Assistant Professor of Finance

Description

At Westminster College, we believe in immersive and enriching experiences that inspire creative thinking and problem solving. We believe in creating opportunities for several different paths to success over a lifetime and the potential to make an impact from wherever you are. For our students, we do this by providing real-world, hands-on learning opportunities, small class sizes, and talented professors dedicated to the individual. Our employees often remark that our tight-knit community creates an atmosphere fostering campus involvement that adapts to all interests. As a result, Westminster continues to be recognized for its excellence in higher education as one of the best small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest.

Westminster College and the Department of Business Administration invites applications for a full-time (9-month) tenure-track assistant professor position in Finance for the 2025-2026 academic year. Start date is approximately August 15, 2025. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. 

The successful candidate will primarily teach undergraduate finance courses and some foundational core courses shared across multiple majors within the department. Additional responsibilities include engaging in scholarly research, academic advising, collaborating with Enrollment Services to support student recruitment, and contributing to departmental and institutional service.

Requirements

Essential Functions:

Teach an estimated 4/4 load of undergraduate courses in accordance with program needs. Teaching assignments will be based on department needs but may include subjects such as but not necessarily limited to the following:

• Corporate Finance
• Managerial Finance
• Money, Banking, and Financial Markets
• Investments
• Portfolio Management
• Options and Futures

Teaching assignments will be primarily face-to-face (F2F), but may be hybrid, or online.

Other Responsibilities

· Advise and mentor students in business majors

· Develop new courses that fulfill major requirements in the business department and in the college’s general education curriculum

· Contribute to program development

· Participate in departmental assessment, budgeting, and course scheduling routines

· Participate in faculty governance and committee service

· Maintain regular office hours

· Teach seminar courses in the First Year Experience program

· Maintain an agenda for scholarly, professional, and/or creative activity

· Participate in enrollment and recruitment activities by meeting with prospective students, preparing recruitment materials, and other activities as requested

Required Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Finance (ABD considered with a specified completion date) or
• Master’s degree in Finance with relevant professional and/or teaching experience or
• Graduate degree in a different discipline with “equivalent experience,” defined as:
  • A minimum of five years of professional experience in finance and/or
  • Relevant validation within the field such as professional certifications or licensure.
• Ability to teach undergraduate finance courses at both the introductory and advanced levels within the business department.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Earned terminal degree in Finance or near completion.
• College-level teaching experience, demonstrated by student evaluations or other evidence of effectiveness.
• Willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration in both curriculum design and research.
• Commitment to fulfilling teaching and scholarship requirements at a liberal arts institution.
• Willingness to be a member of a collaborative and collegial faculty.

APPLICATION DOCUMENTS:

The following materials are required:

1. Cover letter of application
2. Curriculum vitae (CV)
3. Application

The following materials may be requested after the initial review process:

1. Graduate school transcript
2. Names and contact information for three professional references
3. Teaching philosophy statement

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled or the search is closed.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision options
• Health Savings Account and/or Flex Spending Account
• Supplemental options: Short-term disability, Hospitalization, Accident, and Critical Illness
• Stand-alone EAP program
• Life, AD&D, and long-term disability
• Retirement 403(b) plan
• Tuition remission or exchange programs
• Sick time

Westminster College encourages and gives full consideration to all applicants for admission, financial aid, and employment. The College is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The College does not discriminate in access to, treatment of, or employment in, its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, veteran status, marital status, disability, or genetic information.

Inquiries about compliance with this prohibition should be directed to:

Associate Vice President & Chief HR Officer/Title IX Coordinator

501 Westminster Ave, Washington West, 2nd floor

Fulton, MO 65251

HR@Westminster-mo.edu

573-592-5226