Associate Professor in Accounting

About the Role:

Starting Salary from £58,225 per annum, dependent on skills and experience, with an annual increment up to £67,468 per annum.

Norwich Business School is home to a vibrant, diverse, and engaged academic community, ranked amongst the top 20 UK business schools by the quality of its research output (REF 2021), and intent on providing teaching excellence across its wide range of business and management degree programmes.

The School is on an exciting trajectory for growth across our teaching, research, and innovation portfolio. We are seeking to recruit an Associate Professor to join our Accounting and Quantitative Methods Group. Applicants with teaching and research experience in any areas of accounting are welcome. Previous experience of teaching and research output in financial accounting and reporting are desirable but not essential.

You will have substantial and relevant subject area teaching experience in higher education and a proven record in attracting research funding commensurate with stage of career. You will be able to meet all essential criteria detailed in the candidate brochure.

This post is available immediately on a full-time indefinite basis. 

UEA offers a variety of flexible working options and although this role is advertised on a full-time basis, we encourage applications from individuals who would prefer a flexible working pattern including annualised hours, compressed working hours, part time, job share, term-time only and/or hybrid working. Details of preferred hours should be stated in the personal statement and will be discussed further at interview.

Benefits include:

• 44 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays and University Customary days (pro rata for part-time).
• Family and Work-life balance policies including hybrid working and considerable maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption leave.
• Generous pension scheme with life cover for dependants, plus incapacity cover.
• Health and Wellbeing: discounted access to Sportspark facilities, relaxation rooms, 320 acres of rolling parkland, wellbeing walks, Wellbeing Ambassador network, on-campus medical centre including NHS Dentist, Occupational Health and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Campus Facilities: Sportspark, library, nursery, supermarket, post office, bars and catering outlets.
• Exclusive shopping discounts to help cut the cost of household bills, childcare salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle to Work scheme and public transport discounts.
• Personal Development: unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning courses, specialist advice and training from our Organisational Development and Professional Learning Team.

Closing date: 9 January 2026

The University holds an Athena Swan Silver Institutional Award in recognition of our advancement towards gender equality.

Further Information

For further information, including the Job Description and Person Specification, please see the Candidate Brochure, click the 'Apply' button above. 

For an informal discussion with Pinar Guven-Uslu, Research Head of Accounting and Quantitative Methods Group please email Emily Beck, PA to the Head of School (nbs.pa@uea.ac.uk). 

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