The Girard School of Business & International Commerce at Merrimack College invites applicants to fill a tenure track assistant professor of Fimance position for the fall 2010. The position will remain open until filled.

Qualifications

Merrimack College’s Girard School of Business and International Commerce is seeking to fill a tenure-track position in its Department of Finance to commence August 2010.  The candidate must hold an earned doctorate in Finance from an AACSB accredited institution or have an expected completion date by August 2010. Specializations should include but not be limited to the areas of financial management, international finance, and investment management.  Candidates must document evidence of excellent teaching capability and competence and strong potential as a researcher within their specialization.  Candidates must display a willingness to be active in the College and academic departments and community.  Teaching experience is imperative and professional experience highly desirable.  The successful candidate must be able to teach within all the areas of the finance discipline at the undergraduate level.

Candidates must meet three critical criteria to be recommended for tenure:  teaching effectiveness, scholarly achievement, and service to the College. Satisfactory performance must be achieved within each criterion.

Responsibilities

 The teaching load consists of three 4 credit courses each semester.  The curriculum is based on AACSB standards. Academic advising, service to Business School committees, and service to the wider College community are required of a successful candidate.  Candidates are expected to have a strong research agenda. Academic advising, service to Business School committees, and service to the wider College community are required of a successful candidate.

The Finance Department has requirements in Corporate Finance, Investments, Financial Analysis, and International Finance.  Electives include Financial Services and Planning, Advanced Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management and a variety of Special Topics including Risk Management and other contemporary topics.

The Business School has six major concentrates: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Management, International Business and Sport Management. The Girard School of Business has an enrollment of approximately 750 students and the Finance Department currently has approximately 90 concentrates.

Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy and three letters of reference to:  Dr. Robert J. Cuomo, Dean Girard School of Business, Merrimack College, 315 Turnpike Street, No. Andover, MA 01845.

Merrimack College

Merrimack College is a comprehensive, modern Catholic center of higher learning located in the Northeast that reflects in its policies the teaching traditions of the Order of St. Augustine.  Merrimack provides, in a Christian, values-sensitive environment, the opportunity for its students to develop a mature intellectual, cultural, social, emotional, and moral awareness; to combine professional training of high-quality with a commitment to an integrated liberal arts component in all courses of study.

With a student to faculty ratio of 13:1, Merrimack is currently listed as one of the best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 rankings of colleges nationwide.  In its previous categories prior to 2009, U.S. News and World Report ranked Merrimack a top tier regional school for the past ten years. 

Merrimack College is an Equal Opportunity Employer