Assistant or Associate Professor in Accounting

University of Washington•Bothell, WA

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The School of Business at the University of Washington Bothell invites applications for a Tenure-Track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in Accounting, effective September 16, 2027. We seek applicants who demonstrate commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and service in a diverse and inclusive academic community. The successful candidate will join our faculty on a full-time basis (100% FTE) for a 9-month academic year beginning September 16, 2027. Rank and salary will depend on candidate qualifications and experience. Duties include teaching across graduate and undergraduate programs and participating in and potentially leading new curricular initiatives, conducting research whose output is aimed at publishing in the top-tier academic journals, contributing and providing leadership in Professional as well as University service at all levels. Faculty in either position will teach both fundamental and advanced courses at the Undergraduate, MBA, and MS in Accounting levels and will integrate current research and professional developments into teaching. The successful candidate will engage in programmatic thinking, and potential leadership in maintaining and developing new academic programs initiatives consistent with the goals of the Business school. Though our undergraduate curriculum is broadly classified under the traditional labels of Financial, Cost/Managerial, Audit, Tax and Systems, we are looking for candidates who can teach in some of these areas and can design and offer advanced/interdisciplinary courses such as Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance, International Accounting. Accounting Theory, Advanced Auditing, Advanced Tax, Forensic Accounting and fraud, Governmental and not-for-profit Accounting, Accounting Data Analytics, to name a few.

Requirements

Earned a doctorate (or foreign equivalent) in accounting (or a closely related field)
Research record and trajectory of producing high-quality research, including publications in the leading journals of accounting and related fields, as recognized by the academic profession
A record of one or more publications in top-tier accounting journals is required
For Associate Professor: a well-established track record of research and publications, as well as demonstrated teaching effectiveness, and meet the tenure standards of the University of Washington laid out in the UW Faculty Code and the School of Business Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure
For Assistant Professor: evidence of a track record of research and publications and teaching effectiveness consistent with the potential to achieve tenure in due course at the University of Washington according to UW Faculty Code and the School of Business Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure

Nice To Haves

Ability to teach in areas such as Financial, Cost/Managerial, Audit, Tax and Systems
Ability to design and offer advanced/interdisciplinary courses such as Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance, International Accounting, Accounting Theory, Advanced Auditing, Advanced Tax, Forensic Accounting and fraud, Governmental and not-for-profit Accounting, Accounting Data Analytics

Responsibilities

Teaching across graduate and undergraduate programs
Participating in and potentially leading new curricular initiatives
Conducting research aimed at publishing in top-tier academic journals
Contributing and providing leadership in Professional as well as University service at all levels
Teaching both fundamental and advanced courses at the Undergraduate, MBA, and MS in Accounting levels
Integrating current research and professional developments into teaching
Engaging in programmatic thinking, and potential leadership in maintaining and developing new academic programs initiatives consistent with the goals of the Business school