Consulting Associate

Summary

The job is for a Consulting Associate in Charles River Associates' Labor and Employment Practice. Responsibilities include data analysis, model building, dataset construction, labor market research, document review, and report preparation. Qualifications required are a degree in Economics, Mathematics, Business Economics, Statistics or related analytic discipline, 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience, proficiency in statistical analysis programs, strong research and quantitative skills, effective communication skills, initiative, leadership, teamwork, and time management skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Mathematics, Business Economics, Statistics or related analytic discipline
• 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience (2 to 5 years with an earned Master's)
• Solid working knowledge of economic and statistical concepts
• Professional experience programming in statistical analysis programs, particularly Stata, SAS, R or Python
• Command of a broad range of research and quantitative analysis skills (including strong Excel skills)
• Curious and analytic thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership
• Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities
• Excellent time management and task prioritization skills

Responsibilities

• Program, build models, and perform regression and data analysis in statistical analysis programs (either Stata, SAS, R or Python)
• Review, process, and construct datasets that solve client issues, using company time-keeping, applicant tracking, performance, and HRIS data
• Perform labor market research to develop an independent fact base
• Review and summarize client documents and third-party research to identify key information
• Participate in analysis design, report preparation, project management and the presentation of findings
• Ensure reliability of team's analysis through quality control review
• Participate in practice development activities (mentoring, training, recruiting, knowledge management)