Posted 10/29/09
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Business School
Department of Accounting
Accounting Faculty Positions
The Department of Accounting, NUS Business School -
http://www.bschool.nus.edu - invites applications for tenure
track positions at all ranks (Assistant/Associate/Full).
All accounting-related disciplines will be considered.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidates for the junior rank should possess a Ph.D. or be
close to completion.
ABOUT NUS:
NUS is a research-intensive university, ranked 30th among
the world's top 100 universities by the Times Higher
Education in 2009. NUS business school research is ranked
47th worldwide according to the UT Dallas Top 100 Worldwide
Business School Rankings Our school has a wide collection
of databases including WRDS, Compustat, CRSP, Datastream,
and IBES, and provides excellent support for research and
for attending conferences. Our teaching load is comparable
to those offered in top US schools, and further reduced for
assistant professors.
Our accounting faculty have published in leading journals
such as CAR, JAR, JAE, JFE, RAST, and TAR. To promote
active interactions with researchers outside Singapore, our
department regularly invites and receives visits by top
accounting researchers, including Ashiq Ali, Mark DeFond,
Dan Dhwaliwal, Peter Easton, Wayne Landsman, and Douglas
Skinner. The visitors stay at NUS normally for one to two
weeks, and in some cases for several months so that our
faculty have ample opportunities to interact with those
visitors.
BENEFITS:
Our pay package compares favourably with those offered by
top US schools. Apart from pecuniary benefits, expatriate
faculty members receive generous housing subsidies as well
as education subsidies for children attending world-class
international schools in Singapore. Singapore is a low tax
country with an average effective tax rate of around 15
percent.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Interested parties are urged to send CV, research papers
and three letters of recommendation to:
CONTACT: Ms Lam Yin Wah
Coordinator, Recruiting Committee
Department of Accounting
NUS Business School
National University of Singapore
1 Business Link
Singapore 117592
Email: MAILTO:accbox1@nus.edu.sg
Tel: (65) 6516 7798
Fax: (65) 6779 2083