The Faculty of Commerce and Management at Hitotsubashi University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track, assistant professor position, or a tenured associate/full professor position beginning either April 1, 2015 or October 1, 2015. We are interested in applicants with outstanding research and teaching skills in the field of finance. Applications in any areas of finance will be considered. Applicants should have a PhD from an accredited institution by the time of appointment. Successful candidates will teach undergraduate/graduate finance courses in English, so high proficiency in English is required. As for the undergraduate courses to be taught, see http://ssp.cm.hit-u.ac.jp/. For further information, please contact the Faculty of Commerce and Management by email at recruit2014@cm.hit-u.ac.jp.

Applicants should submit an application by email to recruit2014@cm.hit-u.ac.jp by July 31, 2014. The application must include (1) a letter of application, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) for assistant-professor position applicants only, contact information of three references (4) certificate of a PhD degree from an accredited institution, and (5) copies of working papers or publications (up to three, if available). An applicant who is close to completing a PhD should show evidence that she/he will complete it by the time of appointment. We will invite selected candidates to visit our university in Tokyo for job seminars and interviews with their potential future colleagues in September/October.