How to hire an advisory system analyst

How to hire an advisory system analyst, step by step

Here's a step-by-step advisory system analyst hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an advisory system analyst job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new advisory system analyst
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The advisory system analyst hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   Hiring the perfect advisory system analyst also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   The following list breaks down different types of advisory system analysts and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Advisory System Analyst	Description	Hourly rate
   Advisory System Analyst	Computer systems analysts study an organization’s current computer systems and procedures and design information systems solutions to help the organization operate more efficiently and effectively. They bring business and information technology (IT) together by understanding the needs and limitations of both.	$32-53
   Analyst Lead	The duties of an analyst lead depend on one's line of work or industry of employment. Typically, their responsibilities revolve around performing research and analysis, coordinating with different departments to gather leads and data, reviewing findings, and producing reports and presentations for the stakeholders and other higher-ranking officials... Show more	$35-58
   Clinical Analyst	A clinical analyst is responsible for monitoring the efficiency of the hospital's computer systems, resolving network issues, and conducting configuration to improve infrastructure. Clinical analysts manage data management procedures, ensuring the safety and security of the systems across the institution to protect the network from unauthorized access and confidentiality risks... Show more	$29-50

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Financial Models
   • Macro
   • CRM
   • Mergers
   • Tableau
   • Onsite
   • Data Analysis
   • DB2
   • PL/SQL
   • Management System
   • UAT
   • Unix
   • BI
   • Production Environment

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   Responsibilities:

   • Design system architecture and electrical systems, develop system test plan and manage technical suppliers.
   • Key projects handle include LOR upgrade, CRM ESB, IVR.
   • Participate in CFT/S UAT testing.
   • Load balancing of application servers across DB2 data sharing members.
   • Develop XSLT for transforming message like XML to JSON and vice versa.
   • Define and implement measurement and metric reports, utilizing process data from DB2 tables using SQL.

   More advisory system analyst duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the advisory system analyst job description is a good way to get more applicants. An advisory system analyst salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for an advisory system analyst in Michigan may be lower than in California, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level advisory system analyst. Additionally, an advisory system analyst with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average advisory system analyst salary

   $87,817yearly

   $42.22 hourly rate

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   Entry-level advisory system analyst salary

   $68,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 5, 2025

   Average advisory system analyst salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$112,868	$54
   2	Washington	$93,285	$45
   3	New York	$91,404	$44
   4	Connecticut	$89,695	$43
   5	New Jersey	$89,184	$43
   6	District of Columbia	$88,879	$43
   7	Pennsylvania	$87,933	$42
   8	Delaware	$86,446	$42
   9	Maryland	$85,755	$41
   10	Massachusetts	$84,307	$41
   11	Louisiana	$83,839	$40
   12	Texas	$82,872	$40
   13	Virginia	$82,282	$40
   14	Minnesota	$80,625	$39
   15	Arizona	$80,407	$39
   16	Georgia	$80,372	$39
   17	Oklahoma	$78,753	$38
   18	South Carolina	$78,518	$38
   19	Wisconsin	$78,108	$38
   20	North Carolina	$77,841	$37

   Average advisory system analyst salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	BGC Partners	$112,714	$54.19
   2	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$108,482	$52.15	10
   3	Evercore	$102,188	$49.13	10
   4	Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group	$101,289	$48.70
   5	Randstad North America, Inc.	$96,747	$46.51	10
   6	Ricoh	$96,143	$46.22	3
   7	Cushman & Wakefield	$95,648	$45.98	13
   8	Lazard	$94,967	$45.66
   9	RCI	$94,448	$45.41
   10	PJT Partners	$94,300	$45.34	5
   11	Guy Carpenter	$93,299	$44.86
   12	Blackstone Group	$92,541	$44.49
   13	Perella Weinberg Partners	$91,486	$43.98
   14	Citizens Financial Group	$89,402	$42.98	2
   15	CBRE Group	$88,948	$42.76	43
   16	Robert Half	$88,209	$42.41	71
   17	Bank of America	$87,001	$41.83	13
   18	Rothschild North America Inc.	$86,988	$41.82
   19	Ipsos Marketing US	$86,979	$41.82
   20	Houlihan Lokey	$86,913	$41.79

4. Writing an advisory system analyst job description

   A good advisory system analyst job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of an advisory system analyst job description:

   Advisory system analyst job description example

   Group Description: Evercore's Private Capital Advisory (PCA) group is an active secondary market advisor focused on providing independent advice and execution services for the owners and managers of private financial assets. Evercore PCA specializes in providing liquidity solutions to institutional investors and their managers through secondary transactions in the private equity, venture, credit, real estate and infrastructure markets. This includes private equity funds, direct co-investments, credit funds and hedge fund side pockets. PCA's clients include financial institutions, asset managers, pension funds, endowments, foundations, family offices and private equity and hedge funds. This position will be based in New York City and focused on advising limited partners on sales of portfolios of private assets. PCA is seeking intelligent, mature individuals, preferably with past experience in finance or investment banking, the desire and flexibility to work in an entrepreneurial environment and the ability to learn on the job. In addition, analysts must demonstrate the ability to work on several projects concurrently and possess the desire to learn and work hard.
   
   What is the position? Evercore seeks to hire an Analyst for its limited partner-focused Private Capital Advisory business located in NYC. Evercore offers highly qualified analysts the chance to advance more rapidly and take on more responsibility than in traditional bulge-bracket firms, exposure to blue-chip clients, and the chance to be part of rapidly growing, highly regarded firm.
   Specific Qualifications:
   
   * Recent college graduate (Class of 2022)
   * At least one internship in investment banking, finance or consulting strongly preferred
   * Finance or Accounting major (preferred)
   * Superior analytical skills and demonstrated excellence in academic coursework
   * Strong interpersonal skills and ability to articulate ideas
   * Strong communications skills, both written and oral
   * Strong work ethic
   * Enthusiastic, outgoing and achievement-oriented character
   * Highly attentive to detail
   
   About Evercore: Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm. We are dedicated to helping our clients achieve superior results through trusted independent and innovative advice on matters of strategic significance to boards of directors, management teams, and shareholders - including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder advisory, restructurings, and capital structure. Evercore also assists clients in raising public, private capital, delivers equity research, equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth individuals. Founded in 1995, the Firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices and affiliate offices in major financial centers in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information, please visit www.evercore.com
   
   Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment: Evercore is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right advisory system analyst for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with advisory system analysts they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit advisory system analysts who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your advisory system analyst job on Zippia to find and attract quality advisory system analyst candidates.
   • Use niche websites such as dice, engineering.com, stack overflow, it job pro.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit advisory system analysts, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   While interviews are great, you will only sometimes learn enough from a conversation with an advisory system analyst applicant. In those cases, having candidates complete a test project can go a long way in figuring out who's the most likely to succeed in the role. If you aren't a technical person and don't know how to design an appropriate test, you can ask someone else on the team to create it or take a look at these websites to get a few ideas:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new advisory system analyst

   Once you've selected the best advisory system analyst candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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