Associate Professor or Professor of Finance - Tenure Track

BIOLA UNIVERSITY - LA MIRADA, CALIFORNIA

Address of Job Location: 13800 Biola Avenue, La Mirada, CA 90639

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Job Summary:

The Crowell School of Business at Biola University is seeking a full-time, Tenure-Track Associate Professor or Professor in Finance. This role balances high-quality teaching, active scholarly research, and university service while integrating an evangelical Christian worldview into the curriculum and academic community.

Job Responsibilities: This tenure-track position requires the faculty member to balance teaching, scholarship, and service responsibilities.

Teaching and Advising
The primary duty involves teaching a 12 credit hour load per semester in the undergraduate and/or graduate program. This instruction must maintain a focus on high-quality Finance principles, integrated with a Christian worldview. The core teaching focus will include subjects like corporate finance, investments, and financial markets, with the potential to contribute to secondary areas such as Economics or FinTech if qualified. The faculty member will also be expected to advise students on program, course, and career-related matters.

Scholarship and Professional Engagement
The successful candidate must maintain an active scholarly research agenda, which is mandatory for a tenure-track appointment, leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals and other respected outlets. Furthermore, the faculty member is expected to actively engage with the finance profession through conferences and consulting. We strongly encourage pursuing consulting opportunities with Los Angeles area firms to actively involve real-world case analysis in the classroom.

Service
Finally, the faculty member will participate actively in school and university service, including committee work and student activities, to contribute to the mission and governance of the institution.

Job Requirements:
The Crowell School of Business seeks candidates holding a Ph.D. or other terminal degree in Finance or a closely related discipline from a regionally accredited university. The successful candidate must demonstrate a strong commitment to effective teaching and student mentorship, coupled with a genuine desire to integrate Christian faith and learning into course content and delivery.

While a terminal degree is required, strong preference will be given to applicants who complement their academic credentials with significant, senior-level professional experience in advanced finance sectors—specifically investment banking, corporate banking, private equity (PE), and venture capital (VC). Candidates should be equipped to translate their executive-level transactional experience into applied learning, bridging academic theory with real-world financial strategy. Furthermore, active professional certifications (e.g., CFA, CFP, CAIA, FRM) and a demonstrated ability to develop curriculum and teach in dynamic, related disciplines such as Economics and Financial Technology (FinTech) are highly desirable.

About the Crowell School of Business:
The Crowell School of Business is one of nine schools that comprise Biola University. As part of a University, Crowell serves both graduate and undergraduate students. Crowell is accredited with the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Biola is an evangelical Christian university in which faculty endorse a university statement of Christian faith and community values, and are committed to the integration of faith and learning. Candidates must be willing to support Biola’s mission and preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a clear commitment to the integration of faith into their scholarship and teaching. Biola serves a student body of over 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students and is accredited by WSCUC..

The employee must hold personal theological beliefs that are in agreement with the Biola Doctrinal Statement and maintain a lifestyle consistent with sound Christian principles and the standard of conduct promulgated by the institution.

Expiration Date of Job Posting: March 31, 2027