Consulting Associate (European Competition practice) - m/f/d

Charles River Associates; München, Düsseldorf; Vor Ort; EUR 45.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An established industry player is seeking a Consulting Associate to join their dynamic team in Munich. This entry-level position is perfect for recent graduates with a strong foundation in economics who are eager to tackle significant competition cases across Europe. You will collaborate with senior consultants and industry experts, conducting economic analyses, building models, and presenting findings to clients. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop your skills in a fast-paced environment while contributing to high-profile projects that shape competition policy. If you're passionate about economics and ready to make an impact, this is the role for you.

Qualifikationen

• Strong foundation in microeconomics with a specialization in industrial economics.
• Up to 3 years of relevant experience in consulting or competition authority.

Aufgaben

• Identify issues and conduct analyses to illustrate economic arguments.
• Assemble evidence from data to support expert opinions and recommendations.

Kenntnisse

Economic Analysis

Data Manipulation

Statistical Analysis

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree in Economics

Postgraduate Qualification (MSc/MPhil) in Economics

Tools

Stata

Python

R

Jobbeschreibung

is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic, financial, and strategic expertise to major law firms, corporations, and governments around the world. For nearly 60 years, CRA experts have combined rigorous cutting-edge research, state-of-the-art methodology, and proven experience to address our clients’ most complex challenges.

CRA's specializes in providing economic advice on matters of competition policy and regulation. We assist firms and their legal advisors in all types of competition proceedings before competition authorities and courts: mergers and acquisitions, abuse of dominance allegations, cartels, restrictive commercial agreements, market investigations, litigation and disputes, intellectual property, or state aid. We also provide advice to regulatory authorities in similar matters. We have played a key role in many cases that have shaped European competition policy in recent years: from aerospace to software, and manufacturing to transportation. More recently, we have been at the forefront of economic thinking in antitrust investigations and regulation in the tech sector.

We seek candidates for our Dusseldorf and Munich, Germany locations.

Position Overview

The Consulting Associate position is the entry-level position for applicants with a postgraduate qualification in economics and up to three years of experience. Consulting Associates work closely with senior consultants, scholars, and industry experts on project teams, and will have the opportunity to immediately work on some of the largest, high-profile, and most significant competition cases in Europe, providing conceptual and practice input to projects. A typical Consulting Associate would:

1. Identify potential issues and conduct analyses that can be used to illustrate economic arguments;
2. Assemble compelling evidence from data and research that support our expert opinions and business recommendations;
3. Program, build models, and/or perform regression analyses in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, Python, R), including large data projects requiring use of cloud computing;
4. Assist in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers summarising opinions, conclusions, and recommendations using financial, market, industry, or client-proprietary data;
5. Interact with clients and communicate complicated economic concepts and arguments to non-experts in an understandable, accessible manner;
6. Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions; and
7. Participate in practice-building activities (training, recruiting, publication, expertise sharing, etc.).

Desired Qualifications

1. Strong first degree in economics and a post-graduate qualification (MSc / MPhil) in economics from a well-regarded institution, with a strong foundation in microeconomics, preferably with a specialism in industrial economics;
2. Up to 3 years of relevant work experience, within consulting, business, or with a competition authority preferred;
3. High degree of numeracy and some comfort with data manipulation is essential, familiarity with econometric techniques is desirable;
4. Exceptional written and oral communication skills;
5. Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership;
6. Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities;
7. Excellent time management and task prioritization skills.

Associate Consulting • Dusseldorf or Munich, Germany