Rate My Professor Jenny Guan

Jenny Guan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting at Monash Business School, Monash University. She joined the institution in July 2018 as a Lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in July 2021. Prior to Monash, she completed her PhD in Accounting from the National University of Singapore in 2018, following her Master of Arts in Accounting from Renmin University of China in 2012 and Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Civil Aviation University of China in 2010. Guan served as a visiting scholar at the University of Georgia from 2017 to 2018. In her role, she serves as Course Director for the Master of Accounting program and teaches units such as Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation.

Guan's research focuses on tax and financial reporting. Her publications appear in leading journals including Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, Journal of the American Taxation Association, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Key works include "Is accounting the English language of business? The role of language in IFRS adoption and information loss" (2025, Review of Accounting Studies, with E. Shafron, K. Ye, W. Zhuang), "Does international financial reporting standards adoption improve or impede comparability? New evidence from Chinese dual-class firms" (2025, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, with K. Ye, S. Zhang, X.-J. Zhang), "On the marketing effect of financial analysts: evidence from investor bids in SEO auctions" (2023, International Review of Economics and Finance, with M. Yang, X. Cheng, S. Gao, J. Liu), "Strategic deviance and cash holdings" (2021, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, with X. Dong, K. C. Chan, Y. Cui), "Strategic deviation and stock return synchronicity" (2021, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, with K. Ye, B. Zhang), "CEO severance pay and corporate tax planning" (2020, Journal of the American Taxation Association, with J. L. Campbell, O. Z. Li, Z. Zheng), and "Managerial ability and the shareholder tax sensitivity of dividends" (2018, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, with O. Z. Li, J. Ma). She has secured research grants, such as for "Shareholder Taxation and Managerial Myopia" in 2021, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. In 2024, she received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity and Social Inclusion - Education (shared). Guan has presented at major conferences including American Accounting Association meetings and supervised PhD students.