Assistant Professor of Finance

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This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Announcement Number: FAC - VA - 26125

Position Number: 4A5345

Department:
Jabs College of Business Instruct

Division:
College of Business

Appointment Type:
Faculty

Faculty Tenure Track:
Yes

Faculty Rank:
Assistant

Contract Term:
Academic Year

Union Affiliation:
Exempt from Collective Bargaining

FTE: 1.0

Benefits Eligible

Salary Salary commensurate with experience, education, and qualifications.

Contract Type MUS

Recruitment Type Open

The Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship invites applications for a tenure-track position to join the college’s Finance Option. Candidates would be expected to be able to teach courses in finance. Candidates with terminal degrees, experience, interests, and scholarship in finance or similar fields are encouraged to apply. We seek candidates who are excellent in imparting state-of-the-art financial knowledge to students from all socioeconomical, geographical, and ideological backgrounds.

In addition, candidates are expected to publish in impactful, peer-reviewed journals related to their field and engage in service. The finance program offers an undergraduate concentration as part of the BS in Business program, and meaningfully contributes to the new graduate MS in Innovation and Management program. Therefore, a successful candidate must be able to teach with high quality across a variety of finance courses and topics at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels and must be able to collaborate with faculty across a broad cross-section of business disciplines.

We seek candidates who are passionate about delivering excellence in the classroom, producing exciting and impactful research and who will thrive in our rich, mountainous environment.

Montana State University values all perspectives and is committed to continually supporting, promoting and building a whole community, which includes people of many backgrounds. We hope to attract applicants who can teach in a University community and have demonstrated ability in helping students from all backgrounds to succeed.

The new faculty member will teach required and elective courses in the undergraduate business major with emphasis in finance and may teach graduate courses supporting the M.S. in Innovation and Management program, advise students, conduct scholarly research, and provide college and university service and engagement.

• Ph.D. or D.B.A. degree by start date from an AACSB‑accredited university with emphasis in finance or a closely related field.
• Ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in finance, supporting all business majors.
• Potential to carry on a successful program of scholarly research resulting in publication in respected peer-reviewed journals.

• Demonstrated experience teaching upper‑level and graduate courses.
• Ability to teach in more than one business area.
• Record of refereed publications.
• Professional experience and/or certifications, including CFA, CPA, and CFP certifications.

• Be committed to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Conduct interesting, thoughtful, relevant and impactful scholarly research that results in publications in respected peer-reviewed outlets.
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to establish and maintain working relationships with colleagues, students, and business professionals.
• Be committed to service and engagement in the College, the University, the profession, and the community.
• Be dedicated to supporting and enhancing Montana State University’s commitment to continually supporting, promoting and building a whole community, which includes people of many backgrounds.

• Teaching Statement (max 2 pages)
• Research Statement (max 2 pages)
• A copy of the graduate‑level academic transcript (unofficial transcripts acceptable at the…