Berkeley Research Group, LLC

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BRG is a different kind of consulting firm, one that makes intelligence work by combining data analysis with extensive industry experience, creative perspectives with deep business knowledge, and big picture thinking to help our clients solve their complex litigation problems. With this, your experience at BRG will be different than your average consulting firm. We are committed to developing recent PhD candidates in house through both senior staff and expert mentoring and training programs, administered by our learning and development team. Our consultants benefit by working in a highly collaborative office setting throughout our offices in Boston, NYC, Washington, DC, Chicago, Emeryville, and Los Angeles. Our expectation is that our consultants are in the office at least one day a work week to collaborate with their teams and the experts.

Recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms, we have ranked as a Top Economics Consultancy by Global Competition Review for the Eleventh Consecutive year.

BRG provides independent advice, data analytics, authoritative studies, expert testimony, investigations, and regulatory and dispute consulting to Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, major law firms, and regulatory bodies around the world. BRG experts provide sophisticated economic, financial, and analytical advice across a wide range of disciplines, including antitrust and competition, complex damages, finance, healthcare, intellectual property, restructuring, valuation, and workforce issues. In addition, the firm assists clients in major industry sectors with compliance, business process improvement, and strategy consulting. As an experienced or newly minted PhD, you will have an opportunity to be part of a team that helps us provide independent and sound advice to help our clients solve some of their most complex issues.

BRG’s Economics Disputes & Investigations community has consistently grown year over year. With that growth comes new opportunities for people interested in becoming an expert in their field and solving complex litigation and consulting matters. Our PhDs enjoy addressing real-world applied economics questions, including in the areas of Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Finance & Securities, Labor and Employment, and International Arbitration. This position requires a highly motivated problem solver with robust analytical ability, strong organizational and writing skills, and a desire to collaborate as an integral part of our project teams. The work will involve both execution and oversight of engagement work streams that may be either quantitative or qualitative in nature, with responsibilities to include design of economic, statistical, and financial analysis, modeling of financial data and markets, management of existing client relationships, development and presentation of client deliverables, management of junior staff, quality control, industry research, and expansion of business.

Qualifications:
Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. candidate in Economics with a focus in I/O, applied economics, microeconomics, econometrics, finance, labor from a reputable university;
Experience in application of econometric modeling techniques;
Experience in Antitrust, Financial Economics, Securities, Capital Markets would be beneficial;
Keen interest in economic, statistical, or financial analysis and research;-Strong record of technical expertise through past publications that you have authored;
Proven capability with MS Excel and analytical software/relational database program(s) (e.g., SAS, Stata, MS SQL Server, R, MS Access, SPSS). A desire to expand on those capabilities;
Excellent communication, critical thinking, analytical and proven leadership skills; and
Desire to work within a collaborative team environment.

Salary Range: $180,000 to $250,000 per year.