Offshore chatter has finance staff on edge FINANCE professionals face a nervous end to the financial year as employers eye offshoring roles and greater use of technology to boost productivity, as a raft of major companies step up their focus on costs amid soft activity. The Finance Sector Union yesterday stepped up its attack on ANZ, one of the biggest financial services employers, after an internal memo examined shifting more than 500 call-centre jobs offshore to create a "lean and agile workforce which can respond rapidly to business changes."