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.

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Job Overview

Consultants in CRA’s Energy practice have researched, published, taught, and consulted on energy matters for a wide range of clients, including electric and gas utilities, investors, power asset owners and developers, power agencies, large industrial firms, and clean energy technology leaders. Our work in the energy industry has guided the energy transitions of major firms, established legal precedents in economics, and set new standards in market design and oversight. We have advised on developing the structure of national and regional competitive markets, reorganized multi-billion-dollar companies, testified in hundred-million-dollar damages litigation, and played a key role in most North American utility mergers and acquisitions that have taken place over the last decade.

As a firm we offer a top-notch experience for junior consultants; a rigorous analytical education, opportunities for significant responsibility, and resources to support professional growth. As an Associate Principal, your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

Working closely with leading academics, managing the research process, and supervising, training and mentoring junior analysts
Conducting research in a supportive, team-oriented environment
Acting as a primary point of contact for clients and assisting in the development and presentation of client deliverables including expert reports summarizing our opinions, conclusions, and recommendations and third party financial, market and industry data
Consulting with attorneys and other clients in industry and government on a wide variety of finance, strategy and economics issues
Independently conceptualizing and identifying issues, designing complex economic and financial models to analyze economic and financial data
Programming, model building and/or regression analysis in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, R or Python)
Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions
Assist regulators and financial institutions with analysis of trading on exchanges and in OTC markets for a wide spectrum of contracts
Work with those testifying in judicial proceedings to provide economic analyses of mergers and other competition matters before the major competition authorities of the world
Performing a broad range of quantitative consulting tasks related to energy markets and energy sector investments.
Assisting in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and the presentation of findings
Analyzing economic and financial data using spreadsheets and statistical programs
Conducting industry, market structure, and competitor-positioning studies
Reviewing and summarizing analyst reports, client documents, and industry trade press
Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses
Assisting with Analyst recruiting efforts

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in economics, finance, or similar analytic discipline, advanced degree degree preferred;
A minimum of five to seven years of professional experience
Strong interest in and knowledge of energy industry
Experience with energy or environmental industries highly desirable
Excellent presentation skills and writing ability
Strong problem solving abilities and resourcefulness
Working well in a team environment, and willingness to provide mentorship and supervision to junior staff members