Senior Associate, Antitrust & Competition Economics

charlesriverassociates; Paris (TX); On-site; USD 81,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & benefits

Wellness program

Immigration support

Job summary

Charles River Associates (CRA) is hiring a Senior Associate for its European Union offices in Brussels, Düsseldorf, Munich, and Paris. You will work with senior consultants on high-profile competition cases, shaping economic analyses and client deliverables.

The role requires a PhD in economics with a focus on applied microeconomics or econometrics, strong programming and data skills, and excellent written and oral communication.

Qualifications

• PhD in economics with a December 2026/Summer 2027 completion, focus on Applied Microeconomics or Applied Microeconometrics
• Experience with Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS/ArcPy, or Cloud computing
• Ability to explain economic/financial concepts and to apply quantitative and qualitative analysis methods
• Strong communication, initiative, leadership and teamwork skills

Responsibilities

• Identify and conceptualise issues, specify rigorous economic models, and undertake econometric estimation
• Supervise, train, and mentor research staff
• Develop and present client deliverables including expert reports and white papers
• Act as a primary contact for lawyers and clients on practice-relevant issues
• Program, build models and perform regression analyses with Stata, Python, R, SAS, or Matlab

Skills

Economic concepts

Quantitative analysis

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

PhD in economics

Tools

Excel

Stata

Python

R

SQL

SAS

ArcGIS/ArcPy

Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS)

Job description

Charles River Associates (CRA) is hiring a Senior Associate for its European Union offices in Brussels, Düsseldorf, Munich, and Paris. You will work with senior consultants on high-profile competition cases, shaping economic analyses and client deliverables.

The role requires a PhD in economics with a focus on applied microeconomics or econometrics, strong programming and data skills, and excellent written and oral communication.