Professor of Accounting

The role
The University of Bristol Business School is seeking to appoint a Professor of Accounting on a full-time and open-ended basis.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic professor in the Accounting Group to cultivate academic excellence. You will be an accomplished academic in accounting with an international research profile, capable of guiding and nurturing the Accounting Group. Ideal candidates will show a willingness and aptitude for leading the group. The group comprises over 30 scholars who, collectively, study and teach the role of information and governance in internal decision-making processes, in capital markets, and in informing stakeholders more broadly.

We are a cohesive, diverse, and comprehensive team of researchers working across a range of research topics taking a variety of approaches. We have strategic links with academic associations and key professional bodies, regulators, and standard setters. Our academics publish their research in leading journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society, The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Science, Management Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, and many other highly regarded international journals. They also hold positions on the editorial boards of leading international accounting journals.

The Accounting Group works closely with colleagues in Finance and Management in teaching and research. Research is organised into three themes: accounting, sustainability and governance; financial reporting; and management accounting. Across the Business School, other research themes include banking, corporate finance, financial markets, sustainable production, inclusivity consumption and economy, work futures, innovation and digitalisation, public services governance and management, global political economy, and action research and critical inquiry.

What will you be doing?
Consistently pursuing high-quality research and impact in accounting.
Maintaining an international profile/network and attracting external research funding.
Engaging with professional accounting institutes and regulatory bodies.
Contributing effectively to teaching programmes run within the Faculty and to the leadership of relevant programmes and course teaching teams.
Planning and leading the successful implementation of research and education activities and programmes of outstanding quality and international repute.
Supervising PhD theses and MSc dissertations.
Contributing effectively to the enhancement of quality in teaching within the School and Faculty.
Ensuring that teaching is quality assured and achieves the educational standards expected within the University.
Providing academic leadership, including leadership within the Group and School, helping and motivating staff with research and other scholarly activities.
Making a wider contribution to the success of the University through participation in Faculty and University-wide governance and development activities.
Having direct line management responsibility for some academic staff and some other staff within their Group and being responsible for their Staff Review and Development.

You should apply if
You have an internationally excellent research profile in accounting that complements and extends the existing strengths and priorities of the Accounting Group and the Business School more broadly.
You have an aptitude and appetite for contributing to the intellectual vibrancy of the Accounting Academic Group by conducting and publishing excellent research, delivering high-quality education programmes, and mentoring junior colleagues.
You have experience in overseeing the development and review of innovative education programmes in accounting.
You have the ability to lead and motivate people in both research and education within a dynamic and high-performing academic environment.
You are keen to contribute to School, Faculty, and University initiatives.

Application Procedure

Please apply through the University of Bristol jobs website: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find-internal/list/details.html?jobId=354034&jobTitle=Professor%20of%20Accounting

About the Organization

The University of Bristol Business School was formed in September 2022 from the merger of the School of Accounting and Finance and the School of Management, and is organised into the following groups:
• Accounting
• Finance
• Marketing & Consumption
• Operations and Management Science, Healthcare and Innovation
• Strategy, International Management & Business, and Entrepreneurship
• Work, Employment, Organisation and Public Policy.

The Business School has over 190 members of academic staff, 95 members of professional service staff, and 98 PGR students. Our rate of growth in both staff and students has been phenomenal, and more is planned, especially in the areas of interdisciplinary research and education, and executive education and development. We are also expanding our footprint with the opening of the state-of-the-art Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus in the city.
As the UK’s largest regeneration site, Temple Quarter is a flagship project for the University of Bristol and the city as a whole. Adjacent to Temple Mead railway station, a key gateway to the city, it will boost our connectivity to London and the rest of the country.
Due to open September 2026, it will boast 9,300m2 of teaching and study space, 4,200m2 cutting-edge research labs, and 2,500m2 for enterprise partners. It is designed to enhance the power and the potential for the creative, digital, and innovation sectors to meet the needs of a rapidly changing world.
This new campus will further enable close collaborations between our Business School and the School of Engineering, Bristol Innovations, the Bristol Digital Futures Institute, and the Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
The Business School aims to reshape business education and research to meet the demands of employers today and make an impact on societal grand challenges through interdisciplinary excellence and partnership. In line with the strategies of the wider Faculty and University, the strategy of the Business School is based on a ‘Socio-Tech Fusion’ model which is informed by disciplinary excellence across the individual academic groups, accompanied by:
• Closer links with other disciplines, including those in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), computing and health sciences, but also more widely;
• Research grant capture from diverse sources;
• Executive education and development;
• External engagement with business and other organisations (local, national and global).
This approach presents an opportunity for a business school that breaks down barriers and prepares graduates to deal with challenges such as human and societal disruption associated with the tech/AI/digital revolution; navigating the increasing complexity of geopolitics in a turbulent world; ethics and responsible leadership as well as interpersonal and leadership skills. The profile of the school as a ‘Socio-Tech Fusion’ innovator will be characterised by a co-located, collaborative, interdisciplinary offering to students and organisational partners from diverse sectors. This model will seek to combine the strengths of our Business School with the University of Bristol’s Vision 2030 and its current position as a Russell Group institution, creating true disciplinary integration within a large-scale civic university.