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Viral Haria

Data Quality & Governance Specialist

~10 years turning messy financial and ESG data into reliable, audit-ready datasets. SQL, AI/GPT automation, and a track record of cutting manual effort by 90%+.

0+Years Experience
0+Data Points Governed
0%+Manual Effort Reduced

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Career Timeline

A decade of data management across financial services and ESG programs.

Associate – Data Specialist

MSCI Services Inc.

Jan 2021 – PresentFull-time
  • ›Lead ESG data delivery across collection, cleansing, calibration, validation, and release; translate business requirements into actionable technical specifications.
  • ›Drive data quality outcomes via SQL-based reconciliations, control checks, exception analysis, and evidence-based QA reviews.
  • ›Design and optimize AI/GPT workflows to improve extraction accuracy/coverage by ~30% and accelerate processing timelines.
  • ›Build scalable extraction logic using RegEx and rule-based tagging across heterogeneous sources; maintain documentation for repeatability and traceability.
  • ›Partner with product/engineering/operations stakeholders to prioritize deliverables and mentor junior analysts.

Analyst – Data Specialist

MSCI Services Inc.

Jun 2018 – Dec 2020Full-time
  • ›Refined extraction logic for 100+ data points to improve consistency and integrity across sources.
  • ›Automated metric identification/tagging using RegEx and rules to increase throughput and reduce manual intervention.
  • ›Executed SQL validation and Postman API testing to enforce robust QA and reduce recurring data issues.
  • ›Documented requirements, rules, and validation evidence; collaborated with engineering/product teams and supported knowledge transfer.

Data Analyst

Propellum Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Dec 2015 – Jun 2018Full-time
  • ›Automated extraction of job-related data from multiple platforms, reducing manual effort by 90%+ and improving delivery speed.
  • ›Created reusable templates and workflows to convert unstructured postings into high-consistency structured datasets.
  • ›Collaborated with engineering/product teams to optimize scraping logic and pipeline reliability; handled client requirement gathering and onboarding support.

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Skills & Tools

Core competencies built across a decade of financial and ESG data programs.

Data & Governance

Data Quality Controls95%
SQL & Reconciliation92%
Data Lineage & Traceability90%
ESG / Financial Data88%

Automation & AI

AI/GPT & Prompt Engineering88%
OpenAI APIs85%
RegEx & Rule-based Extraction90%
Web Scraping & Crawling82%

Tools & Process

Postman (API Testing)88%
Advanced Excel92%
JIRA / Agile80%
Stakeholder Management85%

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Featured Projects

High-impact data initiatives from across my career.

AI/GPT Extraction Workflow

Designed and deployed OpenAI API-powered workflows with custom prompt engineering to extract ESG metrics from heterogeneous document sources at scale.

→~30% improvement in extraction accuracy and coverage; significantly reduced processing timelines.
OpenAI APIPrompt EngineeringPythonESG Data

RegEx Automation Framework

Built a scalable, reusable extraction framework using RegEx and rule-based tagging to convert unstructured data into structured, validated datasets.

→90%+ reduction in manual effort; improved repeatability and traceability across data pipelines.
RegExAutomationData PipelineDocumentation

ESG Data Governance Program

Owned end-to-end data management for large-scale ESG datasets — from collection and cleansing through calibration, validation, and controlled delivery aligned to regulatory expectations.

→Governed 300+ data points with consistent definitions and documented business rules, improving dataset reliability and audit readiness.
SQLData QualityESGAudit Readiness

SQL Reconciliation & QA Framework

Implemented data quality controls covering completeness, accuracy, and timeliness using SQL reconciliations, exception tracking, and Postman-based API validation.

→Reduced recurring data issues; produced evidence-based QA packs supporting lineage investigation and stakeholder sign-off.
SQLPostmanQAData Quality

Job Data Extraction Pipeline

Automated extraction of job-related data from multiple platforms using scraping logic and reusable templates, converting unstructured postings into high-consistency structured datasets.

→90%+ reduction in manual effort; improved delivery speed and data consistency for downstream clients.
Web ScrapingAutomationData PipelinePython
Open to new opportunities

Let's work together

I'm currently open to Data Analyst, Data Quality, or Data Governance roles. If you're looking for someone who can own data programs end-to-end and drive measurable quality improvements, let's connect.