Mark and Gail Pyke Professor of Accounting

NU USA Northeastern University; Boston (MA); Sur place; USD 289 000 - 360 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business seeks a tenured Mark and Gail Pyke Professor of Accounting in the Accounting Group, with a Fall 2026 start. The chairholder will pursue high-impact research and teaching in accounting, governance, AI, and ESG, elevating the school’s scholarly profile.

The role emphasizes collaboration, mentorship, and engagement with practitioners and policymakers, including leadership in graduate and undergraduate teaching and program development.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Accounting or related field by start date.
• Outstanding scholars with international reputation in research, teaching, and service.
• Collegiality, mentorship of junior colleagues, complementary research with current faculty.
• Prepared to work with global student populations.
• Strong record of impact on practitioners via publications or program development.

Responsabilités

• Develop initiatives to enhance the school’s scholarly reputation in accounting and advisory services through high-impact research and activities in auditing, governance, AI, Large Language Models, and ESG reporting.
• Promote and enhance research activities to increase visibility and prestige of the Accounting faculty.
• Develop initiatives and programs to enhance the School’s and University’s reputations among business executives and policymakers.
• Teach in accounting graduate and/or undergraduate programs.

Connaissances

Research excellence

Mentorship

Global collaboration

Formation

Doctorate in Accounting

Description du poste

About the Opportunity

The D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University is seeking candidates for a tenured position as the Mark and Gail Pyke Professor of Accounting in the Accounting Group. The anticipated start date is Fall 2026.

About the D’Amore-McKim School of Business

For over 100 years, the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University has continuously strengthened its foundation of experiential learning and innovation. Today, our mission to enable students to be responsible business leaders of the world capable of working, navigating, and creating in a digital environment is more relevant than ever. We offer unique business-specific and interdisciplinary degree opportunities at the bachelor's and master’s levels, and lifelong learners benefit from our graduate-level certificates and executive education portfolio. All of these are enhanced by Northeastern's global campus system and experience-powered education approach. In addition, our use-inspired faculty and their research focus on transformative impact for humankind. Ultimately, D’Amore-McKim’s values-driven culture and cross-border approach to learning and research empower our students, faculty, alumni, and corporate partners to create impact far beyond the confines of time, discipline, degree, and campus.

Summary of Responsibilities

The major responsibility of the chairholder is to develop initiatives that enhance the school’s scholarly reputation in the fields of accounting and advisory services through high-impact research and related activities in areas such as auditing, corporate governance, AI, Large Language Models, and ESG reporting. The Mark and Gail Pyke Professor will help increase the visibility and prestige of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business Accounting faculty by promoting and enhancing research activities. The Pyke Professor is also expected to develop initiatives and programs that enhance both the Business School’s and University’s reputations among business executives and policymakers. The chairholder will also teach in the accounting graduate and/or undergraduate programs.

Qualifications

Candidates must hold a doctorate in Accounting or a related field by the appointment start date.

They must be outstanding scholars with an international reputation for excellence in research, teaching, and service, along with clear indications of continued research success.

We are especially interested in individuals who value collegiality, are effective mentors of junior colleagues, and whose research would complement and extend the interests of our existing faculty.

Qualified candidates must be prepared to work with global student populations.

Candidates must also possess a strong record of impact on practitioners, either from practitioner-oriented publications or the creation of novel programs for companies and institutions and must have verifiable backgrounds in institution building and program development.

Position Type: Academic

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer. Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Pay Range

Professor: $289,000 - $360,000

With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend on several factors, which may include your education, experience, location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact. Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and 3,000 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions. The university’s residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate degrees are located in Boston, London, and Oakland, California. Our research and graduate campuses are in the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant; Arlington, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; Portland, Maine; Seattle; Silicon Valley, California; Toronto; and Vancouver. Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment. Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.