Lead, Data Validation Specialist

Company: Addepar
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Location: Edinburgh
Job Description:

Overview

Lead a team that ensures financial data accuracy during new client onboarding. You will oversee daily workflows, uphold data quality across projects, and coordinate with cross-functional partners. This role is behind-the-scenes, focused on structured data work and precision, with opportunities to improve processes and scale data validation. You will shape a collaborative team culture and contribute to the global data validation function, including AI-driven improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor Data Validation Specialists and support career development
  • Oversee workload, prioritization, and on-time, high-quality delivery
  • Review and audit validation projects to ensure standards
  • Drive process improvements to increase data occurrence, reduce turnaround time, and scale operations
  • Develop and maintain documentation, templates, and SOPs for data validation
  • Collaborate with Sales, Client Solutions, Product and Engineering on integrated solutions
  • Foster collaborative culture with focus on client success
  • Identify and implement AI-driven automation and LLM integrations to streamline implementation

Key requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a data-oriented field
  • 3+ years in data validation, financial operations, or data quality assurance
  • 1+ year of people leadership or team coordination preferred
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills with high-volume data accuracy
  • Excellent communication and cross-team influence
  • Proficiency with spreadsheets (e.g., Excel), internal tools, and web-based platforms
  • Familiarity with financial data is a plus; fast learner and process-oriented with attention to detail
  • strong communication
  • collaboration
  • continuous improvement mindset
  • Excel and other spreadsheets
  • internal tools and web-based platforms
  • data validation and data quality assurance

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Posted: September 14th, 2026