(2028 Bachelor's/Master's graduates) Accounting/Business/Finance Consulting Analyst/Associate Intern (Summer 2027)

Charles River Associates is a global consulting firm providing economic, financial, and business management expertise to law firms, corporations, and governments. The Summer Analyst/Associate Internship provides project experience supporting live client consulting engagements through research, financial and economic analysis, valuation modeling, data analysis, investigations, and client communications.

What you'll do:

• Work alongside, and in a collaborative environment with, talented and diverse colleagues, including PhD-trained economists, finance and accounting professionals (CFAs and CPAs), and valuation experts
• Conduct economic and industry research while analyzing client materials to build an understanding of a case’s issues
• Perform/develop financial and economic analyses or valuation models to support case theories and present those results to colleagues and clients
• Program, build models, and perform regression analyses using languages such as Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL, or SAS
• Investigate accounting irregularities and respond to allegations of fraud, misconduct, waste, and abuse
• Use your accounting and financial skills to prepare analyses of financial data, including financial models, for litigation and expert reports and testimony
• Investigate and analyze financial evidence, including financial records and transactions, to identify trends and anomalies, and clearly and concisely organize and summarize your findings
• Leverage your database skills to effectively analyze large data sets
• Communicate with team members, clients, and other professionals, to share investigative and analytical findings, and assist with the drafting of written reports to summarize procedures performed and findings

What they're looking for:

• 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
• Curious and analytical 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

Benefits:

• In-house [immigration support](https://www.crai.com/cra-careers/immigration-global-mobility/) for foreign nationals and international business travelers.
• Professional development and wellness support programs
• Social events to connect you with peers
• A collegial work environment
• Successful interns will be offered a full-time position following graduation.
• CRA’s robust skills development programs, including a commitment to offering 100 hours of training annually through formal and informal programs
• Technical training, presentation skills, and internal seminars
• Career mentoring and performance coaching from an assigned senior colleague
• Additional leadership and collaboration opportunities through internal firm development activities
• A comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package