# Senior Associate (Intellectual Property practice)

**Company**: Charles River Associates
**Location**: Chicago, IL, United States; Houston, Texas, United States; New York, NY, United States; Washington, DC, United States
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $130,000 - $152,500
**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.

In our Intellectual Property practice, we bring analytical rigor and objectivity to all types of IP issues, whether in the context of high-stakes disputes, transactions, valuations, or compliance matters.

As a Senior Associate, you will work in project teams with Vice Presidents and junior staff on a variety of client engagements across industries. You need a solid working knowledge of financial and economic concepts, and proven project and people management skills.

Responsibilities include:

- Effectively plan and manage assigned projects, including supervising and being accountable for the work of other team members;

- Act as a primary point of contact for clients and assist in the presentation of our conclusions and recommendations;

- Create and develop client deliverables including expert reports summarizing our opinions;

- Independently conceptualize and identify issues, design complex financial models to analyze economic and financial data, and oversee the creation of analyses;

- Direct project team members on project scope, deliverables, and deadlines;

- Summarize key issues identified from the review by team members of client documents, analyst reports, and third-party financial, market and industry data;

- Provide strategic insights to leadership team regarding project scope, budget, and staffing;

- Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions;

- Lead and participate in recruiting and professional development efforts, as well as other practice, office and corporate initiatives.

Desired Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting or related field, advanced degree desirable;

- 6 to 10 years of finance, accounting or economic work experience with prior consulting or financial services experience preferred;

- CFA or CPA professional certification is beneficial, but not required;

- Proven project management skills;

- Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems;

- Effective written and oral communication skills;

- 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, or activities;

- Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods.

Career Growth and Benefits:

- CRA’s robust skills development programs, encompassing both 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
- project management
- financial analysis
- economic concepts
- communication skills
- leadership

### Nice to have
- CFA
- CPA
- consulting experience
- financial services experience

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