Business Analyst Intern
At Charles River Analytics, our unparalleled team of technologists works together at the forefront of enhanced AI, robotics, smart sensing, and human-centered computing. We are a 100% employee-owned company, encouraging participation, innovation, and responsibility from our entire staff. At Charles River, we take great pride in our success at attracting and retaining the most talented and creative problem-solvers in our field. Join one of Boston's Best Places to Work!
CRA is seeking a Business Analyst Intern to assist with numerous aspects of the Operations Support Services (OSS) division’s day-to-day operations, with a focus on project management, proposal production, and other business operations initiatives. The ideal candidate will balance strong work ethic/attention to detail with an interest in understanding impacts on overall business processes and objectives while enhancing their computer skills and learning new systems and software.
Day to day:
- Support preparation of monthly project management information for technical divisions, including financial reporting, labor assignments, and action items
- Provide data curation/entry support for our project management system (Unanet) and our sales and proposal management system (SalesForce)
- Offer data retrieval/entry/maintenance support for company wiki, risk management, project deliverables, proposal documents and supporting information (e.g. resumes), and other areas as needed
- Complete special projects as assigned, based on intern skillset, software proficiency, and experience level
What we are seeking:
- U.S. Citizenship
- In pursuit of a Bachelor’s degree in business/related field or with equivalent experience
- Availability to work 40hrs/week for 12 summer weeks, Monday through Friday
- Preference to candidates that can start part-time virtually this spring (8-10 hours a week) and full time in the summer
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel (experience with Microsoft Project is a strong plus); ability to quickly learn new systems software programs and problem-solve where appropriate
- Efficient and accurate data entry/curation and database maintenance (experience with data analysis and ability to identify and flag discrepancies is a plus)
- Strong follow-up skills and ability to organize applicable timelines and follow up with internal customer needs
- Ability to work well individually as well as within a team environment
- High level of business acumen and discretion concerning internal information
- Previous exposure to Salesforce, or other (including custom) database applications preferred