[2027 Bachelor's graduates] Analyst (European Competition practice)
About Charles River Associates
Charles 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. 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.
CRA'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.
We have played a key role in many cases that have shaped European competition policy in recent years: from aerospace to software, and manufacturing to transportation. More recently, we have been at the forefront of economic thinking in antitrust investigations and regulation in the tech sector.
We seek candidates for our London, UK location.
Position Overview
The Analyst position is the entry-level position for applicants with an undergraduate qualification in economics. Analysts work closely with senior consultants, scholars and industry experts 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, providing conceptual and practice input to projects. A typical Analyst would:
- Identify potential issues and conduct analyses that can be used to illustrate economic arguments;
- Assemble compelling evidence from data and research that support our expert opinions and business recommendations;
- Program, build models, and/or perform regression analyses in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, Python, R), including large data projects requiring use of cloud computing;
- Assist in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers summarising opinions, conclusions, and recommendations using financial, market, industry or client-proprietary data;
- Interact with clients and communicate complicated economic concepts and arguments to non-experts in an understandable, accessible manner;
- Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions; and
- Participate in practice-building activities (training, recruiting, publication, expertise sharing, etc.).
Desired Qualifications
- An undergraduate qualification (BSc/BA) in economics from well-regarded institutions, graduating between December 2026 and August 2027. The position is ideally suited to candidates considering post-graduate study who would appreciate 1-2 year's employment experience and an insight into the world of economic consulting before returning to university for a postgraduate qualification;
- Strong foundation in microeconomics, with a specialism in industrial economics preferred;
- High degree of numeracy and comfort with data manipulation are essential, familiarity with econometric techniques desirable;
- Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems;
- Effective oral and written communication skills;
- Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages;
- Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership;
- Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities;
- Excellent time management and task prioritisation skills; and
- Clear and demonstrated interest in consulting through coursework, work experience, activities, or attendance at CRA recruiting events.
As much of our work occurs in our offices, minimal travel is required.