# (2028 Bachelor's/Master's graduates) Economics Consulting Analyst/Associate Intern (Summer 2027)

**Company**: Charles River Associates
**Location**: Boston, MA, United States; Chicago, IL, United States; New York, NY, United States; Oakland, CA, United States; Salt Lake City, UT, United States; Washington, DC, United States
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: internship
**Salary**: $30 - $37.50 per hour
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

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.

We are seeking Bachelor's or Master's degree candidates graduating December 2027/Summer 2028 with an academic focus on quantitative research (Economics, Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related) for our Summer Analyst/Associate Internship program.

The internship program mirrors the analyst experience, giving you an understanding of our business and experience project work at Charles River Associates. Throughout the 8-10 week program, Analyst/Associate Interns work alongside senior colleagues to deliver live client consulting projects within the practice area.

Responsibilities:

- Conduct economic and industry research to build an understanding of a case's issues

- Perform financial and economic analyses or create valuation models to support case theories

- Program, build models, and perform regression analyses using languages such as Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL, or SAS

- Develop familiarity with data sources that serve as input to your analyses

- Review and summarize analyst reports, client documents and industry trade press

- Assist in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and findings presentations

- Ensure reliability of analysis through quality control review

Desired Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree candidates graduating December 2027/Summer 2028 with an academic focus on quantitative research (Economics, Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related)

- 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)

- 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

- Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work

- 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

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

## Skills

### Required
- Excel
- Stata
- Python
- R
- SQL
- SAS
- ArcGIS/ArcPy
- Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS)

### Nice to have
- honors thesis
- research apprenticeship
- research seminar program
- Mandarin

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