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About the Role
Charles River Associates (CRA) is seeking candidates with backgrounds in Accounting, Business Administration, or Finance to join their team. This role involves conducting economic and financial research, performing analyses, building financial models, and investigating accounting irregularities to support litigation and expert reports.
Responsibilities
- Conduct economic and industry research while analyzing client materials to build an understanding of a case’s issues
- Perform/develop financial and economic analyses or valuation models to support case theories and present those results to colleagues and clients
- Program, build models, and perform regression analyses using languages such as Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL, or SAS
- Investigate accounting irregularities and respond to allegations of fraud, misconduct, waste, and abuse
- Use accounting and financial skills to prepare analyses of financial data, including financial models, for litigation and expert reports and testimony
- Investigate and analyze financial evidence, including financial records and transactions, to identify trends and anomalies, and clearly and concisely organize and summarize findings
- Leverage database skills to effectively analyze large data sets
- Communicate with team members, clients, and other professionals, to share investigative and analytical findings, and assist with the drafting of written reports to summarize procedures performed and findings
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree candidates graduating in December 2026/Summer 2027 with an academic focus in Accounting, Business, Finance, or related field
- Solid working knowledge of finance, accounting, and economic methodologies
- Command of a broad range of research and quantitative analysis skills (including strong Excel skills)
- Familiarity with generally accepted accounting principles, corporate governance, and regulatory environments
- Experience in gathering, standardizing, and analyzing voluminous transactional data
- Experience in data analysis and intelligence gathering, including querying and mining large data sets to discover transaction patterns, examining financial data, and filtering for targeted information
- Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership
- Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work
- 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
- Must be graduating from a bachelor's or master's degree program
Skills
- Excel
- Stata
- R
- Python
- SQL
- SAS
- Financial modeling
- Economic analysis
- Valuation
- Data analysis
- Quantitative analysis
- Regression analysis
- Database skills
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Teamwork
- Collaboration
- Time management
- Task prioritization
Location
- Chicago
- Houston
- New York
- Oakland
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Entry Level
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $92,500 – $100,000
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Paid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays)
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness programs
- Employee assistance resources
- Commuter benefits
- Skills development programs
- Training (100 hours annually)
- Career mentoring
- Performance coaching
- Leadership opportunities
- Collaboration opportunities
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- Charles River Associates is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.