Overview

The Summer Associate role is a temporary position as a member of our consulting staff. This position will include eight weeks working as an entry level staff member. The position requires a highly motivated problem solver with analytical ability. The work of a Summer Associate can be either qualitative or quantitative in nature, and projects can range from industry and subject matter research to data collection to the preparation of statistical, financial, and other forms of analysis.

BRG currently has over 40 offices across the United States and internationally. This position is located in Chicago and offers advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing expert services and consulting firm.

Job Responsibilities

• Demonstrate creativity and learn to efficiently use relevant software tools, analytical methods and computer models to develop solutions
• Gain experience developing and maintaining electronic databases, spreadsheets and other files as dictated by project needs
• Perform detailed research and analysis, then put the results into action (e.g., gather, review and summarize literature and data from the public domain, specialized industry resources, or client, public and commercial databases)
• Audit own work product and work product of others to assure quality
• Organize case documents; create and maintain hard copy and electronic libraries for documents and retrieve documents from libraries as necessary
• Participate in a positive team environment and work hard to meet client deadlines and quality expectations
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills

Qualifications

• Progression towards a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the areas of economics, finance, accounting, statistics, econometrics, or other practice related subjects
• Summer Associate positions are typically reserved for students who have one year remaining in their academic program
• Proven capability and/or interest working with MS Excel and statistical analysis programs (e.g. SAS, SQL, SPSS, Stata, R) is preferred. A desire to expand those capabilities is required.