# Senior Associate (European Competition practice) - m/f/d

**Company**: Charles River Associates
**Location**: Dusseldorf
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**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.

The Senior Associate position is the entry-level position for applicants with a PhD in Economics and limited work experience. The Senior Associate position is also open to applicants with a Master of Economics and at least 3 years of relevant work experience, within economic consulting or with a competition authority.

As a Senior Associate, you will work closely with senior consultants, scholars, and industry experts on project teams and have the opportunity to immediately work on some of the largest, high-profile, and most significant competition cases in Europe, providing conceptual and practical input to projects.

Responsibilities:

- Conduct analyses and collect evidence from data and research that support expert opinions and business recommendations

- Perform regression analyses in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, Python, R), including large data projects requiring the use of cloud computing

- Build economic models tailored to the issues at hand and supporting expert opinions and business recommendations

- Contribute to the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers

- Interact with clients and communicate complicated economic concepts and arguments to non-experts in an understandable, accessible manner

- Manage and mentor junior staff

- Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions

- Participate in practice-building activities (training, recruiting, publication, expertise sharing, etc.)

Desired Qualifications:

- PhD in economics from a well-regarded institution with a strong foundation in microeconomics, preferably with a specialisation in industrial economics and/or econometrics; non-PhD applicants should have a Master of Economics and at least 3 years of relevant work experience, within economic consulting or with a competition authority

- Fluency in English, other language skills are considered an asset

- High degree of numeracy, ability to analyse data, familiarity with econometric techniques

- Exceptional written and oral communication skills

- Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities

- Excellent time management and task prioritisation skills

- Clear and demonstrated interest in economic consulting through coursework, work experience, or activities

Work Location Flexibility: CRA creates a work environment that enables colleagues to benefit from being together in the office to best deliver on career growth, mentorship, and inclusivity. Individuals are expected to spend at least 3 to 4 days a week working in the office.

Our Commitment to Diversity: Charles River Associates is an equal opportunity employer and celebrates diversity, committing to an inclusive work environment.

## Skills

### Required
- microeconomics
- industrial economics
- econometrics
- Stata
- Python
- R
- data analysis
- statistical analysis
- economic modelling
- client communication

### Nice to have
- fluency in English
- other language skills
- exceptional written and oral communication skills
- strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities
- excellent time management and task prioritisation skills

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