Associate Principal/Litigation Services (Energy practice)

Charles River Associates (CRA) is a premier consulting firm that offers employees a place to learn from a diverse group of consultants, industry experts, and academics. You will be exposed to leading minds who use economic, financial, and business analysis to solve complex world problems for an impressive roster of clients, including major law firms, Fortune 100 companies, and government agencies.

As an Associate Principal in CRA's Energy practice, you will work closely with leading academics, manage the research process, and supervise, train, and mentor junior analysts. Your responsibilities will include:

• Conducting research in a supportive, team-oriented environment
• Acting as a primary point of contact for clients and assisting in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports summarizing opinions, conclusions, and recommendations
• Consulting with attorneys and other clients in industry and government on a wide variety of finance, strategy, and economics issues
• Independently conceptualizing and identifying issues, designing complex economic and financial models to analyze economic and financial data
• Programming, model building, and/or regression analysis in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, R, or Python)
• Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions
• Assisting regulators and financial institutions with analysis of trading on exchanges and in OTC markets for a wide spectrum of contracts
• Working with those testifying in judicial proceedings to provide economic analyses of mergers and other competition matters
• Performing a broad range of quantitative consulting tasks related to energy markets and energy sector investments
• Assisting in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and the presentation of findings
• Analyzing economic and financial data using spreadsheets and statistical programs
• Conducting industry, market structure, and competitor-positioning studies
• Reviewing and summarizing analyst reports, client documents, and industry trade press
• Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses
• Assisting with Analyst recruiting efforts

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in economics, finance, or similar analytic discipline; advanced degree preferred
• A minimum of five to seven years of professional experience
• Strong interest in and knowledge of energy industry
• Experience with energy or environmental industries highly desirable
• Excellent presentation skills and writing ability
• Strong problem-solving abilities and resourcefulness
• Working well in a team environment, and willingness to provide mentorship and supervision to junior staff members
• Previous project and client management required

Career Growth and Benefits:

• CRA's robust skills development programs, including a commitment to offering 100 hours of training annually through formal and informal programs
• Comprehensive total rewards program, including a superior benefits package, wellness programming, and in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers