Associate Professor in Finance and Accounting

About us

The UCL Global Business School for Health (GBSH) at UCL East campus is an innovative business school preparing future healthcare leaders to disrupt and reimagine global health systems. GBSH is dedicated to training and developing the next generation of leaders in the global health economy by building on UCL’s proud tradition of cross-disciplinary academic excellence in education and research.

About the role

We are looking for an Associate Professor in Finance and Accounting. We are especially interested in someone with a research focus on risk management and/or insurance. The postholder will also support the continued development of our postgraduate degree programmes especially the MSc in Global Healthcare Management with a route in Finance as well as collaborate with the GBSH academic team. The post holder will work across UCL to ensure that they are able to develop their research.

About you

You will be required to hold a PhD in finance, accounting, or a related field. You will be publishing in leading journals in your field and have a track record of securing grants. You will join our team of interdisciplinary academics driving forward solutions in health and healthcare. You will have experience of teaching at the postgraduate level, including supervision. You will be a natural communicator and a passionate team player with the willingness to contribute to the education, research and student experience profile of GBSH. We are particularly interested in someone with a risk management and insurance focus as well as general finance and accounting. The postholder will contribute to our evolving research agenda within the Global Business School for Health.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) • Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan • Immigration loan • Relocation scheme for certain posts • On-Site nursery • On-site gym • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service • Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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