About the position
CRA's 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 500 companies, and government agencies, come to us for our technical skills, rigorous analysis, and expert insight 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. Consulting Associates work closely with senior consultants on project teams, using data sets to solve client problems. Successful candidates have a strong working knowledge of financial, accounting, and economic concepts and a range of research and quantitative skills.
Responsibilities
• Program, build models, and perform regression and data analysis in statistical analysis programs (either Stata, SAS, or R)
• Review, process, and construct datasets that solve client issues, using company time-keeping, applicant tracking, performance, and HRIS data
• Perform labor market research to develop an independent fact base
• Review and summarize client documents and third-party research to identify key information
• Participate in analysis design, report preparation, project management and the presentation of findings
• Ensure reliability of team's analysis through quality control review
• Participate in practice development activities (mentoring, training, recruiting, knowledge management)
Requirements
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Mathematics, Business Economics, Statistics or related analytic discipline
• 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience (2 to 5 years with an earned Master's) in the field of Labor and Employment
• Solid working knowledge of economic and statistical concepts
• Professional experience programming in statistical analysis programs, particularly Stata, SAS, R or Python
• Command of a broad range of research and quantitative analysis skills (including strong Excel skills)
• Curious and analytic thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership
• Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities
• Excellent time management and task prioritization skills
Benefits
• CRA's robust skills development programs, including a commitment to offering 100 hours of training annually through formal and informal programs
• Comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package
• Wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being
• In-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers