Employment and partnership opportunities

Full-time positions
Immediate openings

Job overview

If you have a strong interest in language technologies, specifically in computer-aided professional translation tools, this is the position for you. We are looking for someone who is detail-oriented, with strong analytical and priority management skills. A career with us means the opportunity to leverage language technologies in a more strategic and rewarding manner than ever. You will be coached by the CAPT Team Leader and will be part of a solid and friendly team.

Primary duties

• Handle pre- and post-processing of translation files using CAPT tools
• Help ensure the professional and effective management of an extensive translation memory infrastructure
• Support the Versacom Service/Project Management team in analyzing and planning language projects and formulating expert recommendations for optimizing execution strategies and strategic issue management
• Ensure technical support for CAPT tools
• On occasion, perform certain desktop publishing and localization tasks
• Align documents for integration into translation memories

Education and skills

• Diploma of Collegial Studies in a related field
• At least three years’ experience in a technology-related position
• Ideally, experience with a professional language services firm
• Fluency in French and excellent understanding of written English
• Ideally, experience with a computer-aided professional translation tool
• Ideally, solid knowledge of HTML, XML and SGML
• Ideally, knowledge of Web technologies and InDesign software
• Proven priority-management and organizational skills
• Strong intellectual curiosity
• Exceptional rigour and attention to detail
• High level of resourcefulness, autonomy and thoroughness
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills
• The ambition to fully commit to a career in a 100% professional, market-leading language firm

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Full-time position
Immediate opening

Job overview

If you have at least 10 years’ experience in accounting, this position may be ideally suited to you! We are looking for a detail-oriented individual who would excel in managing the accounting activities of a small Montréal-based business in the service sector. Working with us, you would have the opportunity to apply your professional judgment in finding, choosing and implementing solutions tailored to the challenges we face and thrive on every day. As a key member of a dynamic and close-knit team, you would be supported and inspired by our President.

Primary duties

• Prepare monthly and annual financial statements
• Analyze expenditure items
• Participate in cash flow management
• Participate in the company’s budgetary process and that of its subsidiaries
• Manage the executive payroll
• Meet CSST financial requirements
• Help audit accounts receivable together with the Assistant Vice-President, Administration
• Supervise one staff member

Education and skills

• A university degree (bachelor’s or higher) in accounting or a related field (or relevant experience)
• At least seven years’ experience in a similar position in the service sector (SMB)
• Experience in supervising staff
• Knowledge of accounting software
• Proficiency in Avantage software, an asset
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and proficiency in Excel
• Solid knowledge of Canadian and Québec taxation
• Fluency in French and working knowledge of English
• Strong analytical skills
• Sense of urgency and ability to prioritize
• High level of efficiency, autonomy and thoroughness
• High degree of discretion and proven ability to protect confidential information
• Team spirit and good interpersonal skills
• The ambition to fully commit to a career in a market-leading professional language firm

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Full-time position
Immediate opening

Job overview

If you are a seasoned financial translator with experience in other fields, this is the position for you. You will also be required to revise. Attention to detail and strong research skills are a must. You will be called on to exercise your professional judgment in finding and choosing the information required to accurately translate a variety of documents—often specialized. You will be guided by a seasoned reviser and work in close collaboration with our Project Management Centre and Terminology Centre. You will also help maintain win-win, professional relationships with our clients.

Primary duties

• Translate texts, primarily in the financial sector, within established time frames and in keeping with Versacom's stringent quality standards
• Revise such texts, as needed
• Conduct any necessary terminology and documentary research
• Leverage the strategic potential of each text, in accordance with client objectives
• Working with the Project Management Centre, keep close track of current projects and deadlines
• Use translation-assistance, research and management tools judiciously

Education and skills

• A university degree (bachelor’s or higher) in translation
• At least five years’ experience in financial translation (mutual funds, securities, stock markets, economics)
• Experience in revision
• Experience in legal translation, an asset
• Flawless command of the English language and excellent understanding of French
• Ideally, training in mutual funds, securities, stock markets and economics
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Insatiable intellectual curiosity
• Excellent documentary research skills
• Proficiency in the tools commonly used in the language industry
• High level of efficiency, autonomy and thoroughness
• Professionalism and a strong client focus
• Team spirit and good interpersonal skills
• Ideally, membership (or plans to obtain membership) in a professional translators’ association
• The ambition to fully commit to a career in a market-leading firm

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Contractual partner
Terms to be determined jointly

Job overview

We have always counted on a strong network of dedicated partners, whom we consider to be full-fledged members of our extended family of language professionals and to whom we entrust a wealth of interesting and varied projects each year. These partners receive all the support they need to excel and have access to an exclusive range of cutting-edge tools and documentation resources.

We are always looking for new, experienced partners to translate texts into French, English or a multitude of other languages, particularly in the following fields:

• Banking
• Finance—especially investment and securities
• Government
• Information and communications technologies
• Insurance (auto, home, life and health)
• Law
• Life sciences (medical and pharmaceutical)
• Marketing (adaptation)
• Transportation (particularly rail and air)
• Various technical fields

Primary duties

• Translate strategic, general, technical or marketing texts in a variety of fields, within established time frames and in keeping with Versacom's stringent quality standards
• Conduct any necessary terminology and documentary research and perform meticulous self-revision
• Strive to leverage the communicational impact of each text based on the client's objectives
• Working with the Project Management Centre, keep close track of current projects and deadlines
• Use translation-support, research and management tools effectively (as applicable)
• Act as an ambassador for Versacom in all dealings with clients

Education and skills

• A university degree (bachelor’s or higher) in translation or a related field
• Knowledge of at least one of our areas of specialization listed above
• Ideally, has completed the Canadian Securities Course (for financial translators)
• At least three years’ experience in translation
• Flexibility to work on projects outside of normal business hours
• Perfect fluency in his/her working languages
• Exceptional rigour and attention to detail
• Insatiable intellectual curiosity
• Excellent writing and documentary research skills and the ability to apply them to translation
• Proficiency in the tools commonly used in the language industry
• High level of efficiency, autonomy and reliability
• Professionalism and a strong client focus
• Team spirit and good interpersonal skills
• Ability to efficiently manage multiple priorities
• Ideally, is a certified member of an association of language professionals or intends to become one
• Keenly interested in partnering with a market-leading firm

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Contractual partner
Terms to be determined jointly

Job overview

We have always counted on a strong network of dedicated partners, whom we consider to be full-fledged members of our extended family of language professionals and to whom we entrust a wealth of interesting and varied projects each year. These partners receive all the support they need to excel and have access to an exclusive range of cutting-edge tools and documentation resources.

We boast the largest terminology centre in Canada’s private sector. We are always looking for new, experienced partners to help us provide daily terminology research, creation and standardization support to our translators, and to carry out other ad hoc or more extensive projects (extraction of specialized terms from texts, research, linguistic studies, lexicon development, telephone consultations, etc.). Our main areas of specialization are:

• Banking
• Finance—especially investment and securities
• Government
• Information and communications technologies
• Insurance (auto, home, life and health)
• Law
• Life sciences (medical and pharmaceutical)
• Marketing (adaptation)
• Transportation (particularly rail and air)
• Various technical fields

Primary duties

• Conduct terminology research and promptly suggest effective equivalents that satisfy linguistic construction standards and take into account each client’s overall situation and requirements
• In certain cases, carry out other types of terminology research, creation and standardization projects (extraction of specialized terms from texts, linguistic studies, lexicon development, telephone consultations, etc.)
• Contribute to the management and ongoing enrichment of Versacom’s terminology databases
• Working with our Terminology Centre and Project Management Centre, keep close track of current projects and deadlines
• Use research and management tools effectively
• Act as an ambassador for Versacom in all dealings with clients

Education and skills

• A university degree (bachelor’s or higher) in translation or terminology
• At least three years’ experience in terminology (or translation)
• Knowledge of at least one of our areas of specialization listed above
• Ideally, experience in providing daily terminology research support to translators
• Perfect fluency in his/her working languages
• Proficiency in the tools commonly used in the language industry, and specifically in terminology
• Flexibility to work on occasional projects outside of normal business hours
• High level of efficiency, autonomy and reliability
• Ability to efficiently manage multiple priorities
• Exceptional rigour and attention to detail
• Insatiable intellectual curiosity
• Professionalism and a strong client focus
• Team spirit and good interpersonal skills
• Ideally, is a certified member of an association of language professionals or intends to become one
• Keenly interested in partnering with a market-leading firm

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