Financial Management

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor

Graduate School of Defense Management

Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey, CA USA

The Graduate School of Defense Management at Naval Postgraduate School invites applications for open rank, tenure-track positions in financial management. Candidates must qualify to join the faculty as active teachers and scholars. They should possess a terminal degree, such as a PhD, or its equivalent, in a relevant discipline, including (but not limited to) accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, or public policy. We are particularly interested in scholars with strong theoretical, methodological, and applied interests in financial management. The successful applicant must be able to teach core courses in budgeting, accounting, and/or managerial finance within the graduate program, in addition to one or more other courses within the financial management curriculum. Preference will be given to those candidates who can teach auditing and/or managerial accounting in private-sector and/or federal sector. 

The starting date for the candidate can range from September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021.

 Faculty members have access to the computing and library resources of a major research university, including financial databases such as Compustat. NPS follows a quarter system and the normal teaching workload for business faculty is four courses a year. The Graduate School of Defense Management at the Naval Postgraduate School is accredited by both NASPAA and AACSB. 

Minimum qualifications: 

• A PhD (or its equivalent).
• Research commensurate with the length of the professional experience.
• Evidence of aptitude to teach graduate students.
• Must be able to complete and successfully pass a security background investigation.
• Must be a US citizen.

Applications must include research and teaching statements, curriculum vitae, writing sample, and information regarding three (3) references. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Applications should be sent to: 

Dean Keith Snider

busapp@nps.edu

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. 

Applicants with foreign education will be required to select from a list of private organizations

that are members of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc. (NACES), which provide foreign education evaluations acceptable to NPS.

About Naval Postgraduate School

The mission of the Naval Postgraduate School is to provide relevant and unique advanced education and research programs to increase the combat effectiveness of commissioned officers of the Naval Service to enhance the security of the United States. In support of the foregoing, and to sustain academic excellence, NPS and the DON foster and encourage a program of relevant and meritorious research which both supports the needs of Navy and

Department of Defense while building the intellectual capital of Naval Postgraduate School faculty. 

NPS is the nation’s premier defense related graduate university. The mission of the Naval Postgraduate School is to provide relevant and unique advanced education and research programs to increase the combat effectiveness of commissioned officers of the Naval Service to enhance the security of the United States. In support of the foregoing, and to sustain academic excellence, NPS and the DON foster and encourage a program of relevant and meritorious research which both supports the needs of Navy and Department of Defense while building the intellectual capital of Naval Postgraduate School faculty.

The GSDM is one of four schools within NPS and has over 65 full-time faculty and approximately 15 part-time or intermittent faculty members. GSDM normally has about 300 full-time graduate students, most of whom are military officers, and approximately 300 distant learning students (military officers and Department of Defense civilian employees).

The Naval Postgraduate School is an equal opportunity employer. For additional

information about NPS, please refer to the website at http://www.nps.edu. 

NOTE: Veteran’s preference is treated as a positive merit factor for NPS faculty positions. You are strongly encouraged to indicate if you are a veteran in your application when applying to NPS positions and you must provide a copy of your signed DD-214 (member 4 copy), Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or other acceptable documentation.

If you are currently an active duty military member, you are required to submit a statement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command. The statement of service must provide the branch of service, rate/rank, all dates of service, the expected date of discharge and anticipated character of service (Honorable, General, etc.). Please note: you will be ineligible if your statement of service is not submitted with your application or it shows an expected discharge or release date greater than 120 days from the date of application.