University College Cork invites applications for the positions of Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher

University College Cork invites applications for the positions of Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher to join the FINTECHNEXT project team.The role is an exceptional opportunity to be part of a cutting edge and innovative research project, incorporating academic and industry colleagues.

The FinTechNext team consists of over a dozen multi-disciplinary researchers with backgrounds in multiple disciplines including Information Systems, Finance and Computer Science. The researchers work with four internationally renowned Professors from Cork University Business School and the Boole Centre for Research in Informatics (Professor Philip O’Reilly, Professor John Morrison, Professor Mark Hutchinson and Professor Joe Feller) and a world leading financial services organisation, Fexco. The research team have a track record of publishing in world leading journals (ABS ranking, FT50 and Senior IS scholar basket of eight).

The FINTECHNEXT’s project is focussed on undertaking collaborative research on technological innovation in financial services that will have significant impact on the economy and society through:

  1.  Advancing scientific knowledge through creation and discovery and
  2.  Facilitating the development of highly innovative new products and services for commercialisation.

The project is researching next generation technologies in the financial services sector, towards delivering a FinTech toolset that both (1) informs excellence in science and (2) drives commercialisation efforts.

FINTECHNEXT output is in two forms:

  1.  Scientific outputs in world leading journals, enabling knowledge dissemination and
  2.  Highly innovative IP for commercialisation, enabling job creation and having societal impact.

Project Title: FINTECHNEXT

Post Duration: 12 months

Salary: €47,264 - €50,029 p.a. (IUA Salary Scale)

For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor to Professor Philip O’Reilly, Email Address: Philip.OReilly@ucc.ie

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/). Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to recruitment@ucc.ie, quoting the job-title and project name.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday, 5 February 2021.

No late applications will be accepted.