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Assistant Professor Recruitment in Accounting, Auditing & Finance (2023)

Updated: 2023-09-15

Job Description & Qualification

Department of Accounting at School of Management, Xiamen University is seeking for qualified candidates [Assistant Professors] to fill four full-time faculty positions of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. Salaries are very competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Job Qualifications

Applicants should have completed or be near the completion of doctoral studies in Accounting, Auditing, or other related fields from AACSB, EQUIS or AMBA accredited institutions. In addition, applicants should demonstrate teaching ability to fulfill teaching tasks allocated by the University and the School. Applicants are also expected to demonstrate their research potentials by publishing in top-tier accounting, auditing and finance journals in the future. Applicants who have already published research articles in top-tier accounting, auditing and finance journals are preferable.

Application Procedure

Interested applicants should send an email including the following application materials to liuyinyan@xmu.edu.cn (Department of Accounting) no later than November 30, 2023:

[1]Cover letter;

[2]Curriculum vitae, including education, research interests, publications, and teaching experience [courses taught and teaching evaluations];

[3]Proofs about professional qualifications in Word or PDF format;

[4]Three reference letters from academic/professional peers, all in PDF format;

Eligible applicants will be selected for a preliminary interview by December 20, 2023 and short-listed applicants will be invited for a campus visit around December 30, 2023. The final decision would be made in early January 2024.

About Xiamen University

Founded in 1921 by Mr. Tan Kah Kee, a well-known patriotic overseas Chinese leader, Xiamen University is one of China’s premier universities as designated by China’s National Ministry of Education under the government’s “211 Project”, “985 Project” and more recently “Double First-class Initiative”. Encompassing a diverse range of academic and professional disciplines, endowed with a rigorous and highly accomplished faculty, and sustained by a long history as a leading institution for scholarship and research, Xiamen University provides an ideal environment for professional development and academic research. Nestled between the green hills and blue waters of Southern China’s Fujian Province, Xiamen University is widely recognized as one of the most beautiful university in China.

About School of Management

The School of Management at Xiamen University (XMUSM), has developed from a humble beginning as the Department of Business at XMU in 1921 when the University was founded, to one of the Ten Best Business Schools nationwide. XMUSM ranked 5th in 2013 and A in 2017 in China Discipline Rankings (CDR) in Business Administration. In the Essential Sciences Indicators (ESI) rankings in 2019, XMUSM’s Business Administration is among the top 1 percent globally. With the great achievements, XMUSM joins the very small circle of the 1% of Business Schools holding the “triple crown” worldwide and cements its place among the world’s leading providers of business education.

With competitive salary, sufficient research grants and abundant opportunities of international exchange and cooperation, we sincerely welcome outstanding academic professionals from all over the world to join us and contribute to our ongoing efforts to realize XMUSMs goal to be a world-class internationalized Business School. For more details, please visit our website: /en/ .