Mark Dobson Email & Phone Number

Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Finance, ICT, GDPR, Facilities, Contract management, H&S and HR1. Finance
• effective financial procedures.
• manage banking, cash flow, invoicing and payments.
• preparation of budgets and reforecasts.
• preparation of accurate monthly management accounts and other financial reports as required.
• annual audit process.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Manage planning and delivery of corporate services both internal and external
• Provide staff management to a team of 6 plus volunteers
• Contribute to corporate decision making & strategic steering including organisational restructuring and delivery through change management
• Produce business plan including areas of H&S, ICT, facilities, administration priorities and projects
• Liaise with ICT contractors and introduce better working practice in order to affect efficiency savings
• Conduct scenario planning to reflect the need for change and review existing contracts

Hamilton

• Undertook this short term temporary contract role to identify areas of financial process improvement and control such as revision of all budget and forecasting procedures and internal financial information reporting
• Developed a successful funding bid to Scottish Government covering the coming three years including identification of efficiency savings and budgetary scenario planning

• Business Management & Planning:
• Monitored all existing contracts, renewing when necessary, and ensuring value for money and good practice within tendering
• Identified capital spend projects including ICT infrastructure and hardware improvements, worked with partners including Scottish Government to achieve benchmarks and quality service in all areas
• Developed FSA Scotland annual business plan in liaison with fellow senior staff to ensure objectives of current 5 year strategic plan and any other objectives were reflected
• Co-coordinated and reviewed the development and integration of FSAS planning within plan
• Provided facilities management services based on best value while meeting all operational requirements

Ma, Business Management

Accredited Practitioner, Risk Management