Robert Skopp
Partner, Public companies
We view our IT consultancy as a holistic service offering founded on IT performance as an important prerequisite for the challenges of the public sector in the framework of completing operational tasks.
The main technological challenges of public and non-profit institutions for the future can be seen in the selection, implementation and operation of complex procedural landscapes, the development and use of modern e-government concepts and challenging requirements for an efficient IT infrastructure and its target-oriented management in the face of simultaneously rising cost pressure.
Only the integrated consideration of all aspects related to IT allows for innovative concepts.
Founded on the in-depth industry expertise of BDO’s experienced team, we advise public authority clients with various technically oriented services with a view to modernisation and deployment of IT tools and procedures:
- Support for an efficient and targeted selection of ERP systems for public budgeting and accounting, or individual tools (e.g. for consolidated financial statements) through analysis and evaluation of technical requirements and product-specific options and by performing cost-effectiveness analyses based on the WiBe® standard
- Ensuring a targeted introduction of ERP systems for public budgeting and accounting, or of individual tools
- Creating business and technology concepts (e.g. in the form of performance specifications)
- Reviewing third-party solutions and completed implementations (post-implementation reviews)
- Ongoing quality assurance of implementation projects
- Active monitoring of implementation projects (SAP SEM BCS, FI (New GL), FI-AA, CO, PS, PPPs, authorisation system, planning and integrated reporting)
- Analysis and optimisation of existing IT solutions for budgeting and accounting in terms of performance (e.g. optimisation of the data, information and use quality of budgetary consolidation systems) and compliance
- IT cost optimisation through analysis of the structures and value creation processes in the IT sector, and the development of actions (such as harmonisation and consolidation of process landscapes or data centres, IT service structures/procurement, IT project management)
- Improving the quality and efficiency of IT operations through the design of cross-organisational IT services (e.g. testing and implementation of the integration of IT organisations of different authorities or departments, improving the internal organisation of existing IT organisations)
- Improving the quality and efficiency of IT operations through the design of cross-organisational IT services (e.g. testing and implementation of the integration of IT organisations of different authorities or departments, improving the internal organisation of existing IT organisations)
- Support in IT project portfolio management with a view to prioritisation and content synchronisation of IT projects, and active project management in terms of time, resources and content
