Description
Charles River Associates is seeking a Senior Associate for its Antitrust & Competition Economics practice in the European Union, specifically in Brussels, Belgium; Dusseldorf and Munich, Germany; and Paris, France.
As a Senior Associate, you will work closely with senior consultants on project teams and contribute to high-profile competition cases in Europe. You will play a key role in shaping the economic analysis and thinking of these cases.
Responsibilities:
- Identify and conceptualize issues, specifying rigorous economic models to analyze market issues and data
- Undertake statistical and econometric estimation, and manage the work of research associate staff and colleagues
- Supervise, train, and mentor research associate staff
- Assist in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers
- Act as a primary point of contact for lawyers and other industry or government clients
- Program, build models, and perform regression analyses in statistical analysis programs such as Stata, Python, R, SAS, Matlab, and Mathematica
- Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions
- Contribute to practice-building activities, including training, recruiting, publication, and expertise sharing
Desired Qualifications:
- PhD degree in economics with a completion date of December 2026/Summer 2027 and an academic focus on Applied Microeconomics or Applied Microeconometrics
- Experience in Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS/ArcPy, or Cloud computing
- Demonstrated understanding of economic, financial, and accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages
- 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
Career Growth and Benefits:
- Robust skills development programs, including formal and informal programs
- Comprehensive total rewards program, including a competitive salary and superior benefits package
- Wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being
- In-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers