Budget Coordinator – Administrative Assistant

Telesat

Budget Coordinator managing budgeting and financial administration for LEO organization. Collaborating with teams for accurate financial tracking and reporting across the organization.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeOttawa • 🇨🇦 CanadaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

Requirements

What you’ll need

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

Benefits

Comp & perks

Government of Canada security clearance required
Hybrid work arrangement with minimum 4 days on-site

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Hard Skills & Tools

budgetingfinancial reportingaccounting supportdata analysisfinancial analysisadministrative coordinationaccrualscapitalizationforecastingvariance analysis

Soft Skills

analytical skillsorganizational skillscommunication skillsteam alignmentproblem-solvingattention to detailpresentation skillsstakeholder managementcollaborationtime management

Certifications

post-secondary diploma in accountingpost-secondary diploma in business