Associate/Cyber Incident Response eDiscovery (Forensic Services practice)

About Charles River Associates Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations, and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns. Practice Overview CRA’s Forensic Services practice primary purpose is to support our clients’ commitment to integrity and reliability. Our work involves assisting companies and their counsel in independently responding to allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct and non-compliance. We are foremost in deploying cross-trained teams of forensic professionals to assist our clients in swiftly gaining deeper insights and greater value. Our commitment to our clients is to help them better anticipate and manage challenging events, to ultimately become more resilient. Position Overview We are seeking an Associate to join our Cyber Incident Response & eDiscovery team in Chicago, Boston, Washington, DC, or New York. In this role, you will support high-profile cyber incident response matters, data breach investigations, and complex eDiscovery engagements. Working alongside experienced consultants, attorneys, and clients, you will help identify and analyze potentially impacted information, transforming complex datasets into actionable insights. Using CRA's eDiscovery technology suite, you will process, organize, analyze, and report on large volumes of structured and unstructured data to support regulatory, legal, and investigative objectives. The role offers significant opportunities for professional development through formal training, mentorship, and exposure to complex client engagements. Responsibilities Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Support cyber incident response and data breach investigations involving sensitive data. Process, organize, and analyze large datasets using industry-standard eDiscovery and forensic technologies. Conduct data analysis and data mining to identify personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), other sensitive data types. Assist with and learn to manage and administer review databases, including data loading, workspace configuration, user management, and reporting. Perform quality control procedures to ensure the accuracy of deliverables. Assist in the preparation of client-facing updates and reports. Collaborate with cross-functional project teams to manage competing priorities and meet critical deadlines. Contribute to corporate initiatives as needed, such as recruiting, training, business development support,…