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At CRA you will be exposed to leading minds who use economic, financial, and business analysis to solve complex world problems for an impressive roster of clients, including major law firms, Fortune 100 companies, and government agencies. Through a collegial environment, formal and informal training opportunities, and a broad array of professional development resources, your experience at CRA will open doors for you as you launch your career.\nJob Overview\nConsultants in CRA’s Energy practice have researched, published, taught, and consulted on energy matters for a wide range of clients, including electric and gas utilities, investors, power asset owners and developers, power agencies, large industrial firms, and clean energy technology leaders. Our work in the energy industry has guided the energy transitions of major firms, established legal precedents in economics, and set new standards in market design and oversight. We have advised on developing the structure of national and regional competitive markets, reorganized multi-billion-dollar companies, testified in hundred-million-dollar damages litigation, and played a key role in most North American utility mergers and acquisitions that have taken place over the last decade.\nAs a firm we offer a top-notch experience for junior consultants; a rigorous analytical education, opportunities for significant responsibility, and resources to support professional growth. As an Associate Principal, your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):\nWorking closely with leading academics, managing the research process, and supervising, training and mentoring junior analysts\nConducting research in a supportive, team-oriented environment\nActing 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\nConsulting with attorneys and other clients in industry and government on a wide variety of finance, strategy and economics issues\nIndependently conceptualizing and identifying issues, designing complex economic and financial models to analyze economic and financial data\nProgramming, model building and/or regression analysis in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, R or Python)\nEnsuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions\nAssist regulators and financial institutions with analysis of trading on exchanges and in OTC markets for a wide spectrum of contracts\nWork with those testifying in judicial proceedings to provide economic analyses of mergers and other competition matters before the major competition authorities of the world\nPerforming a broad range of quantitative consulting tasks related to energy markets and energy sector investments.\nAssisting in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and the presentation of findings\nAnalyzing economic and financial data using spreadsheets and statistical programs\nConducting industry, market structure, and competitor-positioning studies\nReviewing and summarizing analyst reports, client documents, and industry trade press\nEnsuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses\nAssisting with Analyst recruiting efforts\n\nQualifications\nBachelor's degree in economics, finance, or similar analytic discipline, advanced degree degree preferred;\nA minimum of five to seven years of professional experience\nStrong interest in and knowledge of energy industry\nExperience with energy or environmental industries highly desirable\nExcellent presentation skills and writing ability \nStrong problem solving abilities and resourcefulness\nWorking well in a team environment, and willingness to provide mentorship and supervision to junior staff members\nPrevious project and client management required\nTo Apply\nTo be considered for a position in the United States, we require the following:\nResume - please include current address, personal email and telephone number;\nCover letter - please describe your interest in CRA and how this role matches your goals.\nIf you are interested in applying for one of our international locations, please visit our Careers site to view and apply for available jobs.\nCareer Growth and Benefits \nCRA’s robust skills development programs, including a commitment to offering 100 hours of training annually through formal and informal programs, encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member. Beginning with research and analysis skill building, training continues with technical training, presentation skills, internal seminars, and career mentoring and performance coaching from an assigned senior colleague. Additional leadership and collaboration opportunities exist through internal firm development activities.\nWe offer a comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being, and in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers.\nWork Location Flexibility\nCRA creates a work environment that enables our colleagues to benefit from being together in the office to best deliver on our promise of career growth, mentorship and inclusivity. At the same time, we recognize that individuals realize a range of benefits when working from home periodically. 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