Consulting Associate (Finance practice)

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.

Job Overview

CRA’s Finance practice helps our clients manage exposure to compliance issues, advises market actors on changes in the competitive structure of financial markets, and guides clients through arbitration and dispute resolution. Typically, we are retained to quantify economic damages in the context of large, complex commercial litigation matters. Our work often requires the development of fact-specific financial models to help our clients effectively resolve disputes involving valuation issues (shareholder class actions and other corporate valuation disputes), as well as matters regarding the functioning of financial markets and institutions (alleged market manipulation and insider trading). The analyses are summarized in the form of an expert report, which sets forth our conclusory opinions (including the underlying analytical support for those opinions) in court.

Consulting Associates work closely with senior consultants on project teams. Successful candidates have a strong working knowledge of financial, accounting, and economic concepts and a range of research and quantitative skills. A typical Consulting Associate would:

• Develop appropriate financial, accounting, and economic analyses and valuation models to support case theories;
• Construct, process, and review datasets that provide input to the analysis and models;
• Participate in project management activities; 
• Build and program models for regression and data analysis using Excel, Stata, SAS or R;
• Conduct industry, market, and competitive research to develop an independent fact base;
• Review and summarize client documents and third-party research to identify key information;
• Assist in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and the presentation of findings;
• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses through quality control review; and
• Assist with practice development activities (mentoring, training, recruiting, knowledge management).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Finance, Business Economics, Engineering or related quantitative discipline, with strong academic performance;
• 2-4 years of relevant work experience in accounting or financial/economic analysis (consulting experience preferred);
• Solid working knowledge of finance, accounting, and economic methodologies;
• 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;
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills;
• Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership
• Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities;
• Excellent time management and task prioritization skills.

To Apply

To be considered for this position, we require the following:

• Resume – please include current address, personal email and telephone number;
• Cover letter – please describe your interest in CRA and how this role matches your goals.

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, encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member. Beginning with research and analysis skill building, training continues with technical training, presentation skills, internal seminars, and career mentoring and performance coaching from an assigned senior colleague. Additional leadership and collaboration opportunities exist through internal firm development activities.
• We offer a comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being, and in-house

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