Associate Professor of Accounting

The UCL School of Management is home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes. The School has forged a reputation for world-leading research and teaching in the areas of innovation management, the creation and growth of technology-intensive organisations, business analytics, and entrepreneurship.

The research undertaken at the UCL School of Management has been rated as ‘world-leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF), placing us 2nd in the UK for Business and Management.

The School is home to over 2,000 students, with more than 55% from outside the UK. The School’s faculty members also come from all over the world, with PhDs from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, UCLA, North-Western, Cornell, Duke, Cambridge, and London Business School among others.

The UCL School of Management takes full advantage of being part of a world-leading university through its interdisciplinary outlook and builds on close collaborations in both research and education with other UCL departments, including computer science, engineering, economics, psychology, public policy, statistics and medical sciences.

Further information about the School can be found here.

The closingThe applicationThe UCL School of Management is looking to appoint a full-time Associate Professor (Teaching) within the accounting/finance arena, drawing upon financial accounting and/or management accounting and/or financial management, and/or related fields. More specifically, the School is seeking for a postholder with a record of accomplishments in teaching accounting/finance to business and management students.

Depending upon a successful applicant’s profile, opportunities exist to engage with in-person and/or online modules at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels through delivery and assessment.

Please note that:

• This is a post on the Teaching track/Education and is not an academic research track post.
• A doctorate in the area of accounting/finance or a related field is
• Application should consist of 1-page cover letter/personal statement and a CV. Please do not attach any articles or additional documents such as degree certificates.
• Within the 1-page cover letter/personal statement applicants should highlight experience and achievements in the area of education and the cognate area of accounting/finance.
• The post is available from 1^st May 2025 or as per negotiation.

Closing date for applications is 17:00 hours (5 pm) UK time on Friday 10 January 2025.

In-person interviews will be held on Wednesday 29 January 2025 at One Canada Square in Canary Wharf.

Salary UCL Grade 9 £66,711 to £72,370 including London Allowance.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. Please also read the attached Candidate Guidance document.

If you have any queries about the role or need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible online format to apply for this job, please contact mgmt-hrsom@ucl.ac.uk.

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The successful candidate will need to evidence the following in their application:

• Significant experience of teaching within the accounting/finance arena to undergraduates and postgraduate students
• Excellent teaching evaluations
• A relevant PhD or equivalent Doctorate in a field related to business analytics is required
• Ability to relate relevant theoretical concepts in the accounting/finance arena to the context of business and management practice
• Ability to teach students or delegates from a wide range of disciplines and cultural backgrounds

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion here.