Trading Room Director and Lecturer of Finance

Job Description Summary

Bentley University seeks to fill a joint position as Lecturer of Finance, and Director of the Trading Room for academic year , to begin Fall 2024. The Director reports to the Chair of Finance Department and Sr Associate Dean of Business.

Trading Room Responsibilities:

The TR Director is responsible for the overall supervision of the Hughey Center for Financial Services/Trading Room. Specific responsibilities include supervising payroll, staff hiring/training; scheduling for events, preparing and forecasting budgets, purchasing; maintaining liaison with vendors, working on social media feeds and website, and working with the Academic Technology Center to identify appropriate technology and software needs for TR operations. The Director is also responsible for liaising with guest speakers, visitors, corporate guests, senior administrators, and trustees.

The Director works with the Chair of Finance Department to recruit guest speakers for our Fireside Chats events – engaging alums and professional executives to present cutting-edge topics in finance, economics, management, and arts and science to faculty and students. The Director works with the Chair of Finance Department to develop and market executive training programs and Wall Street 101 programming.

Department of Finance Teaching Responsibilities:

In this capacity, the TR Director will teach five courses per year, as directed by the Chair of the Finance Department. Teaching typically will focus on introductory and upper-level courses at the undergraduate level. We are seeking candidates with experience teaching courses in Finance.

Minimum Qualifications:

The ideal candidate must have a graduate degree in finance or related discipline. Previous work experience in a trading room environment as a trader or in any managerial capacity at a financial services company is strongly desirable. The ability to teach trading concepts and design trading courses is a strong plus. Experience with securities valuation and developing trading rules using Excel is a must.

The ideal candidate must be proficient with Bloomberg Terminal, including building Excel-based valuation models using Bloomberg API, Visual Basic, Pivot, Vlookups, macro, and goal-seeking. Familiarity with Fact Set, Morningstar Direct, and CapIQ is also desirable. Travel to Boston, NYC, and Chicago, is required to maintain impactful external visibility with the financial community. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (writing and oral) are a must.

The Trading Room is the centerpiece of The Hughey Center for Financial Services (HCFS), named in honor of Bentley University alumnus David

A. Hughey '55 (retired executive vice president of Dean Witter Intercapital), was established in 1997. The center was inaugurated by Mr. Peter S. Lynch, the former manager of Magellan Fund, and Vice Chairman, Fidelity Management & Research Company. The HCFS has earned a national reputation and has been featured on national and international media. The center's mission is to extend the educational goals of Bentley University through innovative classroom pedagogy, cutting-edge financial research, and real-world applications.

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The Finance department offers an array of courses supporting BS Finance, MS Finance, and MBA (Finance concentration) degrees  also support the Advanced Standing in Finance program (https://) where some of our top students pursue the BS and MS degrees  department actively engages with students outside the classroom through initiatives and support of student organizations including the Bentley Investment Group (https://), Bentley Sustainable Investment Group (), the Lab for Economics, Accounting, and Finance (https://),

and the Trading Room (https://) to name a few examples. For more information about the Finance faculty, please see faculty profiles at: https://.

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