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Tenure-Track Open Rank, Accounting
Job Description
The College of Business at the University of New England invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track, open rank faculty position in accounting with a specialization in tax and/or data analytics to begin in August 2024. Newly established in 2023, the ACBSP-accredited College of Business is diverse and growing with over 200 undergraduate students majoring in Business Administration (with six specialized concentrations and four minors), Sport and Recreation Management, Marine Entrepreneurship, Sustainability & Business, and Outdoor Business & Innovation). The candidate will directly support the new Accounting major, scheduled to launch in fall 2024, as well as, the associated majors in Business Administration, and Finance.
Review of applications will begin the first week in December 2023 and continue until the position is filled. Interviews and campus visits will likely fall after the December holidays.
To apply, please submit the following materials:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Evidence of Teaching Proficiency (such as: teaching philosophy statement, sample syllabi, projects, awards, student evaluation summaries)
- A statement of research interests/accomplishments to date, including a plan of scholarship for the next 2-3 years
- Contact information for three professional references
- Copies of graduate transcripts will be required of finalists
- For more information, please visit the College of Business website at https://www.une.edu/cob or contact the Search Committee Chair, Tami Gower, at tgower@une.edu.
UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts. The College of Business, one of UNE’s six colleges, currently has a primary focus on undergraduate education.
UNE offers students a highly integrated learning experience that promotes excellence through interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in education, research, and service. UNE’s excellence could not happen without a dedicated and talented faculty and professional staff. UNE is perennially included on “best colleges lists” by U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Forbes, and others. Our core values include but are not limited to Student Centeredness; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and Relentless Inquiry. Visit https://www.une.edu/about/mission-vision-and-values to learn about our mission, vision, and core values.
The College of Business is located on Biddeford’s waterfront campus in Southern Maine with easy access to city-based amenities, forested areas, rocky coastlines, freshwater lakes, sandy beaches, and nearby mountains. The College of Business is an approximate thirty-minute drive from Portland and one-and-a-half-hour drive from Boston. Portland is one of the nation’s most livable small cities with an incredible natural environment, friendly people, a wealth of arts and cultural institutions, and major medical facilities. US News and World Report ranked Portland at #1 in its list of the 25 “Best Places to Live on the East Coast” in 2023. Outside magazine named it as one of the “Greatest Places to Live in America” and Bon Appetit selected Portland as the 2018 “Restaurant City of the Year”.
UNE also offers a generous comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their dependents. The package includes health and dental plans; a retirement plan that includes up to an 8% match; extensive paid leave including holidays, sick and personal time; and educational benefits for both employees and dependent children. Please visit the Human Resources Benefits site – https://www.une.edu/hr/benefits – for additional information regarding UNE’s fantastic benefits package
Responsibilities
The College seeks candidates who can teach courses in accounting such as: Intermediate Accounting, Tax for Individuals and Entities, Data Analytics, Excel Expert Certification. Preference will be given to candidates with tax, excel and data analytics expertise, as well as those who have research and teaching interests that align with the university’s strengths in sustainability, the environment, and healthcare. The successful candidate will actively engage in scholarship that meets or exceeds the requirements for AACSB’s scholarly academic faculty qualification status. The candidate will also participate in curricular assessment at all levels; academic advising; recruiting; and service to the college, university and professional community. The typical teaching load for this position is 3-3.
Qualifications
A Doctorate in Accounting or related field is preferred. Applicants with a Master of Taxation, Accountancy, Business or Law will be considered if they also offer strong evidence of an active research program. Applied industry experience and accounting certifications (CPA, CMA, CIA, CISA) are also preferred. Candidates must also demonstrate a commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching and preference will be given to candidates with 3 or more years of undergraduate teaching experience.
EEO Statement Summary
Consistent with federal and state law and University policy, the University of New England is committed to the fundamental concept of equal opportunity for all of the members of the University community. The University prohibits, and will not tolerate, discrimination in employment, the provision of academic services or in any other area of University life based on race, color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, ethnicity, genetic information, HIV status, or status as a veteran. Prohibited bias factors should not motivate decisions regarding students, employees, applicants for admission, applicants for employment, contractors, volunteers or participants in and/or users of institutional programs, services, and activities.
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