Instructor of Accounting Posted on 4/23/2025 Accepting applications About this position The Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise at Florida Southern College invites applications for a full-time Instructor of Accounting to begin in August 2025. This is a non-tenure-track, renewable position focused primarily on teaching and student engagement. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate courses in Accounting-such as Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, and Intermediate Accounting-while contributing to the student experience through advising, mentoring, and co-curricular involvement.The teaching load for this position is three (4) four-hour courses per semester. Candidates should be passionate about teaching and student success, demonstrate collegiality, and be committed to the mission of Florida Southern College. Preference will be given to individuals who are eager to contribute to the accounting profession through instructional innovation and experiential learning.To apply: Applications should include a current curriculum vitae or professional resume, names and contact information for three professional references, and a cover letter indicating interest in the position.Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, to ensure full consideration, please submit materials as soon as possible. The anticipated start date is August 2025.About our ideal candidate Minimum Qualifications:
- Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license
- Master's degree in Accounting or a closely related field
- Professional experience in accounting or financial reporting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated effectiveness in undergraduate teaching, and familiarity with applied and experiential teaching methods
- Commitment to student engagement and academic excellence
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
About us The College's health and wellness plans along with generous paid time-off benefits are in addition to rewarding employee benefits such as the tuition grant and 403(b) plan. The employee tuition grant is a remarkable benefit that covers the cost of 100% of the College's tuition for dependent children of faculty and staff who have been employed with the college fulltime for one year. Employees can also take advantage of the benefit for themselves. The Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is a 403(b) plan in which the college automatically contributes 7% of the eligible employee's earnings into a retirement fund whether the employee chooses to participate or not. The account has a comprehensive investment portfolio and allows the employee to control their investment choices. At 6 years of service, the employer contribution amount is elevated to 10%. Employees can choose to participate through pre-tax payroll deductions when ready!Florida Southern College is committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring, campus life, and intellectual engagement and welcomes applications from all interested candidates. The college actively seeks a wide variety of candidates and enthusiastically looks to diversify our workforce.Florida Southern College has a strong commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity. The college recruits, hires, trains, transfers, promotes and compensates individuals and makes all personnel decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or physical or mental disability unrelated to an individual's ability to perform the job, in accordance with applicable law.Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the Best Regional Universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 Best Colleges guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2022 Best 387 Colleges guide and the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022. The 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 Most Beautiful Campus national listing for 12 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.
