Senior Associate Intellectual Property practice
Charles River AssociatesChicago, Illinois
Full Time
Posted December 18, 2025
$130k - $153k
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Job Description
This role involves providing economic and financial analysis related to intellectual property issues, managing client projects, preparing expert reports, and offering strategic insights to support disputes, valuations, and business decisions within a consulting environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, manage, and supervise assigned projects and team members
- Serve as the primary client contact and assist in presenting conclusions and recommendations
- Create and develop client deliverables, including expert reports
- Design complex financial models to analyze economic and financial data
- Oversee the creation of analyses and ensure their accuracy and integrity
- Summarize key issues from client documents, analyst reports, and third-party data
- Provide strategic insights regarding project scope, budget, and staffing
- Lead recruiting, professional development, and internal initiatives
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting or related field; an advanced degree is desirable.
- 6 to 10 years of finance, accounting or economic work experience, with prior consulting or financial services experience preferred.
- Proven project management skills.
- CFA or CPA professional certification is beneficial, but not required.
- 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.
- Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities.
- Excellent time management and task prioritization skills.
- Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods.
- Ability to independently conceptualize and identify issues, design complex financial models to analyze economic and financial data, and oversee the creation of analyses.
- Ability to create and develop client deliverables including expert reports summarizing opinions.
- Ability to effectively plan and manage assigned projects, including supervising and being accountable for the work of other team members.
- Ability to act as a primary point of contact for clients and assist in the presentation of conclusions and recommendations.
- Ability to summarize key issues from client documents, analyst reports, and third-party financial, market, and industry data.
- Willingness to travel minimally, with an expectation of spending 3 to 4 days a week in the office, including potential travel to other CRA offices or client locations.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range: 130,000 - 152,500 USD annually
Work schedule: 3 to 4 days per week in the office with flexibility for remote work
Work environment perks: wellness programming, in-house immigration support, inclusive and collaborative work environment
Additional benefits: comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) with employer match; life and disability insurance; paid time off; paid parental leave; employee assistance resources; commuter benefits; professional development and training programs
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