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.
CRA's Forensic Services practice helps organizations uphold their commitment to integrity by supporting them and their counsel in responding independently to civil litigation and regulatory matters involving allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct, and noncompliance.
We seek a Senior Associate to join our Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Oakland, Houston, or New York office. As a Senior Associate, you will leverage CRA's eDiscovery technology suite to process, organize, analyze, and deliver data-driven insights, while having frequent contact with senior leadership and project teams as a resource.
Responsibilities:
- Executing on projects involving the identification, collection, processing, review, and production of data relevant to litigation or regulatory investigations;
- Supporting engagement planning, participating in project team execution, analysis, and work product;
- Interfacing with client personnel and implementing client discovery strategies;
- Preparing client communications/reports for project milestones and senior leadership;
- Implementing client data processing projects, including planning of processing specifications, search parameters, etc.;
- Implementing client data review within Relativity, including the use of technology assisted review and data analytics;
- Preparing and delivering data productions;
- Managing risk by implementing quality control measures and documentation;
- Participating in team recruiting and retention efforts and managing team morale.
Desired Qualifications:
- 5-8 years conducting eDiscovery activities in large and complex environments;
- Deep and broad technical knowledge of current eDiscovery tools and technologies (Relativity);
- Familiarity of the complete Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) lifecycle;
- Extensive experience preparing, executing, and quality controlling data productions;
- Demonstrated proficiency of analytical e-discovery processes and tools;
- Multiple industry-standard certifications are preferred;
- Strong policy, process and project management experience;
- Excellent analytical, decision making and problem-solving skills;
- Ability to influence colleagues and implement initiatives across functions;
- Ability to excel under time-sensitive and strict-deadline environments;
- Demonstrates integrity, initiative and commitment in all interactions with colleagues and clients.
Career Growth and Benefits:
- CRA's robust skills development programs encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member;
- Comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming, and in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers.
Salary and other compensation: A good-faith estimate of the annual base salary range for this position is $130,000 - $152,500.