Description
The Opportunity

The University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for a 9-month, tenured position in the College of Business Administration’s Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting with an anticipated start date in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026. As a professional school in a major public research university, we are committed to research, teaching, and service that advance the accounting discipline and prepare future leaders in business, government, and academia. The Dixon School enjoys a national and international reputation for excellence in accounting research and education. We offer undergraduate, master's, and Ph.D. programs in accounting and are among the elite group of accounting programs accredited by the AACSB. 

Minimum requirements

Ph.D. in accounting or a closely related field from an AACSB-accredited institution at the time of application.

To be eligible for appointment as a tenured professor upon hire, the selected candidate must have a distinguished record of research, teaching, and service in accounting commensurate with a tenured professor in the school. Evidence of this could be demonstrated by having achieved the qualifications to be a professor at one’s current institution.

Actively publishing behavioral research in leading accounting journals as listed in the Australian Business Dean’s Council Journal list.

Involvement with major academic, professional, corporate, or government organizations in or closely related to the accounting discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated scholarly leadership in working collaboratively with colleagues.

Evidence of significant contribution to organizational initiatives major academic/professional and/or corporate/government organizations in, or closely related to, the accounting discipline.

Additional Application Materials

UCF requires all applications and supporting documents to be submitted electronically through the Human Resources website, https://www.ucf.edu/jobs. In addition to the online application, interested candidates should upload a letter of interest, a current curriculum vitae, a list of three professional references, recent publications or working papers, and evidence of past teaching success.

The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and, as applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials.

NOTE: Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be attached at that time. Once the online submission process is finalized, the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents later.

Please contact Dr. Greg Trompeter (trompete@ucf.edu), Chair of the Search Committee, if you have questions regarding this search.

Special Instructions to the Applicants:

Consideration of applicants will begin immediately; however, applications will be accepted until the position is closed.

Job Close Date:

Open until filled.

Note to applicants: Please keep in mind that a job posted as ‘Open until filled’ may close at any time without notice. As such, we encourage you to submit your application and all required documentation as quickly as possible to ensure consideration for the posted position.

Are you ready to unleash YOUR potential? 

As a next-generation public research university and Forbes-ranked top employer in Florida, we are a community of thinkers, doers, creators, innovators, healers, and leaders striving to create broader prosperity and help shape a better future. No matter what your role is, when you join Knight Nation, you’ll play an integral role at one of the most impactful universities in the country. You’ll be met with opportunities to connect and collaborate with talented faculty, staff, and students across 13 colleges and multiple campuses, engaging in impactful work that makes a positive difference. Your time at UCF will provide you with many meaningful opportunities to grow, you’ll work alongside talented colleagues on complex projects that will challenge you and help you gain new skills and you’ll have countless rewarding experiences that go well beyond a paycheck.

Working at UCF has its perks!?UCF offers:

Benefit packages, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending, and Employee Assistance Program.?

Paid time off, including annual (12-month faculty) and sick time off and paid holidays.

Retirement savings options.?

Employee discounts, including tickets to many Orlando attractions.?

Education assistance.

Flexible work environment.?

And more…For more benefits information, view the UCF Employee Benefits Guide click here.

Unless explicitly stated on the job posting, it is UCF’s expectation that an employee of UCF will reside in Florida as of the date the employment begins.

Additional Requirements related to Research Positions:

Pursuant to Florida State Statute 1010.35, prior to offering employment to certain individuals in research-related positions, UCF is required to conduct additional screening. Applicants subject to additional screening include any citizen of a foreign country who is not a permanent resident of the U.S., or who is a citizen or permanent resident but is affiliated with or has had at least 1 year of education, employment, or training in China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Syria, or Venezuela.

The additional screening requirements only apply to research-related positions, including, but not limited to faculty, graduate positions, individuals compensated by research grants or contract funds, post-doctoral positions, undergraduate positions, visiting assistant professors, and visiting research associates.