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2025 Fall Associate- Economics and Data Analytics

Berkeley Research Group, LLC
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The Associate position is a full-time entry level consulting staff position. Associate positions are for candidates with an expected graduation date between December 2024 and July 2025. 

Resumes will reviewed on a rolling basis.

Overview 

Berkeley Research Group (BRG) is a global consulting firm that helps its clients, which consist of leading organizations and businesses, advance in three key areas: disputes and investigations, corporate finance, and performance improvement and advisory. We are an integrated group of experts, industry leaders, academics, data scientists, and economists, working beyond borders and disciplines. We harness our collective expertise to deliver the inspired insights and practical strategies our clients need to stay ahead of what’s next.  

Associate positions are available in BRG’s Economics, Disputes & Investigations (EDI) Community, Clinical Economics (CE), Health Analytics Practice (HAP), and Healthcare Performance Improvement Analytics (HPI Analytics). These communities are comprised of a diverse collection of experts who bring extensive academic and industry experience to deliver data driven and innovative approaches to complex business, legal, and regulatory challenges. These communities interact to deliver unique and insightful perspectives to our clients across various industries. Candidates can select a preferred area as part of the application process. Further information on each consulting opportunity includes: 

Economics, Disputes & Investigations (EDI) – Our core strength is the ability to leverage a variety of different backgrounds – including economists, statisticians, accountants, and financial professionals – to analyze complex business, legal, and regulatory issues. We look for our Associates to use and further develop their economic research abilities as well as their analytical and statistical skills on cases spanning a wide range of subjects, including antitrust, accounting, competition policy, class actions, intellectual property, labor and employment, among others.  

Clinical Economics (CE) – Our core strength is our ability to harness and unlock the power of information generated in the healthcare system. We regularly leverage financial, clinical, operations, and survey data maintained by payers, providers, manufacturers, and government entities to develop solutions to our clients’ most pressing issues. Our experts have decades of experience and specialize in areas such as healthcare policy, finance, care delivery and clinical economics, reimbursement, operations, regulatory compliance, and health data and data management. 

Healthcare Performance Improvement Analytics (HPI Analytics) - Our core strength is providing measurable and sustainable results to our clients, including standalone community hospitals, multihospital health systems, and major academic medical centers. Our data focused approach to performance improvement helps hospitals transform their organizations and significantly improve their margins, with strategies that emphasize rapid results and considerable return on investment.  Our team specializes in performing advanced analytics on client datasets. We design and deliver innovative visual dashboards that provide valuable insights and support our clients' strategic initiatives. 

Responsibilities 

The work of an Associate can have quantitative and qualitative aspects, depending on the needs of specific projects and the Associate’s skills and interests. Projects range from subject matter research to data collection to the preparation of economic, statistical, financial, and other forms of analysis. Associates should be able to work as part of a team to assemble compelling evidence from data and research that forms the basis for our expert opinions. 

General Responsibilities: 

  • Review data sets and qualitative materials to understand the unique requirements and issues involved in complex projects.
  • Perform detailed research on topics relevant to a matter.
  • Participate in a team environment and work to meet deadlines and quality expectations.
  • Apply critical thinking skills.
  • Interact with senior staff, experts, and clients to clearly communicate findings and economic concepts.
  • Demonstrate creativity and efficient analytical skills to develop novel solutions tailored to unique projects.
  • Audit both own work product and work product of others to assure quality.
  • Possess strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
  • Provide valuable contributions to client deliverables and expert reports.
  • Develop and maintain electronic databases, spreadsheets and other files as dictated by project needs.

Quantitative Aspects: 

  • Identify and collect data from a variety of sources to serve the unique needs of a project.
  • Develop, maintain, and analyze databases, spreadsheets and other files as dictated by project needs.
  • Combine programming, model building, and statistical analysis skills using relational database and statistical software with economic intuition to analyze a variety of subjects. Use software such as SQL, R, Stata, SAS, Python, or Snowflake.

Qualitative Aspects: 

  • Gather and review information from academic literature, legal documents, specialized industry resources, commercial databases, or other sources appropriate for the unique requirements of a project.
  • Summarize and communicate results of your research.
  • Produce well-reasoned analysis for a variety of cases and/or projects across industries.

Qualifications 

  • Master’s or bachelor’s degree in economics, mathematics, data science, statistics, accounting, finance, healthcare administration or related fields.
  • 3.5 GPA or higher.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
  • 0–2 year of experience, including internships.
  • This position requires a highly motivated problem solver with strong analytical ability and a desire to advance within an organization.
  • Proven capability with MS Excel.
  • Experience with relational database program(s) (e.g., MS SQL Server, SAS, MS Access, Tableau, Alteryx, MS Access, MySQL, Oracle, Snowflake or Teradata) is desirable but not required. The willingness to expand those capabilities is desirable.
  • Experience with statistical analysis programs (e.g., R, Stata, SAS, Python, SPSS) is desirable but not required. The willingness to expand exposure to these tools is desirable.
  • Desire to work within a team environment.

  

Location 

With the exception of the HPI Analytics role, which is fully remote, this position is based in one of BRG’s offices and requires working with colleagues in the office three to four days a week, on average. The office location varies for each of the communities listed above: 

Clinical Economics (CE) – Baltimore, MD 

Economics, Disputes & Investigations (EDI) –  Los Angeles, New York, and the San Francisco Bay (Emeryville) area  

Healthcare Performance Improvement Analytics (HPI Analytics) –Remote 

Salary Range: $75,000 - $100,000 

Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the United States, without company sponsorship now or in the future.  

BRG was named a 2024 Campus Forward Award Winner for Large Early Career Programs by Ripplematch. This award recognizes excellence in early career hiring, celebrating programs that embrace innovative recruitment strategies, make significant investments in diversity and inclusion, and support the next generation of talent through impactful internships and entry-level programs.  

BRG is a recipient of the Human Rights Campaigns Equality 100 Award for our LGBTQ+ corporate policies, practices and beliefs.