*[2025 Bachelor's/Master's grads] Economics Consulting Analyst/Associate Intern (Summer 2024)

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 internships at Charles River Associates!

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.

Practices seeking to hire interns with this profile include (hiring locations listed):

• Antitrust & Competition (Washington DC)
  • Our Competition practice economists provide analysis and testimony in matters involving mergers and acquisitions, antitrust litigation, and global competition policy.

Learn more about our work by reviewing our Services and Industries on our website.

Position Overview

Our Summer Analyst/Associate Internship program mirrors the analyst experience to give you an understanding of our business and experience project work at Charles River Associates. Throughout the 8-10 week program, Analyst/Associate Interns work alongside senior colleagues to deliver live client consulting projects within the practice area. Along the way, you’ll benefit from professional development and wellness support programs, social events to connect you with peers and a collegial work environment. Successful interns will be offered a full-time position following graduation.

During the Economics Consulting Analyst/Associate Internship program, you may work on many aspects of a project:

• Conduct economic and industry research to build an understanding of a case’s issues;
• Perform financial and economic analyses or create valuation models to support case theories;
• Program, build models, and perform regression analyses using languages such as Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL, or SAS;
• Develop familiarity with data sources that serve as input to your analyses;
• Review and summarize analyst reports, client documents and industry trade press;
• Assist in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and findings presentations;
• Ensure reliability of analysis through quality control review.

Learn more about our work by reviewing our Services and Industries on our website.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s (non-MBA) degree candidates graduating December 2024/Summer 2025 with an academic focus on quantitative research (Economics, Business, Finance, Financial Economics, Accounting, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related);
• Understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods;
• Curiosity 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;
• Clear and demonstrated interest in consulting through coursework, work experience, activities, or attendance at CRA recruiting events.

Note: Verbal Mandarin language skills and written Simplified Chinese language skills are required for candidates to be considered for work on China Competition projects.

To Apply

To be considered for the Summer 2024 Analyst/Associate Internship program, we require:

• 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. Also, please note if you have interest in a particular practice and/or a location preference;
• Transcript – may be unofficial. Note: you must be graduating from a bachelor's or master's degree program for this role. If you are graduating from an MBA/PhD program or have wo