University College Dublin

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Permanent Post
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Applicants are invited for a permanent appointment as Professor of Corporate Finance. UCD School of Business (Banking & Finance subject area). The UCD School of Business consists of the Lochlann Quinn School of Business and the Michael Smurfit School of Business. The Lochlann Quinn School of Business is located on the main Campus at Belfield while the Michael Smurfit School of Business is located at Blackrock, Co. Dublin (about five kilometres away). Academic staff teach in both schools.

UCD School of Business is Ireland’s leading business school and research centre. In 2009 we officially celebrated 100 years of business education.

One of the keystones of the School’s reputation as one of the world’s leading business schools is the quality and expertise of our Faculty. We are the only business school in Ireland to hold the triple crown of accreditation from AACSB (US), EQUIS (Europe) and AMBA (UK). We are also the only Irish member of CEMS, a global alliance of leading business schools and multinational companies.

We have been consistently ranked in the top 100 business schools in the Financial Times’ highly competitive global full-time MBA rankings and are currently ranked as 94th in the world and 34th in Europe. Our MSc Finance programme is ranked 36th in the world by the Financial Times.

The mission of the School is to cultivate an environment of excellence in business education and to foster life-long learning and innovation in the preparation of promising people for positions of increasing responsibility and leadership in Ireland and abroad. This has been defined in its mission statement:
To be the leader in business education in Ireland and among the leaders in Europe by providing bold, imaginative educational programmes informed by an intensive commitment to research, discovery and innovation.

The core values of the UCD School of Business are excellence in research and teaching, collegiality within the university and willingness to change and accept diversity. The School is committed to continuous improvement and increasing aspirations in regard to teaching and knowledge creation and dissemination.

The School is also home to the Financial Mathematics Computation Cluster (FMC2), a collaboration between industry, University College Dublin, Dublin City University and Maynooth University (http://www.fmc-cluster.org/). FMC2 brings together complementary expertise in financial mathematics, financial economics and computer science to create a multi-disciplinary research programme in asset and risk management, areas of critical importance to the future development of the international financial services sector in Ireland. Launched on 14 October 2009 with funding of €4.1 million, FMC2 is part of the Science Foundation Ireland Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) programme.

The successful candidate will offer leadership in the following areas and will have a track record of:

Research: The Banking & Finance subject area places considerable emphasis on research leading to publication in world class refereed academic journals. Members of faculty are widely published in journals such as: Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Empirical Finance, European Journal of Finance and the Journal of Econometrics.

Teaching and Learning: The Banking & Finance subject area makes a significant contribution to the School’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including, in particular, the MSc Finance, the MBA, and the PhD programmes.

Strategic Planning: i.e. in conjunction with the College Principal and Dean of the School of Business, including the formulation and implementation of policies to develop the academic and strategic potential of the School.

Administration: Assuming appropriate administrative & managerial duties, which will include the role of Head of School - a rotating position. It is also expected that these tasks will be carried out efficiently, while fostering a spirit of collegiality within the School.

The holder of the post will be a member of the School of Business. S/he will also be a member of the Academic Council of the University.

2013 (2010) Prof. C Scale: €106,516 - €136,276 per annum

2013 (2011) Prof. C Scale: €96,064 - €122,848 per annum *
* Subject to all new entrants to public sector as of 01 January 2011

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the UCD Job Vacancies website: http://www.ucd.ie/hr/jobvacancies.
Closing Date: 17.00hrs (GMT)* on Friday 30th January 2015

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 17:00hrs (GMT) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.