Assistant Professors in Finance

Positions in Finance: Assistant Professors

Job Qualifications:

The School of Management at the University of Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) seeks applications to fill several full-time positions at the assistant professor level in Finance. Preference will be given to faculty with a strong commitment to research in this field, demonstrated by a record of publications in high-quality peer-reviewed journals, and who will engage in the design, delivery, assessment of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. This call will prioritize candidates with solid research/teaching in: (1) Financial Accounting (2) Financial Management / Corporate Finance,  (3) Green Finance, (4) Banking and Finance;

Nonetheless, according to the candidate’s qualifications, we will consider other fields such as investments, quantitative risk management, and international finance. 

Aspiring junior researchers must have earned a Ph.D. degree in Business, Economics, or Finance, near completion of the Ph.D., and have a demonstrated record of publications in quality peer-reviewed journals. We are also open to successful mid-career candidates who could qualify for the level of Associate Professor.

We are interested in candidates with:

A Ph.D. - completed or near completion in the field of finance, economics, management or related fields.

A desire and aptitude to contribute to a successful and fast-growing educational establishment.

Potential for research and publication in international peer-reviewed journals. An ability to contribute to different undergraduate core and elective courses and postgraduate programs.

Applications: Applicants should submit the following:

• Cover letter.
• Curriculum vitae including contact information for at least three letters of reference (References will not be contacted until the final candidates have been identified).
• A statement of teaching, including course evaluations,
• A statement of research
• A copy of two recent papers.

Send electronic versions of your application package to adm-recruit@uniandes.edu.co. Only complete applications will be considered.

Processing of applications will begin Fe15, 2025, until vacancy completion. Appointments start on any time after August 1 - 2025. The level of compensation is competitive internationally and will be determined based on education and experience following University guidelines. Detailed information will be provided once the candidate is offered a position.

About us

Universidad de los Andes School of Management (henceforth UASM) is located in Bogota, Colombia. It is one of the ten constitutive academic schools within Universidad de los Andes (Uniandes), its parent institution. Uniandes is a private, non-profit, non-denominational university founded in 1948. The University has a total of over 700 core faculty, over 14,000 students at the undergraduate level, almost 4,000 students at the graduate level, and over 300 at the doctoral level. Uniandes has improved its position within the QS university ranking from 335th worldwide in 2012 to 198th in 2024 and 7th within Latin America.

Currently UASM has a total of 70 core faculty. Of these 90% hold a Doctoral degree. It has a consolidated portfolio with a variety of programmes at the Undergraduate (over 1,200 students), Graduate (almost 1,000 students) and Executive Education level (over 9,000 participants).

The school has ACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditations. It is positioned 4rd within Latin America and 74th worldwide in the QS Business and Management Studies ranking while its MBA is ranked 3rd best program in Latin America in the America Economic ranking. The open and corporate programs are 5th and 4th in Latin America and 28th and 67th worldwide in the Financial Times Executive Education ranking.

The school’s programme portfolio comprises one Undergraduate programme in Management and 16 graduate programmes, including Part-time MBA, Executive MBA and Online MBA; specialized master programmes in Finance, Marketing, Environmental Management, Development Practice, Supply Chain Management, International Finance, and Regeneration and Sustainability (online); and Master of Science in Management (MScM) and Doctoral programme in Management (PhD). Additionally, the school is a partner in the Masters and Doctoral programme in Technology Management, joint with the School of Architecture and Design and the School of Engineering, and in the Global Markets, Local Creativities (Erasmus Mundus International Master) joint with the University of Glasgow, Universitat de Barcelona, Uppsala University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Georg-August Universität Göttingen and Kyoto University. UASM also has an Executive Education unit comprising open and corporate programme portfolios.