Lead, Data Validation Specialist

Addepar1; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Addepar is seeking a Lead, Data Validation Specialist to oversee a team ensuring accuracy and integrity of financial data during new client onboarding. You’ll manage daily workflows, mentor staff, and collaborate with Sales, Client Solutions, Product, and Engineering to deliver reliable data conversions and scalable processes.

This non-client-facing role emphasizes consistency, attention to detail, and a collaborative culture, with UK work rights required from day one.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (Business, Finance, Math, Economics or data-oriented field)
• 3+ years in data validation, financial operations, data quality assurance, or related field
• 1+ year of people leadership or team coordination preferred
• Strong organizational and analytical skills with accuracy in high-volume data
• Excellent communication skills to guide across teams
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, internal tools, and web platforms
• Familiarity with financial data is a plus, quick to learn structured processes
• Process-oriented with strong attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Data Validation Specialists, supporting career development, delivering regular feedback, and helping individuals thrive in their role
• Manage a team’s work allocation, prioritization, and execution to ensure on-time, high-quality project delivery
• Review and audit data validation projects to ensure adherence to standards and best practices
• Drive process improvements to increase data occurrence, reduce turnaround time, and enhance scalability
• Develop and maintain documentation, templates, and standard operating procedures for data validation
• Collaborate cross-functionally across global teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Foster a team culture valuing collaboration, learning, and client success
• Identify and implement AI-driven automation and LLM integrations to streamline implementation

Skills

Team leadership

Data validation

Data quality assurance

Analytical thinking

Excel

Internal tools

Process improvement

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Internal tools

Web-based platforms

Job description

Who We Are

Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. Addepar unifies portfolio, market and client data in a total portfolio view and delivers AI-powered insights within investment and client workflows. More than 1,400 firms in nearly 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on nearly $9 trillion in assets. Its open platform integrates with nearly 650 software, data and consulting partners to power end-to-end investment operations across firms of all sizes and complexity. Addepar supports clients worldwide with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, London, Edinburgh, Pune, Dubai, Geneva, Singapore and São Paulo.

The Role

We are seeking a Lead, Data Validation Specialist to oversee a team of Data Validation Specialists responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data during new client onboarding. You’ll manage daily workflows, ensure consistent data quality across projects, and serve as the primary liaison between the Data Validations team and cross-functional partners.

This is primarily a non-client-facing role that plays a key part behind the scenes, requiring focus, consistency, and comfort with repetitive work. It’s a great fit for someone who enjoys working with data in a structured way and takes pride in getting the details right.

You’ll be instrumental in fostering a collaborative team culture, driving consistency in our data conversions, and contributing to the growth of both your team and our global function.

Applicants must have, and maintain, the right to work in the United Kingdom from the first day of employment. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and mentor a team of Data Validation Specialists, supporting career development, delivering regular feedback, and helping individuals thrive in their role
• Manage a team’s work allocation, prioritization, and execution to ensure on-time, high-quality project delivery
• Review and audit data validation projects to ensure adherence to standards and best practices
• Drive process improvements to increase data occurrence, reduce turnaround time, and enhance scalability
• Develop and maintain documentation, templates, and standard operating procedures for data validation
• Collaborate cross-functionally across global teams, including Sales, Client Solutions, Product, and Engineering, to deliver integrated solutions
• Foster a team culture that values collaboration, learning, and a shared commitment to client success
• Identify and implement AI-driven automation and LLM integrations to streamline implementation

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, ideally in Business, Finance, Math, Economics, or another data-oriented field
• 3+ years of experience in data validation, financial operations, data quality assurance, or a related field
• 1+ year of people leadership or team coordination experience preferred
• Strong organizational and analytical skills, with a proven track record of maintaining accuracy in high-volume data environments
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to guide and influence across teams
• Proficiency with spreadsheets (e.g., Excel), internal tools, and web-based platforms
• Familiarity with financial data is a plus, but not required. Quick to learn new systems and follow structured processes for data navigation and validation
• Process-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset and strong attention to detail

Our Values

• Act Like an Owner - Think and operate with intention, purpose and care. Own outcomes.
• Build Together - Collaborate to unlock the best solutions. Deliver lasting value.
• Champion Our Clients - Exceed client expectations. Our clients’ success is our success.
• Drive Innovation - Be bold and unconstrained in problem solving. Transform the industry.
• Embrace Learning - Engage our community to broaden our perspective. Bring a growth mindset.

In addition to our core values, Addepar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We seek to bring together diverse ideas, experiences, skill sets, perspectives, backgrounds and identities to drive innovative solutions. We commit to promoting a welcoming environment where inclusion and belonging are held as a shared responsibility.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.