-conomic, Visionplanner, Tripletex, Spiris and Visma Software Nordic