Charles River Associates is inviting applications for an Economics Consulting Analyst/Associate. 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.
Roles/Responsibilities
- Work alongside, and in a collaborative environment with, talented and diverse colleagues, including PhD-trained economists, finance and accounting professionals (CFAs and CPAs), and valuation experts;
- Conduct economic and industry research while analyzing client materials to build an understanding of a case’s issues;
- Perform/develop financial and economic analyses or valuation models to support case theories and present those results to colleagues and clients;
- Program, build models, and perform regression analyses using languages such as Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL, or SAS;
- Develop familiarity with data that serves as input to these analyses, including company transactional data (e.g., confidential sales data or win/loss data), financial reporting, accounting statements, and social and economic survey data, as well as non-financial measures of organizational performance;
- Review and summarize analyst reports, academic literature, client documents, depositions, license agreements, and industry trade press;
- Assist in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and the presentation of findings, including creation of visuals like tables and charts;
- Ensure reliability of analysis through quality control review.
Eligibility
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree candidates graduating December 2025/Summer 2026 with an academic focus on quantitative research (Economics, Business, Finance, Financial Economics, Accounting, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field);
- Completion of an honors thesis, research apprenticeship, or research seminar program is highly desired;
- 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);
Requirements
- 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.
Application Details
- Resume – include current address, personal email and telephone number;
- Cover letter – describe interest in CRA and how this role matches applicants goals. Also, note if the applicants have interest in a particular practice and/or a location preference;
- Transcript – may be unofficial. Note: aaplicants must be graduating from a bachelor’s or master’s degree program for this role. If applicants are graduating from an MBA/PhD program or have work experience, visit Careers site to see current open roles;
- Writing Sample – it is preferred that a sole-authored submission from an existing work (class paper, thesis, internship, or work product) that includes commentary on a quantitative analysis and/or relevant to the field of economics.
