Senior Lecturer in Finance
University of Gothenburg
Sweden

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The Department of Business Administration is the largest department at the School of Business, Economics and Law, and conducts extensive research and is responsible for education programmes at first-cycle and second-cycle levels, as well as third-cycle education in the subject areas of Business Administration and Economic Geography. The Department has more than 140 employees and is divided into four sections: Industrial and Financial Management & Logistics (IFEL), Management & Organisation (including Economic Geography), Marketing, and Accounting. The Department also has an administrative and technical unit.

The Accounting section is now looking for an associate senior lecturer in Business Administration, specializing in Financial Accounting. Associate senior lecturer is a career-development position created to provide primarily newly qualified PhDs the opportunity of a career path towards permanent employment as a senior lecturer.

The section's research in Financial Accounting includes topics such as accounting regulation and its implementation, usefulness of accounting information to stock market investors and cost of environmental impact. Research at the section is internationally oriented. The faculty collaborates with scholars at many international universities and business schools in joint research projects. The research findings of the section have been published in a range of leading international research journals.  The section offers a wide range of courses at various educational levels, including undergraduate, graduate, and PhD Programs.

Subject area

Business Administration specializing in Financial Accounting.

Job assignments

The position as associate senior lecturer comprises maximum 50% teaching and minimum 50% research.

The research is expected to focus on Financial Accounting and be of such quality that it can be published in high-quality international research journals.

The position involves teaching in Financial Accounting at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including supervision of student’s project works. The responsibilities may also include course management, course development, course examination, and involvement in pedagogical development work. The person hired is expected to deliver high-quality teaching in both Swedish and English.

The person hired is expected to actively apply for external funding during the employment period and to participate in the development of the department's teaching and research environment.

Eligibility

Eligibility for appointment as associate senior lecturer is specified in the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 4 Section 4a, Appointments Procedure for Teachers at the University of Gothenburg Ref. V 2024/3252, and Appointment Regulations for Teaching Staff at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg Ref. V 2024/2095.

To be eligible for appointment as associate senior lecturer, at the time of application the candidate must hold a doctoral degree, or possess equivalent research qualifications, in Business Administration with a specialization in Financial Accounting. Preference should be given to candidates who were awarded their doctoral degree or achieved equivalent competence no more than five years prior to the application deadline for this appointment as associate senior lecturer. Those who have completed their doctoral degree or achieved equivalent competence prior to five years before the application deadline may also be eligible where special grounds exist, i.e., sick leave, parental leave, or similar circumstances.

Assessment

According to the Appointment Regulations for Teaching Staff at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Ref. V 2024/2095, the applicant shall be selected for the position who, based on an overall assessment of competence and potential for development, is judged to have the best qualities for performing the duties included in the appointment. In the assessment, particular focus shall be on proven scientific skills and potential for further high-quality research activities during the timespan of the position. Proven pedagogical skills are also merit, as well as an ability to conduct relevant teaching activities during the timespan of the position.

A requirement for the position is:

• Ability to teach in Swedish and English with high quality

In addition, the following shall be considered as especially important aspects of the evaluation of applicants:

• Good knowledge of Swedish accounting regulations and IFRS
• Documented research experience, especially articles published in international research journals
• Successful applications for research funding
• Documented pedagogical experience related to, for example, teaching, course management, course development, course examination, and teaching administration

The applicant’s personal attributes, specifically their ability to collaborate effectively both internally and externally in fulfilling the duties, will also be considered in the assessment of suitability for the position.

The appointment

In accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance (Högskoleförordningen SFS 1993:100) Chapter 4 Section 12a and 12b, an associate senior lecturer may be employed for a period of minimum four years, and at most six years, where the purpose of the appointment is to enable the lecturer to develop research autonomy and acquire the research and teaching qualifications necessary to fulfil the requirements for another more qualified teacher appointment (such as, senior lecturer).

This position is a fixed term employment of four years, 100% full time. The appointment may be extended if, due to sick leave, parental leave or other special grounds, additional time is needed to achieve the purpose of the appointment. Starting date by agreement. Placement at the Department of Business Administration.

Promotion

For promotion to Senior lecturer, an application for promotion must be submitted to the Department no later than six months before the expiration of the fixed term employment as Associate senior lecturer. According to the Department Regulations at the School Of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg GU 2021/3372, promotion to and employment as senior lecturer, shall be granted if external evaluators deem the candidate scientifically and pedagogically eligible for promotion, or is close to achieving this (within a year of termination of the appointment as associate senior lecturer), to associate professor (in Swedish: ‘docent’), and is suitable for such an appointment (Appointment to Associate Professor at the Department of Business Administration: Guidelines for Candidates and Internal Evaluators as per 2017/382).

For promotion, it is also required to have completed higher education pedagogical training as determined by the rector, as well as the Swedish language proficiency requirement set by the vice-Chancellor (Appointments Procedure for Teachers at the University of Gothenburg Ref. V 2024/3252).

Contact

If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Senior Lecturer and Head of the Accounting section Anna Karin Pettersson by email at annakarin.pettersson@handels.gu.se.
If you have any questions about the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact HR Officer Natalie Axell by email at natalie.axell@gu.se.

Union representatives

To contact union representatives at the University of Gothenburg: https://www.gu.se/om-universitetet/jobba-hos-oss/hjalp-for-sokande 

Application

Apply for this appointment using the University of Gothenburg recruitment portal by clicking "Apply" below.  The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete and in accordance with the requirements stated in the advertisement and that the University receives your application no later than midnight Swedish time on the closing date for applications.

Closing date of application

2025-08-15

Content of the application

The application must include:

• Curriculum Vitae, including copies of degree certificates, grade transcripts or other certificates
• Letter of intent (up to three pages) in which the applicant describes how he/she intends to perform the tasks if hired for the position
• An account of scholarly/research qualifications, including a description of prior scholarly/research activities and contributions, etc., of maximum two pages.
• PhD thesis and up to four additional scholarly works
• An account of teaching qualifications, including teacher training and a description of prior teaching assignments and a reflection, of maximum two pages. Qualitative assessments, course evaluations or equivalent documentation should be attached under ‘Attachments’.
• A brief account of achievements in management, collaboration, and administration
• References, at least two, including name, title, their current higher education institution and contact details.

All merits should be documented, and all certificates attested. All attachments are to be named in a way that clearly indicates their content. Publications that cannot be attached in electronic format may be sent to: Department of Business Administration, University of

Gothenburg, PO-Box 610, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden, attention: "PAR 2025/470”.

Information about the process

The recruitment process will include expert assessments, interviews, references and possibly trial lectures.

The University works actively to achieve a working environment with equal conditions, and values the qualities that diversity brings to its operations.

Salaries are set individually at the University.

In accordance with the National Archives of Sweden’s regulations, the University must archive application documents for two years after the appointment is filled. If you request that your documents are returned, they will be returned to you once the two years have passed. Otherwise, they will be destroyed.

In connection to this recruitment, we have already decided which recruitment channels we should use. We therefore decline further contact with vendors, recruitment and staffing companies.