The Department of Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam is looking for enthusiastic, forward-thinking and research-driven candidates who can grow into excellent and impactful researchers and committed teachers in our undergraduate, master, and executive education programmes.
Introduction
Are you ready for a role that will help to create the future of finance? You’ll join a dynamic and international department of dedicated educators and ambitious academics in a department that engages in top quality research and hosts specialised conferences and seminars. Research and education focus on positive change that enables people and organisations to thrive; RSM’s finance programmes and courses for bachelor, master and executive students address topics at the cutting edge of the field of finance, including sustainable finance and climate risk, corporate finance, asset management, credit risk, financial innovation, FinTech, entrepreneurial finance and corporate governance.
In RSM’s Department of Finance we conduct world-class research in all areas of finance. We are responsible for a very successful MSc programme in Finance and Investments, ranked by the Financial Times. The department also contributes to the school’s undergraduate, MBA and PhD programmes and to the MSc in Business Analytics & Management. Our faculty regularly publishes in the top journals in the field, such as Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Finance, Management Science and Journal of Monetary Economics. We cooperate with the Erasmus School of Economics via the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) by having, e.g., joint seminar series. We regularly host impactful events, such as the Conferences on Professional Asset Management and the Liquidity Conferences.
You’re now invited to apply for one of our newest faculty positions at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) as tenure track assistant professor in the Department of Finance, starting on September 1, 2024.
Job description
In our department, you will:
- Conduct research of high quality to be submitted to top journals in the field (Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, JFQA and Review of Finance), management (Management Science) or economics.
- Participate in workshops, seminars, and conferences, supported by a personal research budget.
- Build an international network and gain visibility in the field.
- Develop your teaching skills by obtaining a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) during the first three years of the tenure track.
- Engage in teaching innovation, and teach courses in our bachelor and master programmes.
- Teach in executive education (MBA, Executive MBA, open and custom programmes) in the second half of the tenure track (when applicable).
- Contribute to a collegial atmosphere in the department and take new initiatives.
- Engage with RSM’s mission to be a force for positive change in the world.
Job requirements
We’re interested in you if you:
- Possess a PhD in Finance, or if you’re in the final year of your PhD study.
- Can demonstrate the potential for outstanding achievements in research and teaching.
- Have a good command of the English language.
- A strong commitment to high-quality research as well as evidence of ability to conduct impactful work and to publish in top finance journals.
- The ability to contribute to the department’s teaching activities at bachelor, master and MBA level.
We’re looking for you if you are:
- An inspired, ambitious, and competent researcher, with a strong commitment to high-quality research
- Enthusiastic about teaching, and an able presenter
- Familiar with online education platforms and with techniques for inspiring successful blended learning
- Possess strong English language skills at C1 level, in both writing and speaking
- Have well-developed analytical, communication and social competences.
Employment conditions and benefits
Erasmus University Rotterdam aspires to be an equitable and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture, where everyone is supported to fulfil their full potential. We see inclusivity of talent as the basis of our successes, and the diversity of perspectives and people as a highly valued outcome. EUR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, functional impairment, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We look forward to welcoming you to our community.
Employer
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is one of Europe’s top-ranked business schools. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes encourage them to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers.
RSM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from candidates of all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities.
Department
The Department of Finance at RSM has a large international faculty educated at renowned institutions in Europe, the USA, and Asia. The department has a strong research tradition evidenced by publications in top journals, an active PhD programme, and research visits to leading schools in the USA.
The department is part of the Erasmus Finance Group, which includes the Erasmus School of Economics. Erasmus Finance runs a regular seminar series with speakers from top international schools, brown bag seminars, several annual conferences, and a visitor programme with eminent finance scholars. The Erasmus Finance Group and the Department of Finance at RSM are supported by the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) through extensive research support.
Additional information
A tenure track assistant professor position with a promotion decision in the seventh year (to tenured associate professor). based on individual performance. This is a full-time position (1.0 FTE) with a contract for 38 hours per week.
RSM’s Department of Finance has access to excellent facilities, including most major databases (WRDS, CRSP, Compustat, Eikon, Bloomberg, I/B/E/S, Thomson One Banker, TAQ, etc.) and a modern building on Erasmus University’s campus in Rotterdam. Rotterdam is a pleasant and lively harbour city in the west of the Netherlands with 625,000 inhabitants. It provides attractive living conditions for international faculty. English is widely spoken, and air, road, and railway connections with major European and U.S. cities are excellent. The standards of healthcare and education in the Netherlands are high, while the costs are low relative to Anglo-Saxon countries.
Applying
Are you interested in joining the Department of Finance? Be sure to formally apply for this vacancy before Wednesday, 15 November 2023 by uploading your complete application package.
Your application should include:
- cover letter
- recent CV
- a job market paper
- a research statement and a teaching statement
- teaching evaluations (if available)
- three reference letters (letters without letter head and signature will not be considered).
Although we’re accepting applications until the positions are filled, we will start inviting candidates for online interviews within two weeks after the application deadline. Fly-outs are expected to take place as of mid-January 2024 (on campus in Rotterdam).
For more information, please visit:
- RSM Finance Department: www.rsm.nl/finance
- RSM: www.rsm.nl
- RSM MSc Finance and Investments www.rsm.nl/fi
- RSM Bachelor programmes www.rsm.nl/bachelor
- ERIM: https://www.erim.eur.nl
- Curriculum vitae
- Job market paper
- Additional paper (optional)
- Additional paper (optional)
- Other material (in one file) (optional)
- Cover letter
- Research statement (optional)
- Teaching statement (optional)
- Letters of reference: 3