Assistant Professor of Finance

Job Description

Typical Schedule : This is a 9-month, tenure-track, faculty appointment to begin July 2026.

The Opportunity : We are looking for a terminal degree holder in finance with a desire to make a difference by elevating how we form business students. You will have a passion for teaching undergraduate students and a clear commitment to the Catholic liberal arts context in which students learn at the College. Holy Cross's multinational faculty, staff, and student body collaborate to create a unique learning environment, where mission permeates our approach to student formation. The successful candidate will approach business education in an interdisciplinary way, connecting business with the liberal arts.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a willingness and aptitude to develop complementary course-level curriculum and pedagogy that integrates foundational concepts from courses in philosophy, theology, and Catholic Social Teaching to modern business concepts. This will be implemented in ways that tangibly buttress the College's efforts to form scholars, citizens, leaders, and disciples.

Successful candidates will also demonstrate the ability to cultivate opportunities for student programming that reinforce the curricular tactics mentioned above. Examples include cultivating experiential learning opportunities with local business and community organizations, student research, seminars, simulations, competitions, field-study, etc.

Successful Holy Cross students will graduate not only with a rigorous grounding in their primary area of study, but also with the ability to connect those skills to understanding the needs of our broader world, and to the development of solutions in service to the common good, thereby providing them with the knowledge, skills, and disposition necessary for personal and professional success.

Expectations : A typical teaching load is eight courses per year (24 credit hours annually), with the potential for release time while serving on projects that advance our mission. The candidate is expected to contribute to curricular innovation and administration in alignment with the College's mission.

Minimum Education, Skills, and Ability :

Terminal degree in finance.

Previous teaching at the college level preferred.

Positive work experience in a Catholic college environment preferred.

Ability to work effectively with a diverse student population.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a connection to the Holy Cross College.