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Senior Associate (2025 PhD/ABD graduates) (European Competition practice)

Senior Associate role in European Competition practice for PhD graduates.
Charles River Associates
Hybrid
On-Site
Belgium
Undisclosed salary
Job Description
Charles River Associates (CRA) is seeking a Senior Associate to join their European Competition practice. This role is ideal for candidates with a PhD in economics, focusing on applied microeconomics or econometrics. The Senior Associate will work closely with senior consultants on high-profile competition cases, playing a key role in shaping economic analysis. CRA offers economic, financial, and strategic expertise to major law firms, corporations, and governments worldwide.

Role involves:
  • Identifying and conceptualising issues.
  • Specifying rigorous economic models.
  • Undertaking statistical and econometric estimation.
  • Managing research associate staff.
  • Assisting in the development and presentation of client deliverables.
  • Acting as a primary point of contact for clients.
  • Programming, building models, and performing regression analyses.
  • Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses.
  • Contributing to practice-building activities.

Requirements:
  • PhD degree in economics (completion date of December 2024/Summer 2025).
  • Academic focus on Applied Microeconomics or Applied Microeconometrics.
  • Experience in Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS/ArcPy, or Cloud computing.
  • Understanding of economic, financial, and/or accounting concepts.
  • Effective written and oral communication skills.
  • Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages.
  • High level of initiative and leadership.
  • Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities.
  • Excellent time management and task prioritization skills.
  • Clear interest in consulting.

CRA offers:
  • Robust skills development programs (100 hours of training annually).
  • Career mentoring and performance coaching.
  • Comprehensive total rewards program including a competitive salary and superior benefits package (plus a sizeable performance bonus).
  • Wellness programming.
  • In-house immigration support.
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Charles River Associates

Charles River Associates (CRA) is a global consulting firm providing economic, financial, and business management expertise to law firms, corporations, and governments. Since 1965, CRA has advised clients on litigation, regulatory proceedings, and critical business strategy issues. The firm combines industry experience with rigorous analysis to deliver implementable solutions. CRA offers services pertaining to performance management, employee engagement, conflict resolution, and departures, serving as a resource for advice and expertise to drive change management initiatives.

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