Assistant Teaching Professor – Accounting

Ontario Tech University

Tracking Code: req1104

Faculty/Department: Faculty of Business and Information Technology

Appointment Type: Teaching Faculty

Salary Grade: Administered in accordance with the Collective Agreement

Posting Date: May 8, 2024

Application Review Date: June 7, 2024 or Until a suitable candidate is found

Ontario Tech University (University of Ontario Institute of Technology), located in Oshawa, Ontario, is proud to encourage an interactive, information-sharing culture for our individual staff, and teams which enhance organizational effectiveness. Ontario Tech’s innovative programs, and technology-enriched learning environment create an atmosphere of academic excellence. Ontario Tech promotes social engagement, fosters critical thinking, and integrates outcomes-based learning experiences inside and outside the classroom. We invite you to consider joining Ontario Tech's globally trained faculty as we further our reputation for providing a leading-edge learning environment and delivering innovative research.


The Faculty of Business & Information Technology at Ontario Tech University invites applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor in the area of Accounting. This position is subject to budgetary approval, and would start on July 1, 2024, or as soon as it is filled.


Applicants must possess a university graduate degree (or equivalent) in Business or Accounting, and must hold a Canadian CPA designation. The ideal candidate will be able to teach in more than one accounting area in our accredited Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (BCom) Accounting major. These areas are: Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Taxation, Auditing, and/or Financial Statement Analysis. Candidates must demonstrate outstanding teaching experience or strong potential for outstanding teaching contributions. Experience teaching in a Canadian post-secondary environment, especially where that experience includes teaching with cases, is desirable.

Ontario Tech is a technology-enhanced learning environment and the candidate should have demonstrable skills in the integration of technology into teaching, and be able to model those skills in their own teaching in the University’s web-centric and mobile learning environment. Duties will include preparing and delivering lectures, tutorials and workshops, preparing and marking assignments, tests and examinations, responding to student inquiries, maintaining regular office hours, and invigilating tests and examinations. Duties may include the supervision of teaching assistant(s). The successful candidate will be expected to follow an 70% teaching and 20% service and 10% other workload for the year.

This position falls within the bargaining unit represented by the UOIT Faculty Association and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the collective agreement between the University and the UOIT Faculty AssociationUOIT Faculty Association collective agreement may be found on the Human Resources section of our website. Starting salary will be commensurate with experience and annual salary increases are administered as per the terms outlined in the collective agreement.

Review of applications will begin on June 7, 2024 or Until a suitable candidate is found. Applicants should submit in electronic format (as a single pdf file) a covering letter; a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching interests/experience; evidence of high quality teaching and the names of three referees through the Ontario Tech website.

Ontario Tech University is actively committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, indigenization and decolonization (EDIID), and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, while especially encouraging applications from First Nations, Metis, Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens, permanent residents, Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and those eligible to work in Canada, will be given priority.

Ontario Tech University respects people's different needs and therefore will take all reasonable steps to ensure accommodation for applicants where appropriate. The University is also committed to ensuring that confidentiality is maintained throughout all aspects of the recruitment cycle.

If you require accommodation, please contact Julie Day, Health and Disability Management Specialist. For more information about the universities policies for accommodating employees with disabilities please review the university’s Accessibility Policy

The university acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation which is covered under the Williams Treaties. We are situated on the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation which includes Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi.

Job Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Expected Start Date: 7/1/2024

Link to apply: https://ontariotechu.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/1104?c=ontariotechu