Assistant Professor - Accounting and Information Systems

University of Puget Sound

Assistant Professor - Accounting and Information Systems
Job ID: 8422
Location: Business & Leadership
Full/Part Time:  
Regular/Tempoary:  

Faculty Posting Details

Appointment:
School of Business and Leadership, full-time tenure-line position; begins Fall Term 2026.

Responsibilities:

• Teach introduction to accounting courses, with a strong emphasis on information systems. The approximately four introductory accounting courses per year should cover accounting principles, control systems, responsible AI use, Excel, data visualization, analysis and communication of quantitative data, and cloud-based accounting and collaboration tools.
• One upper division quantitative elective per year is required, with the content based on the candidate's qualifications. Courses may include financial reporting and analysis,
  taxation or data analytics. The last course may be an additional quantitative course or it may be a course that contributes to the University core.
  Teaching should include projects that stimulate independent critical thinking, promote effective written and oral communication skills, facilitate experiential learning, and develop problem solving.
• The standard teaching assignment is three courses per semester.
• Other duties include professional development, university service and departmental service, advising students, and participation in departmental and university governance.

The University of Puget Sound is an undergraduate liberal arts college with small classes providing individual attention.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. or D.B.A. (ABD considered) in accounting, data analytics, data science, economics, information systems, business intelligence, operations or other business discipline
• Graduate work in accounting
• Will consider Ph.D. in appropriate liberal arts disciplines related to accounting.
• For those candidates whose doctoral degrees are in non-business disciplines, relevant work experience in the area of accounting can be considered.
• Demonstrated commitment to undergraduate teaching and liberal arts education.

Application Deadline:
To ensure full consideration, interested candidates are encouraged to submit application materials no later than October 15, 2025.

Compensation and Benefits:
Rank: Assistant Professor

Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Faculty salaries at the University of Puget Sound are based on a common salary scale based on experience. Assistant Professor salaries for 2025-2026 begin at $73,904 annualized for an Assistant Professor without a terminal degree in their field in their first year of full-time postdoctoral teaching through $83,262 annualized based on experience.

Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package. For more information, visit: https://www.pugetsound.edu/sites/default/files/2025-01/Summary%20of%202025%20Benefits%20for%20Faculty%20Members.pdf

Puget Sound has a well-established Shared Faculty Appointments Policy, https://www.pugetsound.edu/policies/faculty-policies/shared-faculty-appointments

About Puget Sound:
The University of Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington, a vibrant, diverse mid-sized urban port city. Within, and near, Tacoma there is ready access to urban, rural, and natural areas as well as opportunities to participate in a wide variety of cultural activities.

The School of Business and Leadership at the University of Puget Sound provides our students with an innovative business education that prepares them for success as leaders in a complex and dynamic global environment. The School fulfills its mission by:

• teaching business fundamentals in a program strongly embedded in the Liberal Arts.
• offering a core curriculum that focuses on management, marketing, finance, accounting, law, and ethics.
• emphasizing critical thinking, effective written and oral communication, insightful problem solving, thorough case analysis, and sound research methods.
• offering majors in business administration, international business, and the Business Leadership Program.
• promoting off-campus experiences including internships, mentoring, international work and study abroad, field research and experiential learning.
• striving for faculty excellence in teaching, advising, professional development, and University and community service.

By executing its mission, the School strengthens its ties to other academic units on campus, and helps to fulfill the overall mission of the university.

Puget Sound is a member of the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), Greater Washington State https://www.hercjobs.org/greater_washington_state/

University Diversity Statement:

• We acknowledge the richness of commonalities and differences we share as a university community; the intrinsic worth of all who work and study here; that education is enhanced by investigation of and reflection upon multiple perspectives.
• We aspire to create respect for and appreciation of all persons as a key characteristic of our campus community; to increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts; to foster a spirit of openness to active engagement among all members of our campus community.
• We act to achieve an environment that welcomes and supports diversity; to ensure full educational opportunity for all who teach and learn here; to prepare citizen-leaders effectively for a pluralistic world.

Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. To learn more please visit: http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/diversity-at-puget-sound/

Required Documents:
Applicants submitted without the required attachments will not be considered.

• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of Interest
• Teaching statement - including a list of core accounting courses and special topics courses you would be eager to teach, and your relevant background.
• Statement of proposed research interests
• Teaching evaluations from the most recent four semesters of teaching
• Diversity Statement (see prompt below)
• Copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts (unofficial copies are acceptable)
• Contact Information for 3 References. You will be prompted to enter the contact information for three (3) reference providers. The system will automatically email these reference providers to request a letter if/when candidates are included in final consideration phases.

Note: In the online application system, please submit curriculum vitae when prompted to submit resume. Additional documents can be attached within the application.

Applicant's Diversity Statement:
As a department and university, we are strongly committed to creating an inclusive and effective teaching, learning, and working environment for all. In their diversity statement, applicants should reflect on how they will advance the values articulated in the University Diversity Statement in all aspects of their future work as faculty and members of the university community.

All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of a background inquiry.

The University of Puget Sound is an equal opportunity employer.



How to Apply
For complete job description and application instructions, visit: www.pugetsound.edu/employment

About Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a selective national liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, drawing 2,600 students from 48 states and 20 countries. Puget Sound graduates include Rhodes and Fulbright scholars, notables in the arts and culture, entrepreneurs and elected officials, and leaders in business and finance locally and throughout the world. A low student-faculty ratio provides Puget Sound students with personal attention from faculty who have a strong commitment to teaching and offer 1,200 courses each year in more than 40 traditional and interdisciplinary fields, including graduate programs in occupational and physical therapy and in education. Puget Sound is the only nationally ranked independent undergraduate liberal arts college in Western Washington, and one of just five independent colleges in the Pacific Northwest granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honorary society. Visit "About Puget Sound" (http://www.pugetsound.edu/about) to learn more about the college.

As a strategic goal and through our core values, University of Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. EOE/AA



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