Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Accounting and Finance

The Department of Business Administration and Accounting at Hartwick College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor starting in August, 2021, pending final administrative approval. We seek candidates with expertise in Accounting & Finance, especially in the area of financial accounting, auditing, managerial accounting, financial management, and investment analysis. Minimum qualifications include either a Ph.D. in Accounting or a current CPA or CFA license coupled with a M.S. in Accounting or an MBA. Preference will be given to those with professional experience in accounting or finance in addition to advanced degrees and licensure. 

Specific teaching assignments will include Financial and Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Auditing, Investment Analysis, and other Accounting and Finance courses to meet the needs of the department, and possibly general education courses, including First Year Seminars. Teaching load will average 20 semester credit hours or their equivalent per academic year, and all faculty members teach during the College’s distinctive four-week January Term. 

Our department embraces entrepreneurship and promotes experiential and community-based learning in a small undergraduate liberal arts setting. The successful candidate must be committed to excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching, active engagement in scholarly or creative activities, and working closely with students in a small college environment. Committee service and academic advising also are expected for tenure and promotion. 

An independent, residential liberal arts college enrolling approximately 1,200 full-time undergraduates, Hartwick embraces the teacher-scholar model, with teaching excellence as the first priority, and seeks to recruit, retain and promote a diverse workforce. Located in the scenic Susquehanna River valley in Oneonta, NY, near the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains, the College features a Liberal Arts education that prepares students with 21st century skills, embeds career development, and supports them with a personal Guidance Team.  

Hartwick offers health benefits to domestic partners of benefits eligible

employees, and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation/preference and gender identity/expression. Hartwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to broadening “the understanding, awareness, and appreciation of diversity among all members of the Hartwick community.” Women, minorities, and other underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. 

Hartwick College is committed to providing a safe and secure educational and employment environment. Employment at Hartwick College is therefore contingent upon a successful background check on every new employee. Candidates to whom an offer of employment is made will be required to sign a Release of Information Form authorizing the College to conduct a thorough background check. Hartwick College is committed to a diverse candidate pool, values an inclusive workforce and workplace environment, and wishes to minimize or eliminate the impact of implicit bias during the search and hiring process.

To apply, please upload into our hiring system:

a cover letter, including statements of teaching philosophy and research interests and evidence of teaching and scholarly excellence or the potential for it, a curriculum vitae, including the names and contact information for three references (which should include a previous or current supervisor) a statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to diversity will support Hartwick College’s Diversity Statement.

Questions about the position may be directed to Dr. Carlena Cochi Ficano, Chair, Department of Business Administration and Accounting at ficanoc@hartwick.edu.

While the position will remain open until filled, initial review of applications will begin on January 21st.

Visit this site to apply: https://hartwickcollege.applytojob.com/apply/f7ZfmfNIjH/Assistant-Professor-In-Accounting-And-Finance