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Financial Controller for a global real estate asset management firm

Financial Controller for a global real estate asset management firm

A leading, global real estate asset management firm was looking for a Financial Controller to support their growing finance team. They sought a Financial Controller with a unique combination of technical expertise, international exposure, and industry experience, as well as, most importantly, strong cultural alignment to join their team.
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Reimagining Real Estate: How innovations in finance and new system implementations are reshaping the property sector.

Reimagining Real Estate: How innovations in finance and new system implementations are reshaping the property sector.

Is the transformation of your finance department, processes and systems in your budget? Real Estate organisations are beginning to allocate time and resource towards the transformation of the finance functions and systems they’re operating with.
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7 interim finance professionals help start-up scale-up

7 interim finance professionals help start-up scale-up

A dynamic private equity-backed advisory firm in its start-up phase faced a critical challenge when bidding for a major project with a new end client. To secure the business, their largest UK opportunity to date, they needed to present a large team of Accountants available to take on the project.
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Cobalt's Real Estate Finance Salary Guide

Cobalt's Real Estate Finance Salary Guide

This guide provides the salaries and sentiments of those working across real estate finance in corporate finance, interim finance and property management accounting roles.
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How to navigate the shortage of qualified finance candidates in real estate

How to navigate the shortage of qualified finance candidates in real estate

With fewer qualified candidates coming through their ACA and ACCA since before the pandemic, see how employers in real estate still hire quality accounting and finance personnel.
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Why now is the time to get your year end temps in

Why now is the time to get your year end temps in

The year-end presents the busiest period for finance staff across the UK – and perhaps unsurprisingly, is also the busiest time when it comes to the mandates we receive for temporary finance staff in real estate organisations. See how to get ahead of the competition.
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Real Estate Finance Salary Survey 2022

Real Estate Finance Salary Survey 2022

Cobalt took a market pulse from our network to find out how remuneration and total benefits packages have been changing since the Covid-19 pandemic across finance and accounting roles in real estate.
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The UK and Australia have officially signed a free trade agreement

The UK and Australia have officially signed a free trade agreement

The UK & Australia have officially signed a ground-breaking, historic, free trade agreement that will allow Australians 35 years old and under to work in the UK for 3 years - perfect for transferrable contract finance roles in real estate.
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William Welch Deloitte: A Pioneer in Accounting

William Welch Deloitte: A Pioneer in Accounting

As one of the key pioneers of the accounting profession, William Welch Deloitte made a huge impact. Find out about his career, including founding Deloitte in 1845, in our bio piece here.
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Commercial vs reporting finance roles

Commercial vs reporting finance roles

You've spent three years, learning your trade, revising for your ACA exams, waiting for your results and passing! Now, should you pursue a commercial or reporting real estate finance role? See our thoughts here.
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The How, What, When, Who of sorting out maternity cover

The How, What, When, Who of sorting out maternity cover

No matter how long an employee has been in a job, they're entitled to shared parental leave following the birth of their child. See what you need to consider as an employer and how to fill the gap in your team.
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