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About Charles River Associates
Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations, and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provides clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns.
Practices seeking to hire candidates with this profile include:
- Antitrust and Competition Economics (Boston, Chicago, New York, Oakland, Washington DC)
- Our Competition practice economists provide analysis and testimony in matters involving mergers and acquisitions, antitrust litigation, and global competition policy.
- Finance (Boston, Chicago, Oakland)
- Our Finance experts work on valuation issues (shareholder class actions and other corporate valuation disputes), as well as matters focused on the functioning of financial markets and institutions (alleged market manipulation and insider trading).
- Financial Economics (Washington DC)
- The Financial Economics group provides analytical expertise and advisory services in financial economics and consumer credit markets to financial institutions, legal teams, and regulators.
- Life Sciences/Litigation & Policy (Boston, San Francisco, Washington DC)
- Our litigation team delivers expert testimony on a range of issues, while our policy experts provide independent analysis of global, national, and regional policy issues for life sciences companies, government entities, and industry bodies.
- Labor & Employment (College Station, Los Angeles, Tallahassee, Washington DC)
- Our Labor team provides in-depth analysis, expert reports, testimony, and advisory services to clients involved in complex labor and employment issues such as wage and hour litigation and pay equity disputes.
Job Overview
Senior Associates work closely with senior consultants on project teams. Successful candidates have a strong knowledge of economic concepts and a range of research and quantitative skills. A typical Senior Associate would:
- Conduct research in a team-oriented environment alongside some of the most respected academics, industry experts, and regulators in the world;
- Identify and conceptualize issues, design complex economic models to analyze data, and manage the research process;
- Supervise, train, and mentor junior analysts;
- Assist in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers summarizing opinions, conclusions, and recommendations using market, industry, or client-proprietary data;
- Act as a primary point of contact for attorneys and other industry or government clients on a variety of practice-relevant issues;
- Program, build models and/or perform regression analyses in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, Python, R, Matlab, or Mathematica);
- Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions;
- Participate in practice-building activities (training, recruiting, publication, expertise sharing, etc.).
Job Qualifications
- PhD degree in economics with a completion date of December 2024/Summer 2025 and an academic focus on quantitative research, with specializations like industrial organization, applied microeconomics, econometrics, labor, health, intellectual property, pricing and product launch, corporate finance, financial accounting, or other quantitative areas;
- Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems;
- Effective written and oral communication skills;
- Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages;
- Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership;
- Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities;
- Excellent time management and task prioritization skills;
- Clear and demonstrated interest in consulting through coursework, work experience, activities, or attendance at CRA recruiting events;
- Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods;
- Experience in Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS/ArcPy, or Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS);
- As much of our work occurs in our offices, minimal travel is required.
To Apply
To be considered for a position in the United States:
- Submit through this job posting:
- Resume/CV – please include current address, email, and telephone number;
- Cover letter – please describe your interest in CRA and how this role matches your goals. Also, please note if you have interest in a particular practice and/or a location preference;
- Research/Job market paper – please submit your original research or dissertation.
- Candidates should also submit an application via EconJobMarket to submit letters of recommendation, as described in that posting.
To apply for one of our international locations, please visit our Careers Site to view available jobs.
Interviews will begin following application close, with first round interviews occurring virtually. Candidates focusing their search on industry and consulting who need to be considered early should indicate that in the CRA online application and submit all materials as early as possible.
Career Growth and Benefits
- CRA's robust skills development programs, including a commitment to offering 100 hours of training annually through formal and informal programs, encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member.
- We offer a comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being, and in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers.
Work Location Flexibility
CRA creates a work environment that enables our colleagues to benefit from being together in the office to best deliver on our promise of career growth, mentorship, and inclusivity. We currently ask that individuals spend 3 to 4 days a week on average working in the office, with specific days determined in coordination with your practice or team.
Our Commitment to Diversity
Charles River Associates is an equal opportunity employer (EOE/AAE). We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive work environment.
A good-faith estimate of the base wage range for this role is $175,000-$220,000 (dependent on practice area); actual total compensation may also include benefits and bonus incentives.
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