Assistant Professor, Finance (Tenure-Eligible)

The Finance Department at the University of Arizona, Eller College of Management invites applications from qualified candidates for a position as tenure-eligible Assistant Professor, Finance to begin August 2025. The department is seeking candidates who are able to work with diverse students and colleagues, and who have experience teaching undergraduate or graduate finance courses.

The faculty member will teach courses at graduate and undergraduate levels and contribute to mentoring students, including those from underrepresented backgrounds. We strive for excellence in research and teaching; this is reflected by engagement in significant ongoing research and strong effectiveness in teaching. Our faculty's research is published consistently in leading finance journals. The department's instruction is also outstanding, with faculty members consistently winning university and national awards for their teaching. The faculty member will also participate in outreach and contribute to departmental, college, and university service. In these and other ways, the faculty member will help develop innovative approaches to enhancing student engagement, increasing diversity, and expanding collaborations with community and business partners.

Finance is one of the most popular majors at the University of Arizona. In addition to a rigorous and integrated core curriculum taught by leading scholars, students in the finance major engage in a number of additional opportunities, including, the investments club and the Wall Street Scholars program. Moreover, finance students engage in experiential learning activities-including managing a "real" million-dollar portfolio (FIN 423/523), the CFA Institute Research Challenge, the Chicago Quantitative Alliance Competition, and the Venture Capital Investment Competition.

The department offers undergraduate programs in Finance (in-person and online), a Master's in Finance program (in-person and online), and a highly competitive PhD program (in-person). The faculty also teach several required and elective courses in the Eller MBA program (full-time, evening, online, and executive platforms).

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• Duties include in-person and/or online teaching, scholarly activity and research, and internal university and external community service. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active research program and participate fully and with distinction in in-person and/or online classes.
• The successful candidate is expected to carry a share of advising duties and committee assignments, and to be a visionary and champion of both undergraduate and graduate education in diverse modalities. The normal teaching load in the department, under present policy, is the equivalent of three courses per academic year with a typical workload distribution of:

40% teaching;
40% scholarly activity/research; and
20% service.

The successful candidate is also expected to:

• Perform significant and continuing scholarly research and publish in leading academic journals.
• Mentor doctoral students and serve the university through various committee assignments and in additional ways, meeting the needs of both the department and college, and enhance their external stature.
  
  
• Possess strong commitment to teaching and research.
• Demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills.

• PhD in Finance or a related field from an AACSB accredited institution by the start date.
• Experience teaching university-level courses in an in-person and/or online format.

• Experience with a variety of teaching methods and curricular perspectives.