Professor of Accounting​/Business

Salary: $72,387.00 - $96,951.00 Annually

Job Type: Full Time

Job Number:

Closing: 3/12/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Location: Merced College, CA

General Description: This is a full‑time, tenure‑track instructional assignment in the Business Department at Merced College. The professor will teach a variety of courses within the Accounting and Business programs, with a teaching load of 15 units per semester. Assignments include the Rising Scholars Prison Education program, online classes, dual enrollment classes, and in‑person classes on the Merced campus. The successful candidate will bring a passion for marginalized student populations, pass a background check with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and help improve diversity, equity, and inclusion programmatically and institutionally.

• Provide innovative and effective instruction in accordance with current pedagogy and established course outlines and expectations.
• Inform students about course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance policies and maintain regular and substantive contact with students.
• Maintain and submit required student attendance and scholastic records on the Learning Management System (e.g., grades and syllabi).
• Utilize the Learning Management System to deliver, prepare, and grade class assignments and examinations.
• Maintain and utilize effective skills in instructional design, applications, and methods.
• Post and maintain regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy.
• Participate in the development and review of curriculum.
• Participate in the development of teaching‑learning methods and materials.
• Participate in departmental, area, and campus professional activities/committees.
• Represent the college within the Merced community and within professional circles.
• Participate in the college's learning outcomes assessment program, including course, program, and institutional assessments to continually improve student learning outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications: The successful candidate must meet minimum qualifications in both Accounting and Business.

• Accounting:
  • Master's in accountancy or business administration with accounting concentration.
  • OR Bachelor's in business with accounting emphasis or business administration with accounting emphasis or economics with an accounting emphasis AND Master's in business, business administration, business education, economics, taxation, finance or equivalent.
  • NOTE:
    
    A bachelor's degree in accountancy or business administration with accounting concentration, with a CPA license is an alternative qualification.
  • OR Equivalent education or experience.
• Business:
  • Master's in business, business management, business administration, accountancy, finance, marketing or business education.
  • OR Bachelor's in any of the above AND Master's in economics, personnel management, public administration, or Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) or Legum Baccalaureus (LL.B.).
  • OR Bachelor's in economics with a business emphasis AND Master's in personnel management, public administration, or Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) or Legum Baccalaureus (LL.B.).
  • OR Equivalent education or experience.

Salary

Schedule:

Position's initial maximum salary placement is $96,951. All successful candidates with doctorates will receive both the two‑step placement and the doctoral stipend.

• Submit a complete application by the closing date/time on the Merced College career pages at

• Letter of interest addressing your qualifications for the position (cover letter)
• Resume
• Legible, unofficial college transcripts (undergraduate and graduate); transcripts must include the degree major and date the institution granted the degree; official copies are not required unless applicant is hired
• List of three professional references (no reference letters permitted)
• Diversity Statement:
  The Merced College District has a diverse staff and student population. As such, applicants must demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and the community ase describe how your professional experience…