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

**Company**: Charles River Associates
**Location**: Boston, MA, United States; Chicago, IL, United States; Los Angeles, CA, United States; New York, NY, United States; Oakland, CA, United States; Tallahassee, FL, United States; Washington, DC, United States
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $92,500-$100,000
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Charles River Associates (CRA) is seeking talented and motivated individuals for its Economics Consulting Analyst/Associate role. 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!

**Position Overview** Work alongside talented and diverse colleagues, including PhD-trained economists, finance and accounting professionals, and valuation experts. Conduct economic and industry research, analyze client materials, and build an understanding of a case's issues. Perform financial and economic analyses or valuation models to support case theories and present results to colleagues and clients.

**Responsibilities**

- 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; or Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS)

- Develop familiarity with data that serves as input to these analyses, including company transactional data, financial reporting, accounting statements, and social and economic survey data

- 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

- Ensure reliability of analysis through quality control review

**Desired Qualifications**

- Bachelor's or Master's degree candidates graduating December 2026/Summer 2027 with an academic focus on quantitative research

- Completion of an honors thesis, research apprenticeship, or research seminar program is highly desired

- Demonstrated understanding of 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

- 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

**Career Growth and Benefits**

- CRA's robust skills development programs, including a commitment to offering 100 hours of training annually

- Comprehensive total rewards program, including a superior benefits package, wellness programming, and in-house immigration support

**Work Location Flexibility**

- CRA expects individuals to spend at least 3 to 4 days a week working in the office

## Skills

### Required
- Excel
- Stata
- Python
- R
- SQL
- SAS
- Cloud computing

### Nice to have
- ArcGIS/ArcPy
- Databricks/Spark
- Google Cloud
- Azure
- AWS

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