Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

This post is full-time and permanent, working 35 hours per week.

Our University is a place where discoveries are made, barriers are broken, diversity is celebrated and where everyone is welcome.

Westminster Business School is embarking on an exciting development journey and is seeking to recruit 34 academics. With 7000 students from all over the world we are one of the largest Business Schools in London and have a global perspective. We are inclusive and innovative, inspiring students and colleagues to realise their full potential, driving social mobility and making the world more sustainable, healthier and better place.

Based in the heart of the capital’s political, media and financial services, Westminster Business School (WBS) has excellent industry links and global partnerships. We offer a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, executive and short courses, preparing students to be responsible leaders and managers.

You will be based at the University’s Marylebone site, opposite Baker Street Station, centrally located and immersed in London’s business community. It offers opportunities for staff and students to work closely with outside organisations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.

The School of Finance and Accounting (SFA) is continuing its expansion and seeking to recruit staff talent to meet its emerging priorities for delivering teaching excellence. The financial services sector is evolving in the areas of smart and digital technology. The school is re-imagining its staffing provision to meet future student employment trends by building and acquiring expertise in accounting, finance and financial information systems. We are particularly looking to recruit staff who have expertise in the area of Fintech (particularly Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain Technology and Big Data Analytics for finance) and Accounting disciplines (particularly financial accounting, management accounting and auditing) and would be interested to hear from practitioners who have extensive professional experience.

As a Senior Lecturer, you will have or be working towards completing a PhD or have appropriate relevant work experience at a senior level in the profession and/or industry, supported by evidence, which demonstrates you are an expert with an authoritative understanding of your specialised field or discipline. You will also be working towards or hold a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy or be expected to do so on entry.

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply' above. Further information can be found in the job description and person specification, which can be accessed through this link too.

At the University of Westminster, diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity are at the core of how we engage with students, colleagues, applicants, visitors and all our stakeholders.

We are fully committed to enabling a supportive and safe learning and working environment which is equitable, diverse and inclusive, is based on mutual respect and trust, and in which harassment and discrimination are neither tolerated nor acceptable.

The University has adopted Smart Working principles to support and further our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion aims of being an inclusive, collaborative and flexible employer. Further details of Smart Working can be discussed at interview stage.

Closing date: midnight on 24 March 2024

Interviews are likely to be held on: 2^nd May 2024

Administrative contact (for queries only): Recruitment@westminster.ac.uk

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