Associate Principal (Antitrust & Competition Economics)

Charles River Associates•Oakland, CA

6d•$170,000 - $240,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Position Overview Our Antitrust and Competition Economics practice is an acknowledged leader in providing economic analysis, advice, and testimony for antitrust and merger cases worldwide. Clients include government agencies, law firms, and corporations of all sizes. Some of our past engagements include work with parties to the Office Depot/OfficeMax, Texas Instruments/National Semiconductor, and Google/Motorola Mobility Holdings transactions. We tailor our analyses to the facts of each case, employing tools such as merger simulation, upward pricing pressure analysis, econometrics, bargaining theory, or game theory as needed. Whether before a court or a regulatory agency, CRA consultants set a high standard for the clear communication of sophisticated economic analysis in complex cases. Associate Principals have the unique opportunity to learn from, and work alongside, some of the most respected scholars, specialists, and industry experts in the world. You will have access to internal training programs focused on creative problem solving, communications, and leading and managing colleagues, teams and cases. In addition, our firm offers extracurricular activities where you can take on a leadership role in recruiting, training, and volunteer activities in the local community.

Requirements

Strong achievement in an undergraduate degree program and graduate degree program (Masters or PhD) with focused study in economics, mathematics, statistics, engineering or another quantitative discipline
Graduate degree plus 3-10 years of experience, consulting experience preferred
Demonstrated understanding of economic concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods
Exceptional written and oral communication skills
Experience programming, model building, and regression analysis using languages such as Stata, R, Python, or SAS

Responsibilities

Work closely with leading academics and consulting with attorneys and other clients in industry and government on a wide variety of finance, strategy and economics issues
Conduct research in a supportive, team-oriented environment
Act 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
Independently conceptualize and identify issues, design complex economic and financial models to analyze economic and financial data
Program, build models and/or perform regression analysis in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, R or Python)
Manage the research process, and supervising, training and mentoring junior analysts
Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions
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
Assist with recruiting and training of new colleagues