Senior Associate (Financial Economics practice) - Remote

Overview

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.

In Short

• Work in the Financial Economics practice focusing on economic analysis and testimony for consumer financial services clients.
• Conduct research in a team-oriented environment with respected academics and industry experts.
• Use statistics, machine learning, and deep learning for fair lending analyses.
• Program and build models in statistical analysis programs like Stata, SAS, Python, and R.
• Supervise and mentor junior analysts.
• Assist in developing client deliverables including expert reports.
• Act as a primary contact for clients on practice-relevant issues.
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of analyses.
• Participate in practice-building activities.
• Minimal travel required.

Requirements

• PhD in economics or relevant Bachelor's/Master's with 5-7 years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of economic concepts and quantitative skills.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages.
• Demonstrated initiative and leadership.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Understanding of economic, financial, and accounting concepts.
• Experience in Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, Excel, ArcGIS.

Benefits

• Robust skills development programs with 100 hours of training annually.
• Comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package.
• Wellness programming to support overall well-being.
• In-house immigration support for foreign nationals.