Bachelor's​/Master's graduates Economics Consulting Analyst​/Associate

If your background is in Economics, Business, Finance, Financial Economics, Accounting, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or any other major focused on quantitative research
, learn more about CRA!

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 with this profile include (hiring locations listed):

• Antitrust & Competition (Boston, Chicago, Oakland, Salt Lake City, Washington, DC) Our Competition practice economists provide analysis and testimony in matters involving mergers and acquisitions, antitrust litigation, and global competition policy.
• Energy (Boston, Washington, DC) The Energy team provides expert witness services for civil litigation, international arbitration, and regulatory proceedings, much of it in the electricity and gas markets.
• Finance (Boston, Chicago) 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.
• Labor & Employment (Chicago, College Station, Los Angeles, New York, Tallahassee, Washington, DC) We provide 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.

• 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.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree candidates graduating December 2026/Summer 2027 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/Arc Py, or Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS);
• Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard…