Lecturer (Teaching) in Financial Mathematics

About the role

Applications are invited for a full-time Lecturer (Teaching) in Financial Mathematics position.

This post is available from 28 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter until 31^st July 2028.

About you

An outstanding candidate will be a mathematician or quantitative researcher holding a PhD in financial mathematics, applied probability, numerical analysis, statistics or a closely related discipline, awarded or to be awarded before the start date. They will combine broad familiarity with core financial mathematics with command of the computational and numerical methods used in modern quantitative finance, and will be fluent in Python. They will also bring specialist expertise in an area of financial mathematics beyond the core syllabus, for delivery at Level 7 within an existing module. They will teach modules on the MSc Financial Mathematics programme in UCL's Department of Mathematics, as well as supervise MSc Financial Mathematics and other MSc students for their summer projects. Substantial experience of teaching quantitative subjects in higher education, strong communication, and a collaborative approach are essential.

For a full spectrum of duties and responsibilities as well as essential and desired criteria please refer to the Further Particulars document attached to this advert.

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Anna Rutherford (anna.rutherford@ucl.ac.uk).

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Daniel Schwarz, email: d.schwarz@ucl.ac.uk or Prof Christian G Boehmer, email: c.boehmer@ucl.ac.uk 

We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.

Customer advert reference: B04-07369

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