KPMG named ServiceNow’s 2026 Worldwide Core Business Partner of the Year

KPMG International said it has been named ServiceNow’s 2026 Worldwide Core Business Partner of the Year, announcing the win on March 3, 2026. ServiceNow characterized the award as the first of its kind across its worldwide partner ecosystem, and KPMG said the recognition highlights member firms’ work to unlock significant strategic value from core enterprise operations.

ServiceNow’s category description explains what the Core Business Partner honor recognizes: "This award honors the partner who modernizes HR, finance, procurement, supply chain, and other core business functions using the ServiceNow AI Platform. This partner connects data and processes to increase transparency, efficiency, and operational control. Their work strengthens business performance at scale."

KPMG framed the award as confirmation of its place inside the ServiceNow ecosystem. "KPMG is proud to announce that it has received a prestigious 2026 ServiceNow Partner of the Year Award, reinforcing KPMG’s position as a leader in the ServiceNow ecosystem," the firm wrote on its announcement page, tying the recognition to its Global Business Services work.

That connection is explicit in KPMG’s technical pitch: "Global Business Services (GBS) with KPMG Velocity, enabled by the ServiceNow AI Platform, helps clients achieve new levels of operational agility, enhance financial controls and visibility, optimize strategic sourcing and procurement and build more resilient supply chains." The language names KPMG Velocity and the ServiceNow AI Platform as the delivery vehicle for scalable, AI-enabled models across finance operations, HR, procurement and supply chain management.

The award sits inside ServiceNow’s broader Partner Awards program, which "recognize[s] partners worldwide who help customers successfully use AI solutions." ServiceNow’s winners table lists KPMG LLP as the partner account for the WORLDWIDE Core Business Partner winner, and the 2026 roll call includes other global systems integrators and consultancies such as Deloitte Consulting LLP and IBM Consulting - Global as winners in other categories and regions.

KPMG’s announcement page lists people tied to the work and the region: Kim Casen, Business Technology, KPMG in Finland; Tomi Nevasoja, Partner, Digital Platforms, KPMG in Finland; and Krister Määttä. The page also points readers to its global press release with the instruction "Read more from our global press release."

For KPMG practitioners focused on Global Business Services, the award cements a commercial narrative: the firm is positioning KPMG Velocity plus the ServiceNow AI Platform as a repeatable route to operational agility across finance, HR, procurement and supply chain. With the March 3, 2026 announcement and ServiceNow’s worldwide placement of KPMG LLP in the winners table, the partnership now carries an explicit industry credential that KPMG can cite when pitching scaled GBS transformations.