Robert Skopp
Public Sector Consultancy
Public Companies & Administration
Executive summary
Consulting focus/specialization
With a focus on federal and state administrations as well as public and non-profit organizations, Mr. Skopp specializes in the following specialist topics:
- Managing and advising on complex transformation projects as part of the modernization of public budgeting and accounting, organizational changes to public service structures and the implementation of specialist policy projects
- Efficiency, organizational and process optimization
- Measuring bureaucracy and regulatory costs
- Program and project management of complex public projects
Engagement
Robert Skopp began his 19-year career at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH). There, in addition to conducting analyses in the field of basic economic research, he prepared various municipal and regional policy reports for public clients.
After moving to the State Chancellery of Saxony-Anhalt, he took over the development of a planning staff for the Minister President. His main tasks included personally advising the Minister President and the Head of the State Chancellery on economic and financial policy matters (e.g. reform of the federal-state fiscal equalization system, Solidarity Pact II). As a senior consultant, he started advising public clients in 2001. In 2004, Mr. Skopp moved to a large Certified Public Auditor and consulting firm as an authorized signatory, where he was responsible for projects in the areas of profitability and organizational optimization in public and non-profit service organizations. During this time, Mr. Skopp was responsible for numerous mandates from federal and state ministries, municipalities and non-profit organizations, especially in the context of the introduction of budget, cash and accounting optimization.In the course of his career, he has gained extensive expertise in the introduction of new management tools in public institutions, in the profitability and IT needs analysis of public organizations, the optimization of organizational processes and the implementation of restructuring measures.