Bilingual Talent Acquisition Lead (French/English)

Momentum Financial Services Group; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Ontario seeks a Bilingual Talent Acquisition Lead to enhance recruitment strategies for English and French-speaking markets. This role focuses on ensuring a seamless candidate experience and maintaining high recruitment standards. Responsibilities include implementing best practices in bilingual talent acquisition, improving DEI strategies, and managing recruitment metrics. Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in full-cycle recruitment and a degree in Human Resources or a related field. Remote work options are available.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of full-cycle recruitment experience in bilingual or multilingual hiring.
• Proven success recruiting across diverse linguistic and cultural contexts.
• Knowledge of HR systems such as Greenhouse and Workday is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement recruitment best practices to meet bilingual hiring needs.
• Conduct resume reviews, pre-screens, and interviews in both languages.
• Negotiate competitive employment offers aligned with market standards.
• Guide inclusive recruitment strategies to enhance workforce diversity.

Skills

Bilingual proficiency (English and French)

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Data-driven mindset

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Education

College or university degree in Human Resources or related field

Tools

Greenhouse ATS

Workday

Job description

Position Overview

The Bilingual Talent Acquisition Lead collaborates with business leaders to design and implement forward-thinking recruitment strategies that address immediate hiring needs and support long-term talent objectives across English- and French-speaking markets. This role ensures a seamless, inclusive candidate experience and maintains high standards of recruitment excellence.

This position is potentially fully remote.

Key Responsibilities

1. Talent Acquisition & Sourcing — 20%

Implement recruitment best practices to meet current and future hiring needs in bilingual and multicultural markets.

Use the Greenhouse ATS and multiple sourcing channels (LinkedIn, job boards, community partnerships) to attract top bilingual talent.

Engage passive bilingual candidates through proactive sourcing and employer-branding initiatives.

Stay informed on talent-market trends, recruitment challenges, and emerging sourcing opportunities.

Conduct resume reviews, pre-screens, and interviews in English and French to ensure an equitable and smooth hiring process.

Lead interviews assessing cultural fit, technical skills, and alignment with role requirements across diverse talent pools.

Negotiate competitive employment offers aligned with company policies and bilingual-market standards.

3. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) — 20%

Guide and improve inclusive recruitment strategies that support an equitable and representative workforce.

Regularly audit job postings for accuracy, accessibility, and visibility in both languages.

4. Process Optimization & Metrics — 20%

Maximize Greenhouse utilization for sourcing, hiring, reporting, and KPI tracking in both languages.

Review weekly talent‑acquisition data (applications, hires, time‑to‑fill, skill mix by language).

Identify process‑improvement opportunities to enhance hiring speed and quality.

Recommend improvements to offer processes, bilingual onboarding workflows, and communication systems.

Eliminate low‑value tasks and streamline recruitment operations.

5. Stakeholder Partnership & Consultation — 20%

Build strong relationships with hiring managers, advising on sourcing strategies, talent‑market insights, and bilingual hiring needs.

Partner with business leaders and HR partners to assess bilingual talent availability and understand recruitment trends and implications.

Required Qualifications

Education

College or university degree in Human Resources or a related field.

Experience

Minimum 5 years of full‑cycle recruitment experience, preferably in retail or customer‑service environments requiring bilingual or multilingual hiring.

Proven success recruiting across diverse linguistic and cultural contexts.

Knowledge of HR systems such as Greenhouse and Workday (preferred).

Technical & Professional Skills

Professional written and oral proficiency in English and French.

Proven ability to manage multiple requests, stakeholders, and competing priorities.

Strong communication skills, including the ability to present recruitment metrics to leadership in both languages.

Excellent organizational, follow-up, and problem‑solving abilities.

Ability to thrive in a high-volume, fast‑paced environment with strong attention to detail.

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and build trust across the organization.

Data‑driven mindset with ability to analyze metrics and deliver actionable insights.

Critical thinking and proactive problem‑solving capabilities.

Knowledge of labor‑market trends, competitive intelligence, and evolving recruitment technologies.

Cultural awareness and ability to adapt recruiting strategies to diverse regional and linguistic contexts.

• Money Mart will review all submissions, and interview the most qualified candidates based on their knowledge, skills, abilities, and other competencies.
• Candidates who do not meet the requirements, in the recruitment process, for employment will remain classified as applicants and may re‑apply for any future job posting and shall receive equal consideration.
• Only successful applicants will be contacted.
• All resumes will be kept on file for a period of three months.
• Money Mart is committed to protecting the rights of individuals to privacy with regard to the processing of personal data.
• It is necessary for Money Mart to process personal data in the normal and proper conduct of business operations.
• Such processing will be conducted fairly and lawfully in accordance with Canada’s Federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act including the ten principles set out in the National Canadian Standards Association: Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information.
• If there is a query regarding the accuracy of your personal data then your query will be dealt with fairly and impartially.
• Money Mart holds data on prospective, current and former candidates, as well as prospective, current and former staff
• This data is held securely in electronic and/or as a paper record.
• The processing of this data is subject to the rules laid down under Canada’s Federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
• Personal data will only be used for the proper purposes of the employment business.
• The protection of your personal data will be governed by the provisions of Canada’s Federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. Access to your data will be restricted to those personnel to whom it is necessary for proper purposes.

Please be informed that your application to this job offer will trigger some processing of your personal data by the recruiting company, the data controller. Greenhouse, the data processor, has no control over such personal data processing. For more information on these personal data processing, please refer to the recruiting company’s privacy policy.