Introduction

Are you ready for a role that will help to create the future of finance? Then we invite you to apply for one of our newest faculty vacancies: tenure track assistant professor in the Department of Finance at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). This job starts on 1 September 2027.

As part of our team, you cooperate with a dynamic and international department of dedicated educators and ambitious academics. Together with the team, you engage in top quality research and host specialised conferences and seminars.

The RSM Department of Finance offers finance programmes and courses for bachelor, master and executive students that address topics at the cutting edge of the field of finance. These include: sustainable finance and climate risk, corporate finance, asset management, credit risk, financial innovation, FinTech, entrepreneurial finance, and corporate governance.

Within the Department, you conduct world-class research in all areas of finance. We are responsible as a team for the successful MSc programme in Finance and Investments, ranked by the Financial Times. Our department also contributes to RSM’s undergraduate, MBA and PhD programmes and to the MSc in Business Analytics & Management.

You regularly publish in the top tier journals in the field, such as Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Finance, Management Science and Journal of Monetary Economics. Additionally, you cooperate with the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) via the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), for example, by presenting a joint seminar series. Together we regularly host impactful events, such as the Conferences on Professional Asset Management and the Liquidity Conferences. You also focus on research and education and on bringing about the positive change that enables people and organisations to thrive.

Job description

Your tasks include the following:

• Conduct high-quality research in the field to be submitted to top journals, such as Management Science, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, JFQA, and Review of Finance.
• Participate in workshops, seminars and conferences, which are supported by a personal research budget.
• Build an international network and gain visibility in the field.
• Develop your teaching skills by obtaining a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) during the first three years of your tenure track.
• Engage in teaching innovation, and teach courses in our bachelor and master programmes.
• Teach executive education classes (MBA, Executive MBA, open and custom programmes) in the second half of your tenure track, when applicable.
• Contribute to a pleasant atmosphere in the department and develop and set up new initiatives.
• Engage with RSM’s mission to be a force for positive change in the world.

Job requirements

We’re interested in you when you:

• Possess a PhD in finance, or if you are in the final year of your PhD study.
• Can demonstrate the potential for outstanding achievements in research and teaching.
• Have a good command of the English language.
• Carry a strong commitment to high-quality research, and evidence that you can conduct impactful work and publish in top tier finance journals.
• Can contribute to the department’s teaching activities at the level of bachelor, master and, when applicable, MBA.

These are the qualities we’re looking for in a tenure track assistant professor:

• An inspired, ambitious and competent researcher, with a strong commitment to high-quality research.
• Enthusiastic about teaching.
• An able presenter.
• Familiar with online education platforms and has techniques for inspiring successful blended learning.
• Possess strong English language skills at C1 level (read, write, speak).
• A well-developed analytical thinker who is strong in communication and social competences.

Employment conditions and benefits

We offer you an internationally oriented and multi-facetted job in an enthusiastic team, with excellent working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU).

The starting date of this position is 1 September 2027 and you will be based at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) Woudestein campus at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). This position is for 1 fte. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge, and ranges from a minimum of € 4,925 to a maximum of € 7,573 gross per month, on a fulltime basis (38 hours) at scale 11 or 12 and in accordance with the CAO-NU.

Everything else we can offer you; you can find below!

- Everything you need for a good work-life balance: the option to work from home in consultation with your manager, 41 days of paid leave with a 40 hour contract, 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and a significant discount on a subscription for our on-campus sports centre!

- Sustainable, inclusive and diverse work environment with an open culture, where you can be yourself and we pay attention to each other and to the world around us. Make the most of our bicycle budget, or join networks such as Young@EUR, FAME or QuEUR.

- Time and space for your development in the broadest sense: development days and a personal career budget and free access to our university library.

- Good pension with ABP that EUR contributes 2/3rds towards, discounts on various collective insurances with Zilveren Kruis Achmea, Loyalis, and Allianz, and compensation for travel, working from home and home internet use.

- Are you currently combining your job with parenthood, or do you want to do so in the future? EUR offers partially paid parental leave and fully paid additional birth leave for partners, and our campus features a daycare (daycare not paid for by EUR).

- Moving to the Netherlands for your job with EUR? Then you may be eligible for the expat ruling if you meet the requirements of the Belastingdienst (Dutch tax services), and with our Dual Career Programme we will also help your partner find the right job for them.

Employer

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 3,700 academics and professionals and almost 33,000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl.

Faculty / Institute / Central service

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is one of Europe’s top-ranked business schools. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes encourage them to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers.
www.rsm.nl

RSM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from candidates of all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities.

Department

The Department of Finance at RSM offers a high-profile MSc in Finance & Investments, one of Europe’s largest master programmes in finance with 300+ new students every year. The programme delivers in-depth knowledge from theoretical and practical perspectives. Read more about it here: www.rsm.nl/fi

With its large, young and highly international faculty, educated at renowned institutions across Europe, the USA, and Asia, the RSM Department of Finance has a strong teaching tradition and international orientation.

Additional information

A tenure track assistant professor position with a promotion decision in the seventh year (to tenured associate professor) is based on individual performance. This is a full-time position (1.0 FTE) with a contract for 38 hours per week. We offer you a hybrid combination of online and on-campus working hours.

Additionally, we offer excellent training and career development opportunities. You collaborate closely with experienced faculty members to develop and deliver courses at the bachelor and master levels. RSM has a dedicated Learning Innovation Team (LIT), which supports faculty members in the improvement and innovation of their courses and programmes.

RSM’s Department of Finance has access to excellent facilities, including most major databases (e.g., WRDS, CRSP, Compustat, Eikon, I/B/E/S, Thomson One Banker, TAQ) and a modern building on the EUR campus in Rotterdam. A pleasant and lively harbour city, Rotterdam is situated in the west of the Netherlands with approximately 674,000 inhabitants. The city provides attractive living conditions for international faculty. English is widely spoken, and air, road and railway connections are excellent between major European and North American cities. The standards of healthcare and education in the Netherlands are high, while the costs are low relative to Anglo-Saxon countries.

Applying

Are you interested in this position? Be sure to apply for this vacancy before Sunday, 15 November 2026 by uploading your complete application package via econjobmarket.org

Your application must include the following:

• Cover letter (in English)
• Recent CV
• Job market paper
• Research statement and a teaching statement
• Teaching evaluations (if available)
• Three letters of reference; letters without letter head and signature will not be considered.

Please note

Our colleagues at the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) are currently recruiting as well. Although we coordinate during the flyout stage, the two hiring processes are separate. We encourage you to apply for both positions if you are interested.

Although we are accepting applications until the position is filled, we will start inviting candidates for online interviews within two weeks after the application deadline. In-person interviews are expected to take place in December. Fly-outs are expected to take place as of mid-January 2027 (on campus in Rotterdam).

Do you have questions about this position? Please contact Prof. Marno Verbeek via email at mverbeek@rsm.nl.

For more information, please visit:

• RSM Finance Department: www.rsm.nl/finance
• RSM: www.rsm.nl
• RSM MSc Finance and Investments www.rsm.nl/fi
• RSM Bachelor programmes www.rsm.nl/bachelor
• ERIM: https://www.erim.eur.nl

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