Assistant Professor - Finance

We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: h3 headings for sections present. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must include only sections with real content. Must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also must not include Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. The posting includes compensation: "Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $148,848 - $156,290 Faculty employee benefits are very competitive..." So we have compensation and benefits info. So we can include a Benefits section? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Also "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." The posting does state compensation range and benefits statement. So we can include a Pay section? It says "Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications..." and also "Faculty employee benefits are very competitive..." So we could have a Pay section with salary range, and a Benefits section with statement about benefits. However the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might combine Pay and Benefits into one section? But headings are prescribed: we can use h3 for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections have content. We have: - About the role: could be the Position Description paragraph(s). That is substantive. - Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities list. - Requirements/Qualifications: Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. - Skills: maybe not explicitly listed; but we could omit if no specific skills. - Benefits: we have statement about benefits. - Pay: we have salary range. - Schedule: not mentioned. Thus we can include About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Benefits, Pay. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no h3 for title. We must not include metadata like Position Rank and Title, School/Department Name, Target Start Date, Application Deadline etc? Those are minor metadata; we can fold into a short p or drop. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it." So we could include a short p with some metadata like Department, Target Start Date, Application Deadline maybe. But we should avoid duplication. However we might choose to drop them to keep concise. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; metadata like Target Start Date and Application Deadline are substantive? They are dates; maybe considered metadata but still substantive. The instruction says fold minor metadata into a short p or drop it. So we can include a short p with that info. We must remove boilerplate: EEO, legal, etc. Also remove application instructions (like "Click Apply Now..." etc). Also remove "Other Duties" etc? That includes mandated reporter etc. That's legal boilerplate; should be removed. Also remove "Conditional Offer" etc. Also remove "San José State University: Silicon Valley's Public University..." etc (that's boilerplate). Also remove Equal Employment Statement, Campus Security and Fire Safety Notification etc. We must preserve all substantive information: position description, responsibilities, qualifications, benefits, pay, maybe department info, start date, deadline. Let's extract substantive content: Position Description paragraph(s): - "The Department of Accounting & Finance in the Lucas College of Business at San José State University is pleased to announce a search for Assistant Professor of Finance beginning in August 2027. The successful candidate will teach broadly in finance coursework, which may include financial management, financial analytics, or banking courses in our undergraduate, MS Financial Analytics, or MBA programs. The faculty will engage in research targeted to highly respected finance journals and in service at department, college, or university levels. The Department of Accounting & Finance teaches undergraduate coursework in finance, accounting, and tax disciplines with a technology flavor and encourages cross-discipline research. It houses both the Masters of Science in Accounting Analytics and the Masters of Science in Financial Analytics degrees. Centers of excellence include the Center for Banking and Financial Services, the Accounting Advancement Center, and the High Technology Tax Institute. For more information, please visit https://www.sjsu.edu/acctfin/ The Department of Accounting & Finance and San José State University value institutional excellence and are committed to advancing equity through research, teaching, and service. We enroll more than 40,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved; approximately 45% of our undergraduate students are first-generation college students and 38% are Pell Grant recipients. In addition, we are both a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). SJSU aspires to create holistic learning environments that facilitate both individual and collective transformation. We seek teacher-scholars who cultivate inclusive, empowering spaces for mutual learning, skill-building, and knowledge exchange for all students. Our commitment to lifelong learning supports meaningful connections among faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the broader communities we serve. We invite all applicants to include a Statement of Institutional Excellence (or incorporate it into your cover letter) to share how your lived and professional experiences will contribute to the SJSU community—particularly in relation to student success. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Institutional Excellence Statement Guidelines." That's a lot; we keep it. Key Responsibilities list: - "Teaching assignments are at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in traditional and accelerated formats." - "The candidate must be actively engaged in scholarly activities conducting research, developing grants, presenting professional papers, and publishing in peer-reviewed journals." - "The candidate will participate in shared governance, usually in department, college, and university committees and other service assignments." - "Faculty shall organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS)." - "The candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience in understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation – through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies, and advisement." Required Qualifications: - "Ph.D. in Finance by start of appointment" - "Scholarly Academic qualification under AACSB standards" - "Excellent communication and interpersonal skills" - "Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience." Preferred Qualifications: - "Priority will be given to candidates who possess one or more of the following:" - "Professional experience in corporate finance, investments, or financial institutions" - "Professional designations such as Chartered Financial Analyst" - "Excellent teaching experience at the university level" Benefits: - "Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector. See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’s excellent benefits package." Pay: - "Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $148,848 - $156,290" Metadata: - School/Department Name: Department of Accounting and Finance - Position Rank and Title: Assistant Professor in Finance (but we don't repeat title as heading) - Target Start Date: August 17, 2027 - Application Deadline: October 7, 2026 (Applications accepted until filled or closed) We could include a short p: "Department of Accounting and Finance, Lucas College of Business, San José State University. Target start date: August 17, 2027. Application deadline: October 7, 2026 (applications accepted until filled or closed)." Now we need to output HTML fragment with h3 headings for sections we include. Potential sections: - About the role (h3) - Responsibilities (h3) - Qualifications (h3) (could combine Required and Preferred) - Benefits (h3) - Pay (h3) We could also include a short p for metadata before sections. We must not include empty sections. Let's craft:

Department of Accounting and Finance, Lucas College of Business, San José State University. Target start date: August 17, 2027. Application deadline: October 7, 2026 (applications accepted until filled or closed).

About the role

[the long description]

Responsibilities

• Teaching assignments are at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in traditional and accelerated formats.
• The candidate must be actively engaged in scholarly activities conducting research, developing grants, presenting professional papers, and publishing in peer-reviewed journals.
• The candidate will participate in shared governance, usually in department, college, and university committees and other service assignments.
• Faculty shall organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
• The candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience in understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation – through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies, and advisement.

Qualifications

Required:

• Ph.D. in Finance by start of appointment
• Scholarly Academic qualification under AACSB standards
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.

Preferred:

• Professional experience in corporate finance, investments, or financial institutions
• Professional designations such as Chartered Financial Analyst
• Excellent teaching experience at the university level

Benefits

Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector. See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’s excellent benefits package.

Pay

Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $148,848 - $156,290

We must ensure no boilerplate. The About the role paragraph includes a link to https://www.sjsu.edu/acctfin/ - that's okay. We must not include any application instructions, EEO, legal etc. We removed them. Check for any leftover boilerplate: The About the role includes "We invite all applicants to include a Statement of Institutional Excellence (or incorporate it into your cover letter) to share how your lived and professional experiences will contribute to the SJSU community—particularly in relation to student success. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Institutional Excellence Statement Guidelines." That's part of the posting but is basically instruction for applicants; is that considered application instruction? It's not exactly "Click Apply Now". It's a request for a statement. Might be considered part of application materials. The instruction says remove application instructions. This is a request for a specific document (Statement of Institutional Excellence). That could be considered an application instruction. However it's also part of the position description about what they value. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The line about Statement of Institutional Excellence is an application instruction (they ask to include it). So we should remove that sentence. Also the guide link. So we need to excise