Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting

As a Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer, you will lead and contribute to the delivery of Financial Accounting modules on our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The School is particularly keen to appoint scholars with expertise in teaching Taxation. Ability to teach Auditing would be advantageous.

The School welcomes applications from candidates with a strong teaching record in higher education but equally values practice-based scholarship and will consider applications from fully qualified practitioners with a strong track record of programme leadership and teaching in higher education. Prior experience of working in professional service firms or in an accounting/taxation role in industry would be advantageous. Candidates appointed at the Senior Lecturer level will be expected to make a strong contribution to the leadership of the department or wider cognate area.

Kent Business School has been delivering outstanding education in accounting and finance for the past 25 years. We combine high-quality research and rigorous teaching with real-world relevance and rank among the top 20 business schools in the UK. The School offers a number of programmes and modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, most of which allow students to qualify for a wide range of exemptions from relevant professional bodies. These include the following:

• BSc Accounting & Finance
• BSc Finance and Investment
• MSc Finance, Investment & Risk
• MSc Financial Management
• MSc Sustainable Finance & Investment
• MSc Finance and Economics

The new post holder would have an opportunity to lead and/or contribute to the delivery of modules in the Accountancy area on our undergraduate as well as postgraduate programmes, including the MBA. These may include, inter alia:

• Financial Accounting
• Financial Reporting
• Taxation
• Auditing
• Sustainable Financial management and Reporting
• Quantitative Skills for Accounting and Finance
• Professional Ethics in Accounting & Finance

You would also have the opportunity to develop relevant curriculum in this area and interact with a dynamic group of Accounting and Finance researchers. Further information on teaching and research may be found on the School’s website: www.kent.ac.uk/kbs.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, supportive and welcoming environment.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds.

As a Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer you can expect to be involved in :

• Delivering and contributing to the design of high-quality, demand-driven and student-centred taught programmes; as Senior Lecturer to provide academic leadership in this area.
• Engaging individual and collaborative scholarship and develop connections with professional bodies (e.g. ICAEW, ACCA, CPA, CIMA) and industry. As Senior Lecturer, engage in internationally excellent and/or world-leading scholarship, leading enterprise or consulting projects as well as other initiatives on behalf of the School; to generate income; and to contribute to the School’s overall strategy.
• Contributing fully to the School and University by participating in meetings, working groups, committees and other School and University activities; at Senior Lecturer level, to support the management of the School, by taking on key roles and serve on School, Faculty or University working groups or committees, as required.
• Engaging in scholarship at the forefront of the discipline.
• Engaging in the School’s student enterprise and employability activities.
• Engaging in or lead efforts to attract consultancy funding.

 What will you bring to the role?

• Master (or equivalent) in relevant professional area
• Specific knowledge in the advertised subject area
• Teaching experience in Financial Accounting
• Evidence of successful publication activity in relevant journals, successful presentations at relevant professional conferences, or equivalent evidence demonstrating candidates maintain and develop currency of knowledge

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