Finance & Accounting Consulting Intern — Summer 2027

Charles River Associates; United States; Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness program

Immigration support

Job summary

Charles River Associates is seeking Summer Analyst/Associate Interns in the United States to gain firsthand experience on live client projects across finance, accounting, and economics. The 8–10 week program pairs interns with senior colleagues and includes professional development and wellness support, with the potential for a full-time offer after graduation.

You’ll work across teams to analyze financial data, build models, and present findings, while developing research and quantitative

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree candidates graduating in December 2027/Summer 2028 with an academic focus in Accounting, Business, Finance, or a related area.
• Solid working knowledge of finance, accounting, and economic methodologies.
• Command of a broad range of research and quantitative analysis skills (including strong Excel skills).
• Familiarity with generally accepted accounting principles, corporate governance, and regulatory environments.
• Experience in gathering, standardizing, and analyzing voluminous transactional data.
• Experience in data analysis and intelligence gathering, including querying and mining large data sets to discover transaction patterns, examining financial data, and filtering for targeted information.
• Excellent time management and task prioritization skills; demonstrated initiative and leadership; strong teamwork and communication.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside senior colleagues to deliver live client consulting projects within the practice area.
• Conduct economic and industry research while analyzing client materials to understand a case’s issues.
• Perform/develop financial and economic analyses or valuation models to support case theories and present results to colleagues and clients.
• Program, build models, and perform regression analyses using Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL, or SAS.
• Investigate accounting irregularities and respond to allegations of fraud, misconduct, waste, and abuse.
• Prepare analyses of financial data, including financial models, for litigation and expert reports and testimony.
• Communicate findings to team members, clients, and other professionals and assist with writing reports.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Teamwork

Research skills

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree candidates graduating December 2027/Summer 2028

Tools

Excel

Stata

R

Python

SQL

SAS

Job description

Charles River Associates is seeking Summer Analyst/Associate Interns in the United States to gain firsthand experience on live client projects across finance, accounting, and economics. The 8–10 week program pairs interns with senior colleagues and includes professional development and wellness support, with the potential for a full-time offer after graduation.

You’ll work across teams to analyze financial data, build models, and present findings, while developing research and quantitative