Lecturer A/B in Finance

Surrey Business School is a mid-sized business school with over 150 academic staff members from around the globe, and a highly cohesive and collegial atmosphere. The school is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and holds the Advance HE Athena SWAN bronze award. We inspire positive change in business and society, individuals and organisations, locally and globally by blending the rigour of high-quality impactful research with excellent teaching and the strengths of a technology-led university. We are ranked in the top 10 for business and economics in the United Kingdom by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 by subject. Our results in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 place us 19th overall in the UK, 10th in the UK for research outputs and 16th in the UK for research impact.

The School’s strengths are in digital innovation and technological transformation, international trade, leadership and organizational psychology and sustainability. Set in the beautiful countryside of Surrey with the convenience of bustling Guildford on your doorstep and London just 34 minutes away by train, the University of Surrey is an outstanding international University with an enterprising spirit. The school runs a full range of programmes including undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA programmes, as well as a PhD programme. The School works closely with a network of business partners and other stakeholders, boasting strong links with many technology-oriented start-ups and established firms in London, and the South-East of England. For further information, please visit the SBS website.

The Finance and Accounting discipline has core research strengths in corporate finance, fintech and banking. The Department is a healthy mix of research active and practitioner faculty, the latter bringing a wealth of business and professional experience. We seek to appoint a Lecturer in Finance (Research and Teaching Track).

The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate a clear individual research agenda leading to publications in top international journals. The appointee will teach in the Surrey Business School/ Finance and Accounting discipline at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in finance areas, in addition to general contribution with the Department programmes. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with research interests and teaching experience in the areas of FinTech and/or sustainability in addition to other fields of finance. Many of our courses are taught in a collaborative manner, and we value collegiality and team spirit.

We would also attach additional weights to experience in bidding for external funding in the last three years and/or engagement in funded activity such as executive education, consultancy and/or business engagement.

Conditions and compensation will be at internationally competitive standards and be commensurate with the appointee’s experience and expertise.

For an informal discussion please contact the Head of Department, Vicky Milligan (Email: v.milligan@surrey.ac.uk)

Interviews will be held on Thursday the 3rd July.

Closing Date: 06 Jun 2025

Area: Research & Teaching

Salary: £41,671 to £55,755 per annum pro rata