Assistant Professor-Accounting and Finance

 

Position Rank and Title: Assistant Professor in Finance

School/Department Name: Department of Accounting and Finance
Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $148,000-  $156,300.

Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector.  See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’s excellent benefits package.

Target Start Date: August 17, 2026

Application Deadline: September 26, 2025 (Applications accepted until filled or closed)

Position Description

The Department of Accounting & Finance in the Lucas College of Business at San José State University is pleased to announce a search for Assistant Professor of Finance beginning in August 2026. The candidate will teach Financial Management or Financial Institutions in undergraduate or graduate programs as well as corporate finance topics in undergraduate, MS Financial Analytics, and MBA programs. The faculty ideally should have research that is broadly related to corporate finance and financial institutions. 

The Department of Accounting & Finance teaches undergraduate coursework in finance, accounting, and tax disciplines with a technology flavor and encourages cross-discipline research.  It houses both the Masters of Science in Accounting Analytics program and the new Masters of Science in Financial Analytics degree with a corporate finance focus. Centers of excellence include the Center for Banking and Financial Services, the Accounting Advancement Center, and the High Technology Tax Institute. For more information, please visit https://www.sjsu.edu/acctfin/

The Department of Accounting & Finance and San José State University value inclusive excellence and are committed to advancing equity through research, teaching, and service. We enroll nearly 40,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved; approximately 45% of our undergraduate students are first-generation college students and 38% are Pell Grant recipients. In addition, we are both a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). SJSU aspires to create holistic learning environments that facilitate both individual and collective transformation. We seek teacher-scholars who cultivate inclusive, empowering spaces for mutual learning, skill-building, and knowledge exchange for all students. Our commitment to lifelong learning supports meaningful connections among faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the broader communities we serve.

We invite all applicants to include a Statement of Inclusive Excellence (or incorporate it into your cover letter) to share how your lived and professional experiences will contribute to the SJSU community—particularly in relation to student success and inclusive education. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Inclusive Excellence Statement Guidelines.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Finance by start of appointment
• Scholarly Academic qualification under AACSB standards
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

Priority will be given to candidates who possess one or more of the following:

• Professional experience in corporate finance or financial institutions
• Professional designations such as Chartered Financial Analyst
• Excellent teaching experience at the university level
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Primary disciplinary needs are in corporate finance and financial institutions. Teaching assignments are at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in traditional and accelerated formats.
• The candidate must be actively engaged in scholarly activities conducting research, developing grants, presenting professional papers, and publishing in peer-reviewed journals.
• The candidate will participate in shared governance, usually in department, college, and university committees and other service assi