Assistant or Associate Professor in Accounting

University of Washington Bothell-School of Business

Bothell, Washington. United States

06 Oct 2026

Position Description
The School of Business at the University of Washington Bothell invites applications for a Tenure-Track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in Accounting, effective September 16, 2027. We seek applicants who demonstrate commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and service in a diverse and inclusive academic community. The successful candidate will join our faculty on a full-time basis (100% FTE) for a 9-month academic year beginning September 16, 2027.

Rank and salary will depend on candidate qualifications and experience.
Duties include teaching across graduate and undergraduate programs and participating in and potentially leading new curricular initiatives, conducting research whose output is aimed at publishing in the top-tier academic journals, contributing and providing leadership in Professional as well as University service at all levels.
Faculty in either position will teach both fundamental and advanced courses at the Undergraduate, MBA, and MS in Accounting levels and will integrate current research and professional developments into teaching. The successful candidate will engage in programmatic thinking, and potential leadership in maintaining and developing new academic programs initiatives consistent with the goals of the Business school. Though our undergraduate curriculum is broadly classified under the traditional labels of Financial, Cost/Managerial, Audit, Tax and Systems, we are looking for candidates who can teach in some of these areas and can design and offer advanced/interdisciplinary courses such as Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance, International Accounting.

Accounting Theory, Advanced Auditing, Advanced Tax, Forensic Accounting and fraud, Governmental and not-for-profit Accounting, Accounting Data Analytics, to name a few.
Salary
The base salary range for Assistant Professor will be $16,000 - $19,000 per month and that for Associate Professor will be $20,000- $24,000 per month, commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.
Qualifications
Applicants for this position must have earned a doctorate (or foreign equivalent) in accounting (or a closely related field).
The expectations for the research record are commensurate with rank. For either rank, applicants must have a research record and trajectory of producing high-quality research, including publications in the leading journals of accounting and related fields, as recognized by the academic profession. A record of one or more publications in top-tier accounting journals is required.
Candidates for Associate Professor must have a well-established track record of research and publications, as well as demonstrated teaching effectiveness, and meet the tenure standards of the University of Washington laid out in the UW Faculty Code and the School of Business Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure.
Candidates for Assistant Professor must demonstrate evidence of a track record of research and publications and teaching effectiveness consistent with the potential to achieve tenure in due course at the University of Washington according to UW Faculty Code and the School of Business Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure.

Application Instructions
Review of applications will begin upon receipt, and the position will remain open until filled. Priority will be given to those applications received by December 15, 2026. Applications will only be accepted via Interfolio:  Please direct general inquiries to BSsearch.
Applications should include the following materials:

• Cover Letter: A cover letter of no more than 2 pages detailing your interest in the position, relevant qualifications, and experiences
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research Statement: A statement describing your research interests and trajectory
• Manuscripts:
  Copies of representative research papers (published or unpublished)
• Teaching Statement: A statement describing your teaching philosophy, interests, and effectiveness
• Teaching Portfolio:
  Evidence of teaching effectiveness and excellence, including but not limited to complete sets of recent teaching evaluations (three to five years, or all available years if fewer than three…