Singapore Management University

Full Professors, Associate, and Assistant Professors of Finance

Singapore Management University (SMU) invites applications for finance tenure-track and

tenured positions at all levels and in all areas of scholarship.

FULL PROFESSOR/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: Ph.D. and established record of high

quality research with evidence of sustained scholarship and publications in top tier finance

journals. Candidates are expected to mentor junior faculty members in research and should

have effective teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: Ph.D. in hand or very close to completion. Candidates are

expected to demonstrate potential for high quality research.

ABOUT LEE KONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE GROUP AT

SMU: Founded in January 2000, SMU is the first private university established in Singapore

with the Singapore government’s funding. The School has grown rapidly and has become a

leading business school in the Asia-Pacific region. Despite its young age, it has earned the

AACSB and EQUIS accreditations.

Faculty members in the Finance group have Ph.D.s from Cornell, Emory, Harvard, Iowa,

Ohio State, Princeton, Rochester, and Washington (St Louis), among others. SMU’s Finance

faculty is productive in research. From 2004 to 2015, they published 43 articles in Journal of

Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of

Financial and Quantitative Analysis. This ranks SMU 43rd worldwide, 2nd in Asia, and 1st

in Singapore according to the ASU Finance research rankings (see

http://apps.wpcarey.asu.edu/fin-rankings/rankings/index.cfm). SMU subscribes to all major

financial databases and provides generous research funds to support conference travel and

other research activities. The group hosts an annual summer research camp; a very active

research seminar series; and visits by distinguished finance scholars from leading research

universities. The Finance group also has a Ph.D. program with high quality students and good

recent placements.

For more information about the Finance group at SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business,

visit https://business.smu.edu.sg/business/disciplines/finance/welcome. For information about

Singapore, visit https://www.contactsingapore.sg/. English is the primary language used for

education, commerce, and daily life in Singapore.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND DEADLINE: Applicants should send a full application

package comprising a cover letter, CV, three letters of recommendations, three recent

publications or working papers, teaching and research statements, and teaching evaluations to

financecv@smu.edu.sg by November 30, 2016. Please address your application to Dr. Roger

Loh, Recruiting Chair and Associate Professor of Finance. Shortlisted applicants will be

contacted for interviews at the upcoming AFA meetings.

Position Available: July 1, 2017

SALARY AND BENEFITS: Highly competitive with leading U.S. schools, with additional

fringe benefits such as housing and children education allowances. Reduced teaching load

will be provided for career-starting junior faculty members.