Graham Blain  


Partner Information Risk Management

Date of birth  - 9/1/1972

Nationality  - South African

Current role and responsibilities
Graham is a Partner in our Information Risk Management practice, and is the National Service Line leader for the Business Systems Controls service line.

Prior KPMG roles and responsibilities
Graham has previous experience in external audit and led the implementation project for Oracle Applications within the South African practice.

Key areas of experience
Project Management
Project Risk Management
IT Internal Audit
IT Governance
Business Process Analysis
Data Analysis and Conversion
Package Selection and Implementation
Oracle Applications Configuration
Oracle Applications Risk Management
General IT Controls
Systems Integration Controls
SAP Business Process Controls
SAP Authorisations

Education
Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) - University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Accounting - University of the Witwatersrand

Professional qualifications
Chartered Accountant (South Africa)

Language skills
English : Primary language
Afrikaans : Moderate

Country experience
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Market segment experience
Banking - Involvement in external systems audit, statutory reporting system implementation and risk and compliance management frameworks

Professional service experience
Oracle Applications - Project leader, configuration of projects, receivables, payables, HR and general ledger, report development

Information Risk Management (IRM) - Project Risk Management, Business Process Analysis, Data Migration, IS Governance

IRM in the Financial Audit (BMP/Audit 2000) - Information systems components of major financial institution audits