(2028 Bachelor's/Master's graduates) Economics Consulting Analyst/Associate Intern (Summer 2027)

About the role

Our Summer Analyst/Associate Internship program mirrors the analyst experience to give you an understanding of our business and experience project work at Charles River Associates. Throughout the 8–10 week program, Analyst/Associate Interns work alongside senior colleagues to deliver live client consulting projects within the practice area. Along the way, you’ll benefit from professional development and wellness support programs, social events to connect you with peers and a collegial work environment. Successful interns will be offered a full-time position following graduation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct economic and industry research to build an understanding of a case’s issues
• Perform financial and economic analyses or create valuation models to support case theories
• Program, build models, and perform regression analyses using languages such as Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL, or SAS
• Develop familiarity with data sources that serve as input to your analyses
• Review and summarize analyst reports, client documents and industry trade press
• Assist in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and findings presentations
• Ensure reliability of analysis through quality control review

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree candidates graduating December 2027/Summer 2028 with an academic focus on quantitative research (Economics, Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related)
• Completion of an honors thesis, research apprenticeship, or research seminar program is highly desired
• Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods
• Experience in Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS/ArcPy, or Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS)
• Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages
• 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

As China Competition projects require Mandarin language fluency in economic analysis and business settings, consideration for work on these projects necessitates additional interviews during the final round interview. The additional interviews will evaluate your written (Simple Chinese), verbal and comprehension of Mandarin language fluency in economic analysis and business settings.