Lecturer in Accounting

37 hours per week

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The Role

We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance to join our collaborative and supportive academic team. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver high-quality, inclusive and applied teaching (across our undergraduate, postgraduate degree programmes) and research, innovation, knowledge exchange (RIKE) and/or professional engagement.

We are particularly interested in staff who can teach in the following areas: Law, Forensic Accounting and Tax.

We especially welcome applicants with a recognised professional body qualification such as CIMA, ACCA, ICAEW, CIPFA and CAS.

We also welcome applicants from both academic and industry backgrounds who can ensure industry relevance. You will be passionate about maintaining our outstanding student experience while developing the next generation of professionals.

Finance and Economics

The Finance and Economics Division is a team of more than 30 staff who have a variety of academic, professional and business-related backgrounds. Our core teaching and learning areas include Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Forensic Accounting, Audit, Taxation, Economics, Financial Risk Management and Corporate Governance. The Division has a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, including:

• BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance
• BSc (Hons) Banking and Finance
• BSc (Hons) Economics and Finance
• BSc (Hons) Financial Trading and Investment Management
• MSc Accounting and Finance
• MSc Forensic Accounting
• MSc Financial Management
• MSc Banking and Finance
• MSc Finance and Investment
• MSc Wealth Management
• MSc Applied Economics
• MSc Finance and Global Trading

Some of our courses attract exemptions from UK professional accountancy, finance and banking bodies which is represented in the quality of our syllabus and assessment.

In addition to the courses detailed above, our Division also supports The Business School through teaching on a range of modules including MBA, finance for non-finance specialists and performance measurement and evaluation modules to name a few. These modules are delivered at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as teaching elements of a variety of bespoke and CPD courses and apprenticeship programmes to clients such as Morrisons, Nestle and Clipper.

The team/The Division

Sheffield Business School has approximately 6,000 students and 220 academic staff. It has a long history dating back to the 1950’s, before it was formally branded as the Sheffield Business School in 1986, which has since had significant success. We are a leading applied Business School with a mission to lead transformative change for our students, businesses, and society.

As a member of our community, you will join a diverse group of talented academics who pride themselves in developing inclusive teaching and learning experience and engage in scholarship and knowledge exchange that makes a real societal impact.

Closing date: 04/11/26 at 11:30pm

£40,704 to £45,641 per annum, depending on experience