About 350 jobs are headed to Cobb County over the next 18 months as First Data, the Fortune 500 payments processor, continues to consolidateoperations in metro Atlanta.
First Data said Thursday that its TASQ Technology subsidiary, which resells “point of sale” equipment such as credit card readers, will close two offices near Sacramento, Calif. and will move the jobs to Marietta.
TASQ has leased a 266,000 square foot building on Canton Road, just off I-75, First Data said.
Some of the California employees are expected to relocate to Marietta, but many of the positions will be filled locally, said Chip Swearngan, a First Data spokesman. Positions include project managers, business analysts, distribution clerks and relationship managers, he said.
In addition, TASQ’s office in Kennesaw will move to the Marietta site, Swearngan said.
First Data moved its corporate headquarters from Denver to Atlanta last year, saying it expected to create about 1,000 jobs in the area, a number that includes the 350 TASQ positions.
First Data’s headquarters is in the Perimeter Center area.
In making the move, TASQ qualifies for $6 million in job tax credits from the state of Georgia, said Alison Tyrer, director of communications for the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
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