Lead, Data Validation Specialist New Pune, India

Addepar, Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Addepar, Inc. seeks a Lead, Data Validation Specialist in Pune, India to oversee a team ensuring accuracy during onboarding. You will manage workflows, enforce quality standards, and liaise with Sales, Product and Engineering to deliver reliable data conversions.

The role emphasizes mentoring, process improvements, and hands-on review while supporting a global data validation function. Legal eligibility to work in India is required; visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a data-oriented field.
• 3+ years in data validation, financial operations, or data quality.
• 1+ year of people leadership or team coordination.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills with attention to accuracy.
• Excellent communication across teams; able to guide and influence.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Data Validation Specialists with regular feedback.
• Manage work allocation, prioritization, and on-time delivery of projects.
• Review and audit data validation work to ensure standards.
• Drive process improvements to increase data accuracy and scalability.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, templates, and documentation.
• Collaborate with Sales, Client Solutions, Product, and Engineering.
• Hands-on review of data while fulfilling leadership duties.

Skills

Data validation

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Process improvement

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

Internal tools

Web-based platforms

Job description

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 1,500 firms in 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on nearly $10 trillion in assets. Its open platform integrates with 650 software, data and consulting partners to power end-to-end investment operations across firms of all sizes and levels of complexity. Addepar supports clients worldwide with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, São Paulo, London, Edinburgh, Geneva, Warsaw, Dubai, Pune and Singapore.

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 legal authorization to work in the country where this role is based on the first day of employment. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

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
• Maintain a personal set of data validation projects, performing hands-on review and reconciliation of client data alongside team leadership responsibilities

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.