The Vacancy
Richmond American University London is seeking to appoint a passionate Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance and Programme Director BSc Accounting and Finance. You will join a dynamic team within the Richmond Business School, contributing to our mission of educating future generations of business leaders. Please note that the Programme Director role is a 4-year, fixed term appointment
The Associate Professor and Programme Director will work with the Head of the Business School in providing academic leadership in all aspects of course design, teaching, research, scholarship and service in relation to the UG and PG programmes in line with the University’s Vision, Mission and Values.
You will work with the Head and faculty to enhance the programmes; design and delivery high-quality teaching programmes; support and contribute to the development and design of the curriculum; and induct and mentor new adjunct faculty.
The successful candidate will be educated to a postgraduate level (or equivalent) and hold a PhD (completed or near completion) or equivalent industry/professional experience. You will have demonstrable experience of delivering high quality teaching and have proven ability to manage own teaching and related administrative duties. You will have highly developed oral and written communication skills, demonstrating ability to communicate complex information to a range of audiences including internal and external stakeholders.
About Richmond American University London
Richmond American University London is a unique institution, global in outlook and in practice, diverse and cosmopolitan in its culture. A leading private and not-for-profit institution, we are dually accredited in both the United States, by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and registered with the Office for Students in the UK. Our students receive both UK and US degrees, bringing together the best of British and American higher education.
Operating in London since 1972, our mission is to educate and inform future generations by providing them with the knowledge and support to think critically, the freedom to challenge assumptions and the skills to work with others. Our distinctive, multi-disciplinary Liberal Arts degree programmes offer a holistic approach to teaching and learning that focuses on developing academic and personal skills to enable our students to make positive contributions through employment, personal development, and public service after graduation.
Richmond is an equal opportunities employer; a Basic or Enhanced DBS check, as appropriate, is required for this position.
Closing date: 26 October 2025
Interviews in person in London: 5 November 2025
The Company
The Company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past few years. We have a vast number of employees, and provide support to clients from all over the country.
Documents
Alternatively, please sign in with...
You have already applied for this vacancy, please go to your account to see your progress.
HR Recruitment Privacy Statement
The following explains how Richmond American University London (the University) intend to use the information you provide in your application, along with your account creation, our reasons for requesting it and who will have access to it.
As defined by the UK General Data Protection Regulations (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA2018), collectively known as ‘Data Privacy Legislation’ the University is the Data Controller and ultimately responsible for ensuring the data you provide is kept secure, processed correctly and that you understand your legal rights in relation to the data you provide.
The recruitment software we use via this website is supplied by IRIS Software Group Limited and they are defined as a Data Processor under the Data Privacy Legislation. They will only process your data in accordance with our instructions.
IRIS can be contacted at: 4th Floor Heathrow Approach, 470 London Road, Slough, England, SL3 8QY
For Data Protection enquiries, please contact the Help Desk at support@networxrecruitment.com
What information do we collect from you?
We collect information that is specifically provided by you as part of an application process. We will collect the following (but not limited to):
We are using Performance of a Contract as our legal basis for processing, which means we can use your details and information so that we may assess your suitability for employment with us, as well as carry out our statistical analysis of recruitment.
Why do we collect this information and who do we share it with?
Details you provide in this application:
We will store your application data for 6 months after the vacancy has been filled. After this period, it will be anonymised, unless we a are required to retain it to defend any legal claims or complaints, in which case the data will be retained for 12 months after the vacancy has been filled.
Although we may provide visitors information to service providers that handle information on our behalf, we will not share the information with third parties for secondary or unrelated purposes unless otherwise disclosed at the point of collection and not without having gained acceptance at the point of collection.
If you are the successful candidate for the role, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services check and your offer of employment will be subject to this check coming back clear.
The recruitment process is handled in accordance with the University’s Recruitment and Selection Policy.
For further detail on how the University processes personal data, including the rights you have as a data subject please visit the University’s Privacy Policy here: https://www.richmond.ac.uk/privacy-policy/ and the University’ Data Privacy Notice for Employee Candidates
If you have any concerns about how the University is handling personal data, please contact the Data Protection Officer by email: DPO@Richmond.ac.uk.
To continue creating your account, please read the privacy policy and tick the box below
The email used for your profile is not a valid company domain name. In order to continue to create your profile with you will need to select a profile which uses a company authorised email address.
Learn more about what each cookie category does and choose your settings
Cookie policy
__RequestVerificationToken
Session
Anti-forgery Token
ASP.NET_SessionId
Session
General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server.
NTX_Cookie_Preferences_Live
6 Months
Your cookie preferences
_ga
2 Years
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.
_gat
A few seconds
This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
_gid
1 Day
This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited.
NetworxTracking_AdvertClick
90 Days
Used for tracking if the candidate has already clicked the advert - used for analytics
NetworxTracking_AdvertLoad
90 Days
Used for tracking if the candidate has already loaded the advert - used for analytics
ApplicationIntroductionID
90 Days
Check to see if the candidate has already read the introduction for the Application
FavouriteVacancies
30 Days
Store any jobs the candidate has flagged as a favourite
JobAlertVacancies
30 Days
Stores the candidates Job Alert Criteria
JobSearchCriteria
30 Days
Store the last search performed by the candidate