Finance & Project Operations Coordinator (Maternity Cover – Contract Role)
Make your application after reading the following skill and qualification requirements for this position.
Start: July 2025
Location: Remote (UK-based)
Contract: 10 months, with potential 3-month extension
Reporting to: Head of Performance
Salary: £35,000 per annum (approx. £29,000 for 10 months)
Join a consultancy with purpose.
At FESTIVE ROAD, we don’t just advise on corporate travel and meetings — we reshape it. We're a purpose-led, people-first global consultancy, known for combining sharp thinking with smart technology and a big dose of heart. Our global team of “Roaders” helps clients create travel programs that align with their business goals and their values. If that balance matters to you too, you’re in the right place.
The Role:
You’ll own the management and use of our Professional Services Automation (PSA) platform, Scoro, work closely with our project managers and leaders and provide hands on finance support. Your work will keep our client projects running smoothly, invoices accurate and data at our fingertips.
What you’ll do:
Support Sales
• Create client project quotes in Scoro.
• Keep people & company records up to date.
• Manage ad-hoc and scheduled sales reports, working closely with our Head of Sales and Marketing.
Support Project Leads
• Manage scope, project and task setup and changes within Scoro.
• Prepare client invoices and expenses.
• Raise purchase orders.
• Close projects and run quality checks.
• Provide project level reporting to leads and the Head of Consulting.
Support Finance
• Manage payroll processes, data and liaise with our Finance Manager and external accountants.
• Maintain Outsourcing reporting and work closely with our Head of Outsourcing.
• Investigate expense and invoice anomalies.
• Provide support to our Finance Manager across a range of reports and processes.
Scoro Administration
• Manage system users, adjust licences and provide 1‐to‐1 training.
• Maintain our Scoro Handbook.
• Run weekly data backups.
• Manage configuration changes and technical issues with Scoro support.
• Track product updates and drive process improvements to cut manual work.
• Build and maintain a positive partnership with Scoro to ensure we maximise our value from the system and reduce manual processes.
• Project manage Scoro upgrades / system re-implementations where necessary.
Reporting & Ad‐hoc Support
• Produce monthly consulting utilisation reports.
• Respond to data and support requests from Project Leads and our Finance Manager.
• Identify and implement automation or streamlining opportunities across our systems.
What you’ll bring:
• Confidence with numbers, data and financial terminology.
• Finance, revenue-ops or experience with tools such as Scoro or Xero would be an advantage.
• Strong Microsoft Excel capabilities.
• A keen eye for detail and accuracy.
• Clear, professional communication - comfortable working with colleagues across time zones.
• Self management skills: you organise your own day, meet deadlines and flag issues early.
• An interest in improving processes and using technology to make work simpler.
Why FESTIVE ROAD?
At FESTIVE ROAD, we don’t do ordinary — and we don’t expect you too either.
We live by our values:
• FIERCELY INDEPENDENT – We deliver independent, strategic advice free from agendas, so our team can focus solely on what’s best for our clients.
• AIRTIGHT INTEGRITY – We’re an open book—working only with buyers, refusing referral fees or supplier deals, and championing full transparency to set a new standard in the industry.
• COURAGEOUS – We’re like a trusted friend—caring, respectful, and always willing to speak up when others won’t, with one client calling us their "Kool-Aid prevention kit," which we take as high praise.
• AUTHENTIC, EMPOWERED & UNIQUE – Our Roaders are seasoned experts with vibrant lives outside work, empowered to bring their full selves to their roles, making us both fun to collaborate with and delivering better results for our clients.
Here’s what that means for you:
• Flexibility that works: 100% remote, UK-based, with autonomy to shape your day around life’s commitments.
• A culture of trust: You’re empowered to own your role, speak up, and make a difference
• Impact: your work keeps our projects ticking along successfully, our team and clients happy.
• Global collaboration: work with a diverse, highly engaged and supportive team across the world.
• Solid benefits: Competitive pay, 25 days’ annual leave, pension, and supportive policies.
• Support: We care deeply about our people, our clients, and the impact of our work. We believe that if you thrive, so do we.
If you would like to know more about working for FESTIVE ROAD, please click the following link: Careers at FESTIVE ROAD.
Ready to Apply?
Simply submit your application via LinkedIn with a combined cover letter (under 250 words) and resume in one file. Applications without a cover letter cannot not be considered.
Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK.
At FESTIVE ROAD, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.