Lecturer in Finance Ref 10917
School/department: University of Sussex Business School
Hours: full time or part time hours considered up to a maximum of 1 FTE. Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need)
Contract: Permanent
Reference: 10917
Salary: starting at £44,414 to £52,841 per annum, pro rata if part time.
Placed on: 10 March 2023
Closing date: 11 April 2023 Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.
Expected Interview date: Week commencing 24 April 2023
Expected start date: No later than September 2023
Job description
The Department of Accounting and Finance is looking to recruit a full-time faculty member at the Lecturer level in the area of Finance. The position is open ended, and the Lecturer is equivalent to Assistant Professor in other countries. A specialisation in any of these areas Socially Responsible Investment, Climate Finance, Financial Econometrics, Machine Learning in Finance, would be highly desirable.
We are looking for an individual with an exciting research agenda that either complements or adds to the interests of our current faculty. The Finance Group has three existing research groups, Business Finance (BF), Quantitative Finance (QF), and Sustainable Accounting, Finance and Economics (SAFE), focusing on topics such as company finance in both public and private companies, venture capital, financial markets, derivatives, risk management, cryptocurrencies, sustainable finance, climate finance.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their research has publication potential in top level journals, as indicated by rankings in the Finance and Economics ABS current journal ranking list and FT50 list.
The successful candidate will be an engaged academic who enjoys working in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment and shows enthusiasm for collaborating with colleagues within the department and across disciplines.
They should have experience in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as a preparedness to teach specialist and core subjects.
For details of the members of the Accounting and Finance Department see: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/business-school/accounting-finance/people/list
Informal enquiries may be made with the Head of Department of Accounting & Finance Prof Radu Tunaru (R.Tunaru@sussex.ac.uk)
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