(2027 PhD/ABD graduates) Senior Associate

h3About Charles River Associates /h3 pCharles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic, financial, and strategic expertise to major law firms, corporations, and governments around the world. Since 1965, CRA experts have combined rigorous cutting-edge research, state-of-the-art methodology, and proven experience to address our clients’ most complex challenges. /p pCRA’s European Competition practice specialises in providing economic advice on matters of competition policy and regulation. We assist firms and their legal advisors in all types of competition proceedings before competition authorities and courts: mergers and acquisitions, abuse of dominance allegations, cartels, restrictive commercial agreements, market investigations, litigation and disputes, intellectual property or state aid. We also provide advice to regulatory authorities in similar matters. /p pLearn more about our work by reviewing our Services and Industries on our website. /p pThe Antitrust Competition Economics is hiring for the following European Union offices in Brussels, Belgium; Dusseldorf and Munich, Germany; Paris, France. /p h3Position Overview /h3 pSenior Associates work closely with senior consultants on project teams and will have the opportunity to immediately work on some of the largest, high profile and most significant competition cases in Europe, playing a key role in shaping the economic analysis and thinking of these cases. Successful candidates have a strong knowledge of economic concepts and a range of research and quantitative skills. A typical Senior Associate would: /p ul liIdentify and conceptualise issues, specifying rigorous economic models to analyse market issues and data, undertaking statistical and econometric estimation, and managing the work of research associate staff and colleagues; /li liSupervise, train and mentor research associate staff; /li liAssist in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers summarising opinions, conclusions, and recommendations using market, industry or client‑proprietary data; /li liAct as a primary point of contact for lawyers and other industry or government clients on a variety of practice‑relevant issues; /li liProgram, build models and/or perform regression analyses in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, Python, R, SAS, Matlab, and Mathematica), including large data projects requiring use of cloud computing; /li liEnsure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions; and /li liContribute to practice‑building activities (training, recruiting, publication, expertise sharing, etc.). /li /ul pExplore how CRA can help you launch your career and learn why PhDs choose CRA. /p h3Desired Qualifications /h3 ul liPhD degree in economics with a completion date of December 2026/Summer 2027 and an academic focus on Applied Microeconomics or Applied Microeconometrics, with specializations like industrial organization, labor, health, behavioural and public economics, or other quantitative areas; /li liExperience in Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS/ArcPy, or Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS); /li liDemonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods; /li liCurious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non‑standard problems; /li liEffective written and oral communication skills; /li liEagerness to learn new skills and programming languages; /li liDemonstrated high level of initiative and leadership; /li liStrong teamwork and collaboration capabilities; /li liExcellent time management and task prioritization skills; and /li liClear and demonstrated interest in consulting through coursework, work experience, activities, or attendance at CRA recruiting events. /li /ul pAs much of our work occurs in our offices, minimal travel is required. /p pInterviews will begin following application close, with first round interviews occurring virtually. Candidates focusing their search on industry and consulting who need to be considered early should indicate that in the CRA online application and submit all materials as early as possible. /p h3Career Growth and Benefits /h3 ul liCRA’s robust skills development programs, including both formal and informal programs, encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member. Beginning with project management skills, training continues with team management/development, client 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. /li liWe offer a comprehensive total rewards program including a competitive salary and superior benefits package (plus a sizeable performance bonus), wellness programming to support physical, mental, emot