Senior Associate (Labor & Employment practice)

PhD degree in economics with an academic focus on quantitative research, with specializations like industrial organization, applied microeconomics, econometrics, labor, corporate finance, financial accounting, or other quantitative areas, and up to 3 years of relevant professional experience in designing and performing economic analyses (consulting experience preferred),

Alternately, Bachelor's or Master's degrees (preferred), plus 5-7 years of relevant professional experience in designing and performing economic analyses (consulting experience preferred);

Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods;

Experience in Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, Excel, ArcGIS/ArcPy;

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

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.

Senior Associates work closely with senior consultants on project teams.

Conduct research in a team-oriented environment alongside some of the most respected academics, industry experts and regulators in the world;

Use techniques from statistics, machine learning and deep learning to conduct fair lending analyses of client models and tools, such as evaluating whether models have disparate effects on different demographic groups and how those effects vary among alternative model formulations;

Program, build models and/or perform regression analyses in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, Python, R) that clean, coordinate and analyze large volumes of data related to underwriting, pricing, and redlining analyses;

Assist in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers to explain analytical decisions and comply with clients’ model risk management and model validation requirements;

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.