Full Professor of Accounting, part-time 25% (pursuant to § 99 UG 2002)

WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor[1] of Accounting at the Institute of Accounting and Auditing (part-time 25%, duration of employment is 4 years). Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation as a top researcher in their field.

WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) combines excellence with responsibility. 
Its rare triple accreditation by EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA is a guarantee for the highest quality research and teaching in the fields of business, economics, and business law. WU’s research is characterized by a wide diversity of disciplines practiced at WU, allowing researchers to deal with even the most complex of research questions.

International cooperation is very important to WU, and we encourage and support both faculty and student mobility. WU is also very aware of its responsibility to its students, faculty, and staff and is committed to gender equality, equal opportunities, accessibility, family-friendly working conditions, and sustainability.
 
Research and teaching at the Institute of Accounting and Auditing covers financial accounting, sustainability reporting, management accounting, audit, and business taxation. The Institute is a leading institution in the field of accounting in the German-speaking world and internationally. The department is also mainly responsible for accounting education in WU’s bachelor’s, master’s, and executive programs.

Qualifications

The successful candidate is expected to have established a high international reputation as a researcher in the field of accounting and business taxation and to have outstanding qualifications. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age on the basis of the following characteristics:

  • A solid academic qualification in accounting and business taxation (e.g. PhD, habilitation) 
  • An outstanding international reputation for high quality scholarship in the area of accounting and business taxation, commensurate with academic age, especially by having demonstrated the ability to publish in top-tier accounting journals; 
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully apply for, and lead large, competitive research projects;
  • Excellent qualifications as supervisor and mentor of doctoral students;
  • Strong track record regarding third mission and outreach; 
  • Excellent teaching qualifications; 
  • International experience; 
  • Leadership qualities; 
  • Gender and diversity management skills.

Expectations

The successful candidate is expected to perform teaching activities at PhD/doctorate level, with a special focus on the Doctoral Program in International Business Taxation (DIBT). Full professors (part time, 25 %) are expected to teach two weekly credit hours.

We also expect the new professor to participate actively in the Institute’s research agenda, and to take an active role in third mission activities.

Applications

WU is committed to diversity and inclusion, and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference. People with disabilities are encouraged to apply and will be supported during each stage of the recruitment process. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age. 
 
WU assesses performance in the context of each applicant’s biography and relative to the opportunities available to them. This approach recognizes that academic achievements cannot be assessed separately from each individual researcher’s biographical factors. To ensure equal opportunities, qualifications are evaluated relative to the applicant’s academic age. This means that WU takes biographical factors such as part-time employment or career interruptions due to caregiving or childcare obligations or other functions performed at or outside of a university into account.
 
In your application, you can include personal data related to biographical factors. WU will keep all data that you send us as part of your application confidential. All persons involved in the selection procedure are bound by obligations of secrecy.
 
Applicants should address their applications and all relevant documents (including in any case a letter of motivation, academic CV, reference to the criteria specified in the call for applications) to the rector of WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna and upload those using the button below.

Please submit your application via WU’s online recruiting tool by April 22, 2026.

For details about the position, please contact Professor Eva Eberhartinger, Chair of the Institute of Accounting and Auditing, by email: eva.eberhartinger@wu.ac.at.

For details about the application process, please contact the Senior Faculty Recruitment team email: prof.application@wu.ac.at.
 
Please note: Only applications uploaded via our online recruiting tool will be considered. In their application documents, applicants must respond to all criteria specified in the call for applications, especially to items A) Qualifications and B) Expectations. A reference to these two items is considered a mandatory element of any application to WU Vienna, and any applications that lack this mandatory element cannot be considered. 



1 employed under salary group A 1 pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff [Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der Universitäten], minimum gross yearly salary: €93,986.20  (full-time); the actual annual gross salary is subject to negotiation