Associate Principal​/Litigation Services; Energy practice

Position: Associate Principal/Litigation Services (Energy practice)
About Charles River Associates

For over 50 years, Charles River Associates has been a premier consulting firm that offers employees a place to learn from a diverse group of consultants, industry experts, and academics. At CRA you will be exposed to leading minds who use economic, financial, and business analysis to solve complex world problems for an impressive roster of clients, including major law firms, Fortune 100 companies, and government agencies.

Through a collegial environment, formal and informal training opportunities, and a broad array of professional development resources, your experience at CRA will open doors for you as you launch your career.

Job Overview

Consultants in CRA’s Energy practice have researched, published, taught, and consulted on energy matters for a wide range of clients, including electric and gas utilities, investors, power asset owners and developers, power agencies, large industrial firms, and clean energy technology leaders. Our work in the energy industry has guided the energy transitions of major firms, established legal precedents in economics, and set new standards in market design and oversight.

We have advised on developing the structure of national and regional competitive markets, reorganized multi‑billion‑dollar companies, testified in hundred‑million‑dollar damages litigation, and played a key role in most North American utility mergers and acquisitions that have taken place over the last decade.

As a firm we offer a top‑notch experience for junior consultants; a rigorous analytical education, opportunities for significant responsibility, and resources to support professional growth. As an Associate Principal, your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

• Working closely with leading academics, managing the research process, and supervising, training and mentoring junior analysts

• Conducting research in a supportive, team‑oriented environment

• Acting as a primary point of contact for clients and assisting in the development and presentation of client deliverables including expert reports summarizing our opinions, conclusions, and recommendations and third‑party financial, market and industry data

• Consulting with attorneys and other clients in industry and government on a wide variety of finance, strategy and economics issues

• Independently conceptualizing and identifying issues, designing complex economic and financial models to analyze economic and financial data

• Programming, model building and/or regression analysis in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, R or Python)

• Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions

• Assist regulators and financial institutions with analysis of trading on exchanges and in OTC markets for a wide spectrum of contracts

• Work with those testifying in judicial proceedings to provide economic analyses of mergers and other competition matters before the major competition authorities of the world

• Performing a broad range of quantitative consulting tasks related to energy markets and energy sector investments

• Assisting in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and the presentation of findings

• Analyzing economic and financial data using spreadsheets and statistical programs

• Conducting industry, market structure, and competitor‑positioning studies

• Reviewing and summarizing analyst reports, client documents, and industry trade press

• Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses

• Assisting with Analyst recruiting efforts

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in economics, finance, or similar analytic discipline, advanced degree preferred

• A minimum of five to seven years of professional experience

• Strong interest in and knowledge of energy industry

• Experience with energy or environmental industries highly desirable

• Excellent presentation skills and writing ability

• Strong problem‑solving abilities and resourcefulness

• Working well in a team environment, and willingness to provide mentorship and supervision to junior staff members

• Previous project and client management required

To Apply

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