Analyst Intern (Labor & Employment practice) WinterSpring 2027

About Charles River Associates

Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic financial and business management expertise to major law firms corporations and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965 clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear implementable solutions to complex business concerns.

Learn more about our work by reviewing our Services and Industries on our website.

Position Overview

CRAs Labor and Employment Practice provides expertise and support in a wide range of litigation disputes involving employment processes such as compensation hiring promotion termination and the role of gender race ethnicity and age in employment practices. Our clients which include preeminent law firms Fortune 500companies and government agencies come to us for our technical skills rigorous analysis and expert insight they need to understand all aspects of their employment data. We also assist employers by conducting proactive studies of employment and contracting practices monitoring consent decrees and settlement agreements and designing systems to track employment practices.

OurAnalyst Internship program mirrors the analyst experience to give you an understanding of our business and experience project work at Charles River Associates. Throughout the semester-long program Analyst Interns work alongside senior colleagues to deliver live client consulting projects within the practice area. Along the way youll benefit from professional development and wellness support programs social events and a collegial work environment. Successful interns will be offered a full-time position following graduation.

During the Analyst Internship program you may work on many aspects of a project:

• Conduct economic and industry research to build an understanding of a cases issues;
• Perform financial and economic analyses or create valuation models to support case theories;
• Program build models and perform regression analyses using languages such as Stata or SAS;
• Develop familiarity with data sources that serve as input to your analyses;
• Conduct interview-based research on behalf of commercial clients government entities and industry associations;
• Review and summarize analyst reports client documents and industry trade press;
• Assist in the production and development of research summaries expert reports and findings presentations;
• Ensure reliability of analysis through quality control review.

NOTE: This will be an in-person internship located in Tallahassee FL or College Station TX. Expected hours are 20-25 hours per week Monday - Friday between 8 AM - 5 PM from early-January 2027 until early-May 2027.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters (non-MBA) degree candidates graduating Summer/Fall 2027 with an academic focus on quantitative research (Economics Business Finance Financial Economics Accounting Statistics Mathematics Engineering or related);
• Understanding of and ability to explain economic financial and/or accounting concepts and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods;
• Curiosity and analytic thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems;
• Effective written and oral communication skills;
• Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership;
• Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate high quality work;
• Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities;
• Excellent time management and task prioritization skills;
• Clear and demonstrated interest in consulting through coursework work experience activities or attendance at CRA recruiting events.

To Apply

To be considered for the Winter/Spring 2027 Analyst Internship program we require:

• Resume please include current address personal email and telephone number;
• Cover letter please describe your interest in CRA and how this role matches your goals. Also please note if you have interest in a particular practice and/or a location preference;
• Transcript may be unofficial.
• Writing sample we prefer a sole-authored submission from an existing work (class paper thesis internship or work product) that includes your commentary on a quantitative analysis and/or relevant to the field of economics.

Note: you must be graduating from a bachelors or masters degree program for this role. If you are graduating from an MBA/PhD program or have work experience please visit our Careers site to see current open roles.

Our Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Associates is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability status as a protected veteran or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.