Associate/Full Professor – Chair of Accounting & Finance Department -MAK College Of Business and Entrepreneurship

Chairperson, Department of Accounting & Finance

TWU Merrilee Alexander Kick College of Business & Entrepreneurship

The TWU Merrilee Alexander Kick College of Business & Entrepreneurship seeks a faculty member for the position of chairperson of the Department of Accounting & Finance to start in the Fall semester of 2025. Successful applicants for the chair position will possess an earned doctorate in the disciplines of either Accounting or Finance. The candidate should have the qualifications and experience to be appointed as an Associate Professor or Full Professor in either Accounting or Finance. This is a tenure-track/tenured position. Tenure and timeline negotiable and commensurate upon experience.

The department chair, as academic component leader, facilitates the management of the department. To carry out this responsibility, the chair oversees, directly or indirectly, the daily progress toward achieving teaching, research, service, and strategic goals. This is a full-time, 12-month, position. Applicants will be expected to:

• Maintain a collegial environment—one in which all members feel valued, that they have a stake in the endeavor, that they have a voice, that they are part of a team, and that they have ownership in the program/department.

 

• Be a liaison between the department and the Dean:
  • The Department Chair is the person the Dean will turn to with regard to any issues facing the department.
  • The Department Chair who will go to the Dean with concerns initiated by the department.
  • The Department Chair is the representative of the department, a spokesperson, and an advocate for the department.
  • The Department Chair is also the person who will relate and communicate to the department the perspective of and/or decisions of the Dean/College and University.
  • The Department Chair represents and advocates for the department, but this must be balanced with the goals of the College/Dean’s Office, students, and market demands.

 

• Be a team player and a big-picture thinker. The Department Chair will lead the department in developing and implementing immediate and long-range departmental goals and strategies (in concert with faculty input) to meet University and College goals and objectives.
  • This includes efforts focused on increasing enrollment and retention, adapting programs and curriculum as needed, and ensuring appropriate strategies are implemented.
  • The Department Chair will also be part of the College of Business Academic Leadership Team, which helps develop goals and strategies for the college.
     

• Be a role model - The Department Chair is the face of the department. This means s/he needs to be available and ready to work through issues. Colleagues will look to her/him as a model, and they will see how s/he is responding in all kinds of ways.
• Be visible and in communication. The Department Chair is the gate keeper and

first-in-line resource person and needs to be accessible and responsive, including time in the office on campus.

Specific Activities of the Department Chair include:

• Teach two courses in each term (fall, spring and summer).
• Maintain Scholarly Academic (SA) classification according to College of Business AACSB policy for administrators who also have some teaching responsibilities.
• Be active in service on the Council of Chairs and other roles supporting the College and University.
• Lead the department in the enhancement of departmental curricula and initiatives for the improvement of instruction.
• Work with the Dean on any financial/budgetary needs or challenges.
• Establish Advisory Boards for the disciplines in the department
• Ensure effective implementation of University, College, and Department policies.
• Coordinate activities within the Department, including assessment, accreditation, and other College and University initiatives.
• Exercise leadership in recruiting and retaining capable faculty.
• Forward Departmental recommendations to the Dean for hiring full-time and part-time faculty.
• Monitor the performance evaluation of full-time and part-time faculty.
• Encourage continuous improvement of faculty performance by fostering and supporting good teaching, relevant research, and scholarly writing.
• Make recommendations relative to tenure, promotion, reappointment, salary adjustment, and leaves of absence.
• Review and forward requests for permission to travel for professional purposes per University policy.
• Review and forward all faculty proposals for awards and leaves.
• Arrange for representation