Faculty in Accounting

Qualifications

St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, invites applications for a full-time faculty position in Accounting at the University’s Mount Mercy campus, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Faculty rank (e.g., instructor, assistant professor, etc.) will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience. Faculty status (i.e., tenure track or term appointment) is negotiable, but may be contingent on the candidate’s credentials. Start date is August 15, 2025.

The successful candidate will possess some combination of the following with respect to credentials and experience:

  • A master’s degree in accounting or an MBA with a concentration in accounting is required
  • A minimum of 5 years of successful industry experience in accounting is required
  • CPA preferred
  • Have successful teaching experience or demonstrate substantial promise thereof

Responsibilitities

The individual hired for this position will be expected to enthusiastically embrace the following responsibilities and objectives:

  • Teach Principles of Accounting, Cost Accounting, Auditing, and other undergraduate accounting courses as necessary.
  • Embrace and support the mission and purpose of Catholic higher education.
  • Embrace both the challenges and rewards of working to build a vibrant and sustainable learner-centered model for Catholic higher education across the campuses of Mount Mercy and St. Ambrose University.
  • Be committed to supported and guided, evidence-based innovation in pursuit of creating impactful and sustainable learning experiences for students.
  • Contribute to the learning and professional outcomes of students across the university generally as well as in the accounting program.
  • Engage in ongoing professional development appropriate to the faculty member’s discipline and academic responsibilities.
  • Offer high quality learning experiences for students in a range of modalities (e.g., face-to-face, hybrid, and online), or demonstrate a demonstrable willingness to learn how to do so.

Background

In August 2024, St. Ambrose University and Mount Mercy University signed an agreement to fully combine the two universities. Pending accreditation and regulatory approvals, Mount Mercy employees will become St. Ambrose employees in the summer of 2025 and

the two campuses will fully merge operations for the fall 2026 semester. Thus, faculty and staff members hired in advance of the fall 2025 semester to work on the Mount Mercy campus will be hired as St. Ambrose employees working on the Mount Mercy campus.

The strategic combination of Mount Mercy and St. Ambrose University represents the proactive and innovative combination of two healthy Catholic universities. The combined university will reduce costs by reducing the duplication of administrative roles across the two universities and by combining and streamlining a host of back-office operations. The combined university is also reimagining general education and academic programs with a focus on sustainability, strong student outcomes, robust opportunities for faculty development in support of facilitating student learning and being recognized as a leader in the development of maintenance of engaging and innovative learning experiences.

St. Ambrose University was founded as a diocesan college in Davenport, Iowa in 1882. The Mount Mercy campus of St. Ambrose University was founded in 1928 by the Sisters of Mercy. St. Ambrose has a strong financial profile with an endowment of $247.5 million, of which nearly 80% is unrestricted. Collectively, St. Ambrose and Mount Mercy enroll over 3500 undergraduate and graduate students. The combined university offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and boasts a portfolio of a dozen graduate programs in a variety of fields, including multiple graduate degrees in healthcare, business, social work, counseling, and engineering. You can learn more about the strategic combination between St. Ambrose and Mount Mercy at sau.edu/education-together/.

To apply

Qualified candidates should submit (a) a letter of application outlining their qualifications for, and interest in, the position, (b) a curriculum vitae (CV) or resume, and (c) contact information for three professional references. Submissions should be emailed as Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat attachments to: hr@mtmercy.edu with the subject line: “Accounting Faculty Search.” Only application materials emailed to this address will be considered. Application materials submitted on paper will not be reviewed. To be ensured of full consideration, candidate materials should be received by Saturday, February 15, 2025. The review of application materials will begin at that time and continue until the position is filled.

St. Ambrose University is committed to providing a work and educational environment that is free from discrimination. The University adheres to all applicable federal and state civil rights laws banning discrimination in private institutions of higher education.