The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist leads recruitment strategies, influences hiring outcomes, and collaborates with various teams to streamline the hiring process, focusing on sourcing and closing roles in a high-growth environment.
Who We Are:
At Emburse, you’ll not just imagine the future – you’ll build it. As a leader in travel and expense solutions, we are creating a future where technology drives business value and inspires extraordinary results.
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Summary
People Operations supports Emburse’s vision by championing employees as our greatest asset. We deliver exceptional service, promote growth and inclusion, and foster a culture of respect, creativity, and innovation.
About the Team
Join a team of three dedicated TA professionals building a world-class, globally informed recruiting function. We focus on humanizing the hiring process through transparency, reliability, and an exceptional candidate experience. We serve as Emburse’s hub for talent expertise, developing strong partnerships and diverse, high-quality talent pipelines.
This is a hybrid role based in our lovely Toronto office 3 days per week, to foster our fun and collaborative culture!
Position Summary
The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist leads sourcing and closing strategies, influences hiring outcomes, and drives impactful recruiting programs. This role requires comfort with ambiguity, independent execution, and strong collaboration across regions and teams.
Essential Functions
Scope & Influence
Manage 8–12 complex, concurrent searches.
Own sourcing and closing strategies, often in undefined or evolving scenarios.
Deliver independently and in partnership with hiring managers, HR, and Finance.
Execution
Lead scalable, innovative sourcing and closing strategies.
Remove hiring barriers and accelerate the recruiting process.
Balance short- and long-term priorities in challenging situations.
Drive cross-functional alignment and adoption of recruiting methodologies.
Provide expertise and guidance to partners at all levels.
Communication
Communicate clearly and concisely in all formats.
Facilitate detailed discussions and present decisions confidently to senior leaders (up to 3 tiers above).
Impact
Influence hiring outcomes, efficiency, and performance metrics.
Support initiatives with significant cross-regional reach.
Process Improvement
Improve and streamline recruiting processes.
Establish predictable workflows and champion new tools and channels.
Other duties as assigned.
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in high-growth environments.
At least 2 recent years sourcing and screening highly technical, software development talent.
SaaS recruiting experience preferred.
Experience with ATS platforms required; Experience with Lever a plus.
Required Skills
Expertise in sourcing and closing amid ambiguity.
Strong tactical and strategic recruiting capabilities.
Exceptional communication skills across varied audiences.
Ability to influence hiring outcomes and manage projects effectively.
Proven process improvement and tool adoption experience.
Why Emburse?
Finance is changing—and at Emburse, we’re leading the way. Our AI-powered solutions help organizations eliminate inefficiencies, gain real-time visibility, and optimize spend—so they can focus on what’s next, not what’s slowing them down.
• A Company with Momentum – We serve 12M+ users across 120 countries, helping businesses modernize
their finance operations.
• A Team That Innovates – Work alongside some of the brightest minds in finance, tech, and AI to solve real-
world challenges.
• A Culture That Empowers – Competitive pay, flexible work, and an inclusive, collaborative environment that
supports your success.
• A Career That Matters – Your work here drives efficiency, innovation, and smarter financial decision-making
for businesses everywhere.
Shape your future & find what’s next at Emburse.
Emburse provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Emburse complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.
Top Skills
Ats Platforms
Lever
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