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 provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns.
Practices Seeking to Hire Candidates:
- Energy (Boston, Washington DC)
Our Energy practice provides expert economic and business consulting services to a range of energy and industrial clients, including electric utilities, investors, generators, regulators, renewable energy developers, oil and gas companies, and chemicals clients. - 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). - Life Sciences/Policy, Strategy (Boston, Washington DC)
Our Life Sciences practice provides expert economic and business consulting services to life sciences clients, including international pharmaceutical firms, biotechnology companies, and medical device firms.
Job Overview
Responsibilities vary based on practice placement. Candidates are encouraged to review the practice-specific postings on econjobmarket.org and express any preferences for a practice area in their application.
Qualifications
- PhD degree with a graduation date of December 2023/Summer 2024 and an academic focus on quantitative research (Business/Management, Engineering, Finance, Natural and Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Sustainability, Social Sciences, or any other major focused on quantitative or qualitative research with an emphasis in Energy, Life Sciences or Strategy);
- 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);
To Apply
To Be Considered For a Position In North America
- 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/Writing sample – please submit your original research or dissertation.
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.
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). As part of our focus on equity and inclusion, we work to ensure a fair and consistent hiring process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.
The state of California and the city of New York require CRA to include a good-faith estimate of the wage range for this role. A good-faith estimate of the base wage range for this role is $170,000-$220,000 (dependent on practice area); actual total compensation may also include benefits and bonus incentives.
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