About Charles River Associates
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 advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns.
Position Overview
CRA’s provides expertise and support in a wide range of litigation disputes involving employment processes such as compensation, hiring, promotion, termination, and the role of gender, race, ethnicity and age in employment practices. Our clients, which include preeminent law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies, come to us for our technical skills, rigorous analysis, and expert insight to understand all aspects of their employment data. We also assist employers by conducting proactive studies of employment and contracting practices, monitoring consent decrees and settlement agreements, and designing systems to track employment practices.
Associates work closely with senior consultants on project teams. Successful candidates have a strong working knowledge of financial, accounting, and economic concepts and a broad range of research and quantitative skills. A typical Associate would:
Program, build models, and perform regression and data analysis in statistical analysis programs (either Stata, SAS, or R);Review, process, and construct datasets that serve as inputs to these analyses, including company time-keeping, applicant tracking, performance, and HRIS data;Perform labor market research to develop an independent fact base;Review and summarize client documents and third-party research to identify key information;Participate in analysis design, report preparation, and the presentation of findings;Ensure reliability of analysis through quality control review; andParticipate in practice development activities (training, recruiting, knowledge management). Desired Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Mathematics, Business Economics, Statistics or related analytic discipline;Up to 3 years of relevant work experience (up to 2 years with an earned MS) building and using data sets to solve client problems Recent graduates or individuals without directly relevant experience may be hired in the Analyst title; Solid working knowledge of economic and statistical concepts;Professional experience programming in statistical analysis programs, particularly Stata, SAS, R or Python;Command of a broad range of research and quantitative analysis skills (including strong Excel skills);Curious and analytic thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems;Effective written and oral communication skills;Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership;Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities;Excellent time management and task prioritization skills. Check out our blogs about and how you can make an !