Accounting Faculty

Northwestern College  invites applications for a full-time faculty position (open rank) in our Business and Economics Department to begin August 2025. The successful candidate can expect to teach accounting courses such as principles of accounting, intermediate accounting, cost accounting and taxes. The teaching load for the position is 24 credit hours per academic year—normally three courses each semester—along with expectations for scholarship and service.

Required Qualifications: Candidates must hold a CPA license and a master’s degree and demonstrate effective teaching in accounting.  Individuals with significant experience—over 10 years—and a B.A. degree may be alternatively qualified. A commitment to in-person, undergraduate teaching and mentoring is a must.

Preferred Qualifications: Doctoral degree in the field of expertise. Hiring preference will be shown to those with experience in higher education and years of relevant experience in the discipline.

Apply online below and send a current CV and a letter of interest to vpaa@nwciowa.edu. In your letter, (1) summarize your teaching experience; (2) describe your scholarly trajectory; and (3) discuss how our Christian identity would inform and shape your teaching and scholarship. 

Application deadline is November 1, 2024.

Northwestern College seeks candidates with an authentic Christian faith who will embrace and live out our  mission & values, including our Reformed, evangelical and ecumenical identity as stated in our Christian Identity Statement, Mission Statement, Vision for Learning and Vision for Diversity. We view these statements as complementary and draw from each in fulfilling our mission.

Northwestern is committed to more fully reflecting the cultural and ethnic diversity of the body of Christ in its faculty, staff, administration and students. Women and candidates from historically underrepresented groups are enthusiastically encouraged to apply.