Postdoctoral Fellow - Finance (Multiple Openings)

Overview

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About Scheller College of Business

The Scheller College of Business' Full-time MBA Program is ranked #9 among public universities by Bloomberg BusinessWeek (2021) and U.S. News & World Report (2023). Georgia Tech is one of the nation's leading research universities and consistently ranks among the top public universities in the country. Atlanta is the 9th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and serves as a cultural and economic hub for the region.

The Finance Area consists of ten tenure-track faculty members and includes one endowed chair. Faculty members have distinct backgrounds and pursue a variety of research interests, including asset pricing, corporate finance, banking, household finance, labor finance, FinTech, and machine learning. They publish in the premier outlets of finance and adjacent fields, and their research has received numerous scholarly awards. Additional information about our faculty can be found at https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/academics-research/finance/index.html . Through the Financial Service Innovation Lab (https://fintech.gatech.edu), the finance area collaborates with many companies and has access to many proprietary datasets.

Atlanta, GA

The Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia seeks applications to fill two Postdoctoral Fellow research positions in Finance. The selected candidate will closely collaborate with the finance area faculty at Scheller and can also be affiliated with Financial Services Innovation Lab and Quantitative and Computational Finance program at Georgia Tech.

The postdoc is expected to begin in January 2026, with start dates as late as August 1, 2026 also being considered. The initial appointment is for one year and may be renewed depending on mutual consent, satisfactory performance, and the availability of resources.

The selected candidates may also be able to get access to some proprietary datasets from the credit bureau as part of the research collaboration subject to appropriate approvals from the credit bureau and Georgia Tech.

Responsibilities for this position include:

• Teaching one course at the undergraduate level per year.
• Advance several research projects from conceptualization through publication.
• Conduct research independently and in collaboration with faculty in the finance area at Scheller.
• Prepare data summaries, reports, manuscripts, and presentations of research results.
• Contribute to the outreach activities of the finance area, including conference organization and workshops.
• Participate/assist in manuscript writing for publication in academic journals and/or presentation; assist in grant writing.
• Perform related duties based on the finance area needs.

There is flexibility with regard to the starting date to accommodate the selected candidate.

Educational Requirements
Ph.D. in Operations Management or a related field.

Other Required Qualifications
None

Required Experience
Strong modeling, analysis and writing skills, and demonstrated interest in industry engagement.

A Ph.D. in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, or other related quantitative field.

Preferred Educational Qualifications
Ph.D. in Operations Management or a related field.

Candidates should have a strong interest in applying these skills to large data sets in Financial Markets, Household Finance, and FinTech.

Applicants should submit:

• A cover letter (Please include in your cover letter any specific research themes, or ideas that you would be interested in pursuing during your post-doctoral appointment.)
• CV
• Names and contact information of three references as a single pdf file
• Attach one published or working paper
• One page research interest statement

Applicants can reach out to Prof. Sudheer Chava, chava@gatech.edu for further information.

The selection process for the chosen candidates will include passing a pre-employment background screening, submission of transcripts, as well as other pre-employment documents once top candidates have been identified.

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This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening

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