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title: 'Budget Coordinator at Telesat'
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# Budget Coordinator at Telesat

- **Company:** Telesat
- **Location:** Ottawa, Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-06-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/telesat/d71953b0-b871-49fa-8ed9-2baac1c2be1c

## Job description

We are looking for a detail-oriented professional to support budgeting and financial administration for the LEO organization. This role is key to ensuring accurate tracking, reporting, and coordination of financial activities across teams. You will manage budgets, support forecasting and reporting cycles, and collaborate with engineering, finance, and procurement stakeholders to ensure alignment and financial accuracy. Responsibilities also include coordinating pre-procurement activities, monitoring expenses, and supporting ongoing program financial tracking. This opportunity is ideal for someone with a background in business or accounting who brings strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment

Main Responsibilities

- Manage the LEO departments’ budgets by coordinating timely reporting, monitoring actuals against plan, and providing clear analysis and justification for budget variances
- Lead the preparation of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and year-end estimate updates by consolidating historical actuals and inputs from directors, and critically reviewing submissions to identify savings opportunities, errors, duplications and omissions
- Provide administrative coordination for pre-procurement activities by organizing required documentation and approvals with technical leads, management, IT, Procurement, FP&A and Legal before purchases are initiated
- Track and verify travel requests and expense submissions for team members, ensure compliance with company policy, identify discrepancies prior to approval, and follow up to ensure timely submission and resolution of outstanding items
- Support financial and program administration activities across the organization, including accruals, capitalization inputs, financial reporting, long-term plan updates, and ongoing tracking of program budgets in collaboration with Accounting and FP&A
- Analyze financial and administrative data, summarize findings, and present clear recommendations and status updates to management and other internal stakeholders
- Support the engineering management team in the preparation of documentation, briefing material, presentations, meetings and other administrative requirements as needed

## EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

- A post-secondary diploma from community college in accounting and/or business
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in budgeting, financial reporting, accounting support, or business administration
- Ability to work effectively as an individual while ensuring alignment with the team
- Excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills to collect, validate, interpret and present financial and administrative information accurately and effectively
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Workday and the ability to work effectively across financial, procurement and reporting processes involving multiple internal stakeholders

## DECISION MAKING & SUPERVISION

This role has no direct reports, but will work and interact with multi-disciplinary engineering, finance and commercial teams.

The successful candidate must be able to work in Canada and obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods program (CGP)

## #LI-NI1

## About Telesat

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Telesat is a leading global satellite operator that designs, builds, and operates advanced satellite networks to deliver critical connectivity solutions for enterprise, government, telecom, maritime, and aeronautical customers.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Nasdaq and TSX: TSAT)
- **Headquarters**: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (with offices in Bethesda, US, and other global locations)
- **Founded**: 1969 (often described as a "54-year-old start-up")
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (established as a Canadian crown corporation originally)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Satellite Communications, Telecommunications, Space Infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise, Government, Telecom operators, Maritime, Aeronautical, and Broadband service providers
- **Mission or purpose statement**: Deliver critical satellite connectivity solutions that tackle today’s most complex communications challenges, connecting the unconnected and expanding the reach of transformational technologies.

## Products & Services
- **Geostationary (GEO) Satellite Fleet**: A state-of-the-art global fleet of geostationary satellites providing reliable, high-capacity connectivity for broadcast, broadband, and enterprise customers. This is the legacy business generating current revenue.
- **Telesat Lightspeed™ (LEO Network)**: A revolutionary Low Earth Orbit satellite network optimized for enterprise and government customers. Designed to provide ubiquitous, affordable, high-capacity links with fibre-like speeds for telecom, government, maritime, and aeronautical applications. This is the company's primary growth initiative.
- **Technical Consultation & Support Services**: Industry-leading technical expertise and consulting services provided to satellite operators, insurers, and other industry stakeholders globally.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $655.4 million market cap (as of recent data)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of CAD $418M (LTM) / GEO Revenue guidance for 2026: C$300M-C$320M
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Publicly traded company; specific institutional investors not listed in search results. Key partners include telecom, government, and enterprise customers globally.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Developing Lightspeed, a next-gen LEO network with 156+ enterprise-class satellites, fully funded for global service (US$3.8B).
    - GEO backlog of C$800M and LEO backlog of C$1.1B (Q1 2026).
    - Headcount growth of +14.6% YoY (+133 people), now employing 575 people.
    - Identified 4,500+ enterprise and government accounts globally for Lightspeed go-to-market.
    - IPO in 2021.

## Competitive Advantages
- **50+ Years of Heritage**: A "54-year-old start-up" with decades of industry-leading engineering excellence and reliability, combined with a disruptive, innovative culture.
- **Dual-Architecture Strategy**: Operates both a mature, cash-flowing GEO fleet and a next-gen LEO network (Lightspeed), providing stability and a future growth engine.
- **Enterprise & Government Focus**: Lightspeed is specifically designed for the high-reliability, mission-critical needs of enterprise and government customers (a $320B addressable market), differentiating it from consumer-focused LEO constellations.
- **Established Customer Relationships**: Long-standing, collaborative partnerships with customers globally, providing deep market knowledge and a strong sales channel.

## Strategic Focus
- **Lightspeed Deployment**: The primary strategic priority is the launch and operationalization of the Telesat Lightspeed LEO network, targeting global service.
- **Revenue Transition**: Managing the transition from legacy GEO broadcast/broadband revenue to high-growth LEO enterprise and government revenue.
- **Market Expansion**: Leveraging the Lightspeed network to capture a share of the $650B LEO addressable market, with a specific focus on telecom, government, maritime, and aeronautical verticals.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Actively hiring brilliant, inspired people to bring the Lightspeed network to life and continue innovating.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as collaborative, customer-centric, and innovative. The company values openness, honesty, and integrity. It celebrates diversity and supports community involvement through volunteerism and STEM initiatives.
- **Work Environment**: Collaborative office spaces designed to foster teamwork and creativity. Remote options are available for some roles (e.g., Account Executive, Government Business Development Northern Europe is listed as remote).
- **Notable Perks & Benefits**:
    - Highly competitive salaries with performance-based compensation and annual bonuses.
    - Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
    - Parental and family leave benefits.
    - Generous paid time off, holidays, and flex days.
    - Retirement and pension plans with company matching.
    - Employee discount programs, social outings, and team-building events.
- **Engineering Culture**: A strong legacy of engineering excellence. Employees work on one of the most ambitious communications challenges in history (Lightspeed). Co-op and internship programs are available for early career talent to learn from industry experts.

## Sources
1. [Telesat.com - Careers](https://www.telesat.com/careers/)
2. [Telesat.com - About Us](https://www.telesat.com/about-us/)
3. [LinkedIn - Telesat](https://linkedin.com/company/telesat.com)
4. [Telesat.com - Jobs](https://www.telesat.com/careers/jobs/)
5. [Telesat.com - Investor Presentation (May 2026)](https://www.telesat.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Investor-Presentation-May-2026-1.pdf)

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