Portsmouth Business School

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Alan Graham

Qualifications

• MA Engineering Science, Wadham College, Oxford University (1982-85)
• ACA Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (1989)
• FCA Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (1999)
• PGCE Post-compulsory Education, University of Portsmouth (2005)
• CFE Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (2010)

Teaching experience

Alan lectures in the area of financial accounting and reporting, fraud and forensic analysis, enterprise finance and employability skills.

Work experience

• 1998-2004 - Chief Accountant, Alstom Transport, Eastleigh
• 1994-1998 - Various roles, including Company Director, Financial Controller, Company Secretary, Project Accountant, Peek plc, Oxfordshire
• 1990-1994 - Financial Accountant, Group Accountant, Northern Telecom Europe
• 1985-1990 - Audit Supervisor, Touche Ross & Co, London

Alan's research interests focus on pedagogical issues surrounding the teaching of writing skills and also ethics teaching for accountants.  Alan is also interested in the role of the financial controller in business organisations.

Conference papers

PBS Learning & Teaching Conference - June 2007 – 'Employability Skills in Accounting Pathways'. Alan Graham, Caroline Willett & Margaret Yarr.

PBS Learning & Teaching Conference - June 2008 – 'What not to write: an intervention in written communication skills for accounting students'. Alan Graham, Caroline Willett & Martin Hampton.

British Accounting Association – Accounting Education SIG – May 2008, Seville, Spain.

• 'What not to write: an intervention in written communication skills for accounting students'. Alan Graham, Caroline Willett & Martin Hampton.
• 'The Financial Professional's Toolbox – the on-going development of a generic skills unit to meet the needs of accounting students – with stakeholder engagement'. Alan Graham, Caroline Willett & Margaret Yarr.

British Accounting Association – South East Area – Sept 2008, Oxford Brookes University.

• 'The Developing Role of the Financial Controller'. Alan Graham, Ian Toon & Sue Davey-Evans.

Annual Research and KT Conference - June 2009, Portsmouth Business School.

• 'The Developing Role of the Financial Controller'. Alan Graham, Ian Toon & Sue Davey-Evans. PBS Learning & Teaching Conference - June 2010 – 'A qualitative and quantitative exploration of the drivers of poor performance in BME students on the undergraduate accounting course.' Margaret Yarr, Caroline Willett, Dean Osman and Alan Graham.

PBS Learning & Teaching Conference - June 2010

• 'A qualitative and quantitative exploration of the drivers of poor performance in BME students on the undergraduate accounting course.' Margaret Yarr, Caroline Willett, Dean Osman and Alan Graham.

Research funding obtained

CIMA seedcorn research funding – 'The Developing Role of the Financial Controller'. £2,000 grant awarded Apr 2007 with Ian Toon & Susan Davey-Evans.

PBS – Learning & Teaching Innovation Fund – Effective Writing Skills for Finance Professionals, phase 1 - £2,500 grant awarded Sep 2007 with Caroline Willett & Martin Hampton.

PBS – Learning & Teaching Innovation Fund - Effective Writing Skills for Finance Professionals, phase 2 - £5,000 grant awarded Sep 2008 with Caroline Willett & Martin Hampton.

CHA Research Bursary, April 2009 – 'The personal transferable skills required of the modern finance manager and financial controller'. £3000 grant awarded. Ian Toon, Alan Graham & Susan Davey-Evans.

Publications

Other

• 2006-2010 - Parent Governor of Thornden Secondary School, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire.
• 1997-2004 - Parish Councillor, Otterbourne, Winchester, Hampshire.