Professor of Accounting or Finance

Job Description

Job title: Professor of Accounting or Finance

Company: Heriot-Watt University

Job description: Job Description:

Professor of Accounting or Finance

Full Time, Open Ended
Grade:10, Salary: from £66,857 – negotiable (dependent on experience and qualifications).

Heriot-Watt has a rich heritage and an established reputation as an experiential leader in education and research. Today, we offer a range of innovative, practice-oriented programmes in business, engineering, design and the physical, social and life sciences, designed to help our graduates meet the ever-evolving needs of industry. With campuses in Edinburgh, Dubai, and Malaysia, our vibrant international community of faculty and staff includes industry experts, academic leaders, and the largest international student cohort in the world.

At Heriot-Watt, we are proud to be practical leaders of ideas and solutions. Our students, graduates, faculty, and staff come together to shape the future. Through our inclusive community, we foster rich opportunities for personal growth, professional development, and a deep sense of belonging. Through our powerful global network, we collaborate with organisations, governments, and world-leading institutions to drive social and economic change all over the world.

About the School

Edinburgh Business School (EBS) is part of Heriot-Watt’s School of Social Sciences, which boasts a strong presence across the University’s campus locations in Edinburgh, Dubai and Malaysia. It comprises three academic Departments: Accountancy, Economics & Finance; Marketing & Operations; and Management. The Departments are home to world-leading academic staff across all major business disciplines including accountancy, economics, finance, marketing, human resource management, business law, operations management, logistics and supply chain management, strategic management, entrepreneurship, and enterprise development. The School of Social Sciences is also home to the Departments of Psychology and Languages & Intercultural Studies.

EBS is a global leader in high-quality, accessible, practice-oriented business education and research. The School inspires and empowers a diverse, inclusive community of students through our global campuses and our online presence. We partner with businesses and governments to translate knowledge into practice and deliver innovative solutions that improve the world. Our industry-leading research projects in logistics, supply chain management, industrial decarbonisation, inclusive workplaces, and sustainable capitalism connect disciplines to address society’s most pressing challenges. We foster a community that nurtures collaboration and ambition, and we aim to transform lives and organisations through our innovative approach to education and research. We pursue excellence through relevance, providing transformative lifelong skills and outcomes for our students. We leverage our vibrant research community, our strategic partnerships, and our talented network of faculty and staff to make a difference and create lasting global change.

At Edinburgh Business School, we envision a future where our contributions improve the world and leave a meaningful legacy for generations to come. We are eager to welcome faculty and staff who will help us forge the future through ground-breaking research, innovative pedagogy, and dynamic professional services. We are looking for colleagues who:

• Understand and embrace the value of accessible, practice-oriented learning and research.
• Pursue excellence both individually and collectively.
• Know the value of collaboration.
• Embrace our inclusive, global community.
• Are passionate about making a difference.

At EBS, our pursuit of fairness and inclusivity make us a destination of choice for academic talent. Our global network, engaged community, receptive leadership, and flexible management allow our people to thrive. We freely foster ambition. We are agile and open-minded. We listen, and we adapt. Through opportunities, support, resources, and recognition, we strive to ensure that every member of staff feels a genuine sense of fulfilment, belonging, and potential. Our collaborative efforts are geared towards our fundamental purpose and drive: at EBS, we make difference. And we are committed to supporting our people every step of the way.

Detailed Description

We are seeking to appoint a Professor of Accounting or Finance in the Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance. Committed to collaborative working across traditional disciplinary boundaries, the successful candidate will provide leadership in research, learning and teaching within the Department and the wider School of Social Sciences. While the role will be based at the University’s campus in Edinburgh, the successful candidate will build strong links with colleagues at the Dubai and Malaysia campuses.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Learning and Teaching

• Teach and examine courses at all levels – undergraduate and postgraduate – through lectures, seminars, tutorials, coursework, and personal supervision.
• Act as a coach and role model through excellent learning and teaching practice and mentoring of colleagues.
• Provide leadership in the development, planning, organisation and delivery of learning and teaching activities (at undergraduate and postgraduate level) across the Department.
• Deploy expertise in curriculum development, pedagogical innovation, and assessment design in collaboration with colleagues across the Department, School, and University.
• Work within the University’s academic regulatory framework, in line with its enhancement-based approach to quality assurance.

Research and Scholarship

• Undertake high-quality research, leading to publication in international peer reviewed journals.
• Secure external research grant funding; encourage and support junior research staff in doing the same.
• Attend and present research papers at national and international conferences, Departmental and University seminars.
• Supervise and mentor research-active staff and postgraduate research students.
• Provide leadership in the development and delivery of research within and beyond the academic disciplinary area.
• Collaborate and strengthen research links with colleagues across the Department and wider University.
• Support collaborative working with external partners (e.g. universities, businesses, government, professional bodies).

Communication, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

• Be routinely involved in complex and important negotiations internally and with external bodies.
• Contribute to the communication of the wider University strategy within the School.
• Act as a senior arbiter in local disputes.
• Initiate new and original solutions to problems.

Collaboration and Networking

• Chair and participate in internal committees and participate in University-level decision making and governance.
• Take a leading role in senior external groups, (e.g., committees of learned societies or professional institutions, editorial boards, organising committees of international conferences, research council panels or government advisory groups).
• Develop internal and external networks to foster collaboration and share information and ideas.
• Promote the work of the Department, School, and University both nationally and internationally.

Planning, Management, and Resources

• Exercise academic leadership across teaching and research activities, supporting the allocation of workload to colleagues according to skills and capacity, within the School’s workload model.
• Appraise and advise staff on personal and career development plans.

Education, Qualifications and Experience

Essential criteria

• PhD in accounting, finance, or related field.
• Fluency in English.
• An excellent record of research, evidenced by a portfolio of research publications confirming international standing.
• A commitment to high quality teaching, and the fostering of a positive learning environment for students.
• The ability to make a significant contribution to the management and leadership of the department.
• A commitment to collegiality and collaborative working.
• The ability to build and maintain effective working relationships internally and externally.
• A personal commitment to the values of the University.

Desirable criteria

• Fellowship (or Senior/Principal Fellowship) of the Higher Education Academy.

How to Apply

Applications can be submitted up until midnight on Monday, 8th January 2024.

Please send in a cover letter (maximum two pages) and fully updated academic CV.

For further information on the recruitment process or the position itself please contact Yvonne Constantino, or Professor John Sawkins, Acting Head of Accountancy, Economics and Finance (j.w.sawkins@hw.ac.uk).

Our Commitment to Employees

At Heriot-Watt, we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact, which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.

Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to leverage your enterprising mind to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us, and Heriot-Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.

Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised, and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.

Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website and also our award-winning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers .

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Location: Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 23:35:43 GMT

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