Fall 2027 Accounting and Technology Associate

We Do Consulting Differently BRG's Accounting & Technology teams help clients analyze complex financial, operational, accounting, technological, and business issues in connection with legal, regulatory, and investigative matters. The team supports corporations, boards of directors, legal counsel, insurers, and other clients by turning complicated records and data into clear, reliable insights. About the Role As an Associate, you will support teams working on complex financial and legal matters, including commercial disputes, healthcare disputes and investigations, business insurance claims, forensic investigations, cyber investigations, international arbitrations, advisory engagements in banking and healthcare, and business valuations. You will gain hands‑on experience analyzing data and business records, developing financial models, preparing client deliverables, and supporting expert teams throughout the dispute, investigation, and regulatory compliance process. You will build your technical skills and contribute to work that shapes important legal and business outcomes. The firm is committed to helping new hires grow and succeed by providing dedicated mentors, training programs, hands‑on learning opportunities, and support from accomplished experts. What You'll Do Analyze financial statements, accounting records, operational data, and other business information. Support damages analyses, business interruption calculations, valuation work, claim preparation, and investigative findings. Assist with reconstructing financial information, developing financial models, and identifying key trends or anomalies. Help prepare expert reports, trial demonstratives, presentations, exhibits, and other client deliverables. Support client interviews, fraud investigations, compliance reviews, discovery efforts, internal controls assessments, and risk mitigation work. Collaborate with professionals across finance, accounting, economics, technology, data management, and legal disciplines. Qualifications Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Statistics, Economics or other related subject, with an expected graduation date between Winter 2026 and Summer 2027. 3.6 GPA or higher preferred. Strong quantitative, research, problem-solving, and written communication skills. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast‑paced, client‑service environment. Attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to producing high‑quality work. Willingness to consider becoming a CPA. Experience with statistical, data analysis, or programming tools such as Excel, Stata, R, Python, SQL or similar platforms is preferred. Fluency with AI tools is preferred. Candidates must be able to submit verification of their legal right to work in the United States, without company sponsorship now or in the future. Our Practice Areas Associates are hired to support project work aligned to one of our practice areas, though there may be flexibility to work across multiple practice areas. You can find more information about some of our practice areas below. 1. Business Insurance Claims (BIC) We provide immediate and strategic guidance to insurance policyholders following a catastrophe. Our BIC experts meticulously analyze financial data and operational records, develop robust financial models, and prepare comprehensive, well‑documented insurance claims, accelerating resolution and maximizing claim payments. 2. Construction We specialize in data analytics, litigation support, claims/dispute analysis, scheduling/logistics management and expert witness testimony within the construction, engineering, and architectural fields. Our team supports clients through budget and payment advisory, loss assessment and valuation, estimations and takeoffs, and insurance and damages claim valuations. 3. Commercial Disputes We combine exceptional analytical and accounting skills and industry‑specific knowledge to provide comprehensive support throughout the legal process. From initial case assessment and in‑depth damages analysis to litigation support and expert testimony in hearings, trials, arbitration, regulatory proceedings, and mediation, we deliver data‑driven insights to inform legal strategy and financial impact. 4. Cybersecurity & Investigations We help clients proactively prepare for and effectively respond to cyber threats. Our Cybersecurity experts provide data security strategy, incident response support, thorough investigations, and post‑crisis guidance. 5. Healthcare Analytics and Disputes We tackle complex legal and operational challenges in the healthcare industry using data‑driven, objective, and innovative approaches. Our experts lead litigation, advisory and risk management matters, combining deep healthcare industry expertise with cutting‑edge research, data analytics, economic and financial modeling. In addition to complex government investigations into issues of fraud and bribery in the healthcare industry, our teams work on healthcare regulatory pricing and reimbursement issues, disputes arising from healthcare M&A and joint business ventures, healthcare competition matters, FDA and medical product liability matters, healthcare commercial disputes and damages, healthcare business valuations, healthcare economics and outcomes research, and compliance issues for life sciences companies, healthcare providers, and health insurance companies. 6. Financial Institutions Advisory We are a trusted advisor to leading financial services companies. We work to help clients meet and execute strategies related to risk and regulation, compliance, financial crime, innovations in technology, accounting, cryptocurrency and blockchain, business process outsourcing, the Bank Secrecy Act, anti‑money laundering, lookbacks, data quality, and evolving customer experience expectations. 7. Forensic Technology, Investigations & Discovery Our experts partner closely with corporate legal and information technology departments to streamline the entire discovery process. They specialize in leveraging technology, people, and processes to optimize legal hold issuance, data collection, processing, document review and production. We leverage eDiscovery, data analysis and evidence gathering, vetted investigative techniques, and hypothesis testing to assist clients to conduct independent investigations of alleged accounting and financial reporting fraud, misappropriation of assets, and bribery. 8. International Arbitration We specialize in providing expert analysis and testimony in complex international disputes. Our team supports clients by providing valuation expertise and presenting evidence - both oral and written - before arbitration panels. We frequently advise on high‑profile cases involving disputes between investors and governments concerning investor expectations, regulatory regime changes, indirect expropriation, sovereign insurance claims, and damages. Locations Associates will primarily be hired in locations like Washington DC, New York, Boston, Houston, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Associates are expected to work a minimum of 3 days per week from an office, though we highly encourage new Associates to work from the office as often as possible. Deadline for priority review: September 5 Deadline for secondary review: September 19 Deadline for final review: October 16 Salary Range: $85,000 - $100,000 Global Competition Review recently recognized BRG as an Outstanding firm in GCR 100: Economics 2025, which ranks the world's leading economic consultancies. Consulting Magazine recognized BRG as a Best Firms to Work for in 2025 BRG is a recipient of the Human Rights Campaigns Equality 100 Award for our LGBTQ+ corporate policies, practices and beliefs. About BRG BRG combines world‑leading academic credentials with world‑tested business expertise and purpose‑built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead. At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading‑edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real‑world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe. Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients' challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world. At BRG, we don't just show you what's possible. We're built to help you make it happen. BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Berkeley Research Group