Invesco Chair in Finance

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Atlanta, GA

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The Scheller College of Business' Full-time MBA Program is ranked #9 among public universities by Bloomberg BusinessWeek (2021) and U.S. News & World Report (2023). Georgia Tech is one of the nation's leading research universities and consistently ranks among the top public universities in the country. Atlanta is the 9th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and serves as a cultural and economic hub for the region.

The Finance Area consists of nine tenure-track faculty members and includes one endowed chair. Faculty members have diverse backgrounds and pursue a variety of research interests, including asset pricing, corporate finance, banking, household finance, labor finance, FinTech, and machine learning. They publish in the premier outlets of finance and adjacent fields, and their research has received numerous scholarly awards. Additional information about our faculty can be found at https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/academics-research/finance/index.html. Through the Financial Service Innovation Lab (https://fintech.gatech.edu), the finance area collaborates with many companies and has access to many proprietary datasets

The Finance Area in the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia is seeking tenure-track faculty candidate applications and nominations for the Invesco Chair in Finance. The ideal senior candidate must also be to conduct research, teach at the undergraduate and graduate level, and provide service to the College, the Institute, and the finance profession

The ideal senior candidates should be internationally recognized scholars who demonstrate an established record of excellence in research, teaching, and mentoring. Candidates should be eligible for academic appointment as Professor with tenure at the College and would be able to build relations with the business community, as well as with other relevant units within Georgia Tech.

(1) cover letter.

(2) Vita including education, research interests/publications, work experience and other relevant information.

(3) One or more sample research papers.

(4) The names and contact information for three to five references.

Note: Letters of recommendation will "only" be solicited for candidates who advance to the final stage of selection.

We will start evaluating applications from September 15th and onwards till the position is filled. Applications should be sent no later than December 1, 2022. The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening.

Correspondence should be addressed to the Invesco Chair of Finance Recruiting Committee.

Questions pertaining to this search should be sent to: .

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