Professor of Accounting; Non-Tenure Track Analytics, Technology & Advisory

Merrimack College is a selective, private college in a beautiful,residential setting — just minutes from Boston,Massachusetts.

The Girard School of Business at Merrimack College invites applications for a full-time,open-rank faculty position in Accounting beginning in Fall
2027.

The Girard School is seeking a faculty member who can help shapethe future of accounting education and applied scholarship as artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and evolving professional practices change both the work accountants perform andthe value they provide to organizations. We are particularlyinterested in candidates who combine meaningful professional or industry experience with a strong commitment to teaching,scholarship, and external engagement.

This position is part of a broader strategic investment in faculty,academic programs, research, experiential learning, and industry engagement within the Girard School. The successful candidate willhave a significant opportunity to help shape the continue devolution and differentiation of the School’s M.S. in Accounting,while contributing to undergraduate Accounting education and the School’s growing network of experiential and industry partnerships.

The Girard School believes the next generation of accounting education must extend beyond technical preparation alone. As technology assumes a greater role in routine accounting, analysis,and compliance activities—and as pathways to CPA licensure continue to evolve—graduate accounting education has an opportunity toprepare professionals for increasingly important roles in advisory services, analytics, risk, technology, strategic decision support,and organizational leadership. The successful candidate will help Merrimack explore and develop this next generation of accounting education while maintaining the strong technical foundation essential to the profession.

• Teach undergraduate and graduate Accounting courses consistent with the candidate’s expertise and the needs of the Girard School;
• Play a meaningful role in the continued development and differentiation of the M.S. in Accounting, including opportunities to expand graduate education in advisory services, analytics,artificial intelligence, technology, risk, and strategic decisionsupport;
• Help ensure that Accounting curricula remain responsive tochanges in professional practice, technology, employer needs, andpathways into the profession;
• Maintain an active program of applied scholarship and thought leadership focused on consequential problems facing organizations and industries. Relevant outputs may include applied research,white papers, industry reports, case studies, conference presentations, practitioner publications, and other scholarly or professional work that advances knowledge and informs practice;
• Develop and sustain relationships with accounting firms,corporate accounting and finance functions, advisory organizations,and other external partners that can support research, experiential learning, cooperative education, and student engagement;
• Translate challenges emerging from professional practice into opportunities for faculty research, student projects, cases,simulations, and other forms of applied learning;
• Mentor undergraduate and graduate students and engage students meaningfully in research and applied projects;
• Contribute to the intellectual life, service, and strategic development of the Girard School and Merrimack College;
• Where appropriate to the candidate’s scholarly and professional interests, contribute to the developing Center for the Future ofWork and related Applied Industry Labs.

We are especially interested in candidates who are comfortable operating across academic and professional environments—individuals who…