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The US accounting talent shortage is real, but it rarely explains a stalled search. Cobalt on why speed and a flexible brief win real estate finance hires.

The Accounting Talent Shortage Isn’t Why Your Search Stalled

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A core area of the Cobalt business since 2001, our finance &amp; accounting recruitment has grown from beginnings in real estate to working with SMEs, start-ups and Fortune 500 businesses in several sectors across the US.

The Real Estate team has an extensive and successful 23-year history of recruiting for the global real estate and development sectors.

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Working closely with specialist and multidisciplinary engineering firms, housing developers, property agents, and architectural practices, we find talented, highly-skilled individuals to fill permanent and temporary positions. We have the contacts, experience and resources to help you get to your goals faster.

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<h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>We're specialist recruiters, recruiting specialists in our specific fields of expertise - meaning we&rsquo;re connected to the biggest opportunities with the best businesses in these specialist fields. Our 24+ years of experience helps us understand what makes one organisation or role the right fit for you and your career aspirations over another.</h5><h5>Whether you&rsquo;re looking for finance and accounting vacancies in New York, real estate jobs in Florida or construction opportunities in Texas, find your next role across the US below.</h5><h5> <a href="/cm/team" title="talk toa recruiter">Talk to a recruiter&nbsp;</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="/cm/submit-cv" title="Resume drop">Resume drop&nbsp;</a></h5>

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The Cobalt Group is a multi-brand recruitment company, primarily specialising in the built environment.&nbsp;<h3>Cobalt Recruitment</h3>Where it all began. As our flagship business, Cobalt has continued to specialise and further develop its reputation across these same core sectors that we originally started within &ndash; real estate, construction, and finance recruitment, partnering with local clients across the world to become the trusted partner of choice from its 11 offices across the UK, Germany, and the US.&nbsp;<h3>Comanos</h3>Renewables recruitment specialists.&nbsp;<a href="https://comanos.de/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comanos</a> is The Cobalt Group&rsquo;s newest arm in mainland Europe and the UK, specialises in providing permanent and interim recruitment solutions to the renewable energy sector. Comanos was founded due to the demand of our real asset clients transitioning into the renewable energy space. Comanos&rsquo; expertise encompasses a range of roles, including M&amp;A and Corporate Finance to Project Development, Construction, Asset Management, and Operations &amp; Maintenance. The team are dedicated to connecting industry leaders with the best and brightest talent in the solar, offshore, onshore and offshore wind, battery storage, and hydrogen energy sectors, ensuring the continued growth and innovation of renewable energy.

Our philosophy is simple: build recruitment solutions that meet our clients&rsquo; needs.Solutions tailored to your specific requirements, with flexibility in mind. We support you to hire and retain the best talent, and scale up or down when you need us to. We build strong partnerships to act as an extension of our clients&rsquo; businesses, creating seamless, inclusive processes across the recruitment cycle.Whether this is for a one-off recruitment need for that critical, immediate hire, or in the development of a wider employee attraction program for multiple permanent or interim hires, we can support your wide range of recruitment needs to help you get to your goals faster.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<h2>How we can recruit for you</h2><h3>Exclusive recruitment</h3>Our most popular way of working with the sectors. Our exclusivity model allows us to source candidates from a wide talent pool &ndash; including a dedicated, deep search for those passive candidates not actively looking for a new role at the time. This method has an incredibly high success rate and comes at a low cost that is only paid on the successful placement of the right candidate with you.&nbsp;<h3>Retained recruitment</h3>Our retained model, which includes a minimal upfront engagement fee, and has near 100% fill rate, anfd allows us to think outside the box for you. Working with you to identify the most suitable candidates for your positions, this includes direct and discrete approaches to these high-potential candidates. This more consultative approach provides a market overview and enhances the diversity of your candidate pool.&nbsp;<h3>Contingent recruitment</h3>Our contingent approach supports you when you need it most, when you have a vacancy to fill now. This method can be deployed quickly, and you will only pay if we are successful in placing the right candidate with you.&nbsp;<h3>A recruitment partnership</h3>Through a Partnership agreement, we can create a customised package that suits your requirements. This model allows us to work as a true partner with your organization when you have multiple vacancies, whether they&rsquo;re across your whole business, a single department, or various locations. This is a cost-effective recruitment method that includes everything above plus more. Your dedicated, specialist Cobalt team will not only find the best possible candidates for your vacancies but also partner with you throughout the full recruitment lifecycle with our offering of consultative services below.&nbsp;<h2>Our Consultancy Services</h2>Our 23+ years of working with the sectors has given us real insight into what clients want to know when they&rsquo;re trying to attract employees, and what candidates want to see. We use this knowledge to offer our clients more than &lsquo;just&rsquo; recruitment services. We&rsquo;re proud to be an extension of their talent attraction strategy encompassing everything from research through to market mapping and branding, so to be able to help our clients stand out to the best talent in a competitive market. Contact us via&nbsp;<a href="mailto:us@cobaltrecruitment.com">us@cobaltrecruitment.com</a>&nbsp;to find out more, or speak to your Cobalt Consultant.&nbsp;

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It’s not what you know, it’s who you know". Or so the saying goes - but that's certainly true in our business!

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<h2 align="start">It&rsquo;s not what you know, it&rsquo;s who you know".&nbsp;Or so the saying goes - but that's certainly true in our business! If we're assisting you in your job search, chances are that's built on 24+ years of us knowing the right people in the right places.</h2>We're rightly proud of our extensive network - but we know we can't do it without great candidates referring us to other great candidates.So if you know anyone working in the accounting &amp; finance, real estate, construction and development, or renewables spaces, who would benefit from our help in their job search &ndash; why not pass on our details?And to say thank you, we'll give you up to $500 for successfully placed referralsworth of vouchers for those we successfully place.&nbsp;<h2 align="start">​Ready to refer someone?</h2>Send them through to us at <a href="mailto:us@cobaltrecruitment.com" title="us@cobaltrecruitment.com">us@cobaltrecruitment.com.</a>Or, ask them to submit their details directly with us - simply remind them to tell us your name when they <a href="/cm/submit-cv" title="register here">register here</a>.Remember, you can make unlimited referrals - we just ask that they are not already registered with us.

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<h3>Current Modern Slavery Act 2015 Statement</h3><div class="wysiwyg">As part of our Equal Opportunities Policy and Procedure, Cobalt strives to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to the business.Cobalt recognises that it has a responsibility to take a robust approach to slavery and human trafficking and is absolutely committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in its corporate activities, and to ensure that its supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.New Modern Slavery Act 2015 Statement for 2020Organisational Structure<ol><li>The organisational structure of Cobalt Recruitment (referred to as &ldquo;The Company&rdquo;) comprises of offices in five (5) different countries.</li><li>Cobalt Recruitment is controlled by a Board of Directors. Cobalt Recruitment&rsquo;s Head Office is located in London, with other UK offices located in London and Manchester. It also has offices overseas in Germany and USA.</li><li>Cobalt Recruitment is predominately a leading specialist recruitment provider to the Property, Construction &amp; Engineering and Financial Services &amp; Accounting sectors. We recruit professionals from our offices in the UK, Europe, and America for clients ranging from large corporate organisations to niche entrepreneurial entities, as well as into the public sector. business and legal services to other businesses in both telephone, email and face to face consultancy formats. It offers a 24-hour advisory service for which demand is consistent throughout the year.</li></ol>DefinitionsCobalt Recruitment considers that modern slavery encompasses:<ol><li>Human trafficking&ndash; involves transporting, recruiting or harbouring people for the purpose of exploitation, using violence, threats or coercion.</li><li>Debt bondage or bonded labour &ndash; the world&rsquo;s most widespread form of slavery, when people borrow money they cannot repay and are required to work to pay off the debt, then losing control over the conditions of both their employment and the debt.</li><li>Descent-based slavery &ndash; where people are born into slavery because their ancestors were captured and enslaved; they remain in slavery by descent.</li><li>Child slavery &ndash; many people often confuse child slavery with child labour, but it is much worse. Whilst child labour is harmful for children and hinders their education and development, child slavery occurs when a child is exploited for someone else&rsquo;s gain. It can include child trafficking, child soldiers, child marriage and child domestic slavery.</li><li>Forced labour, through mental or physical threat, against their will</li><li>Being owned or controlled by an employer through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse;</li><li>Being dehumanised, treated as a commodity or being bought or sold as property;</li><li>Being physically constrained or to have restriction placed on freedom of movement.</li><li>Forced and early marriage &ndash; when someone is married against their will and cannot leave the marriage. Most child marriages can be considered slavery.</li></ol>Commitment<ol><li>Cobalt Recruitment acknowledges its responsibilities under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking within its own businesses and in its supply chains. Cobalt Recruitment understands that this requires an ongoing review of both its internal practices in relation to its labour force and its supply chains.</li><li>The labour supplied to Cobalt Recruitment in pursuance of the services it provides is carried out wholly in the countries where those services are provided i.e. United Kingdom, Germany and USA as appropriate.</li><li>Cobalt Recruitment has a zero tolerance policy towards modern slavery. It will refrain from entering into business, and/or will discontinue any current business with any other organisation which knowingly supports or is found to involve itself in servitude, slavery, and forced or compulsory labour.</li><li>No labour provided to Cobalt Recruitment in the pursuance of the provision of its own services is obtained by means of slavery or human trafficking. Cobalt Recruitment strictly adheres to the minimum standards required in relation to its responsibilities under relevant employment legislation in the United Kingdom, Germany and USA as appropriate, and in many cases exceeds those minimums in relation to its employees.</li><li>Cobalt Recruitment offers employment contracts on a guaranteed hours basis only; no offers of employment are made on a zero hours basis.</li><li>Part-time and fixed-term employees within Cobalt Recruitment are provided with the same pro-rata contractual entitlements as full-time and permanent employees. If these are not offered, Cobalt Recruitment is able to rely on objectively justifiable grounds.</li><li>Group employees are offered a competitive remuneration package and Cobalt Recruitment prides itself on the additional benefits it is able to offer its employees on a wide variety of platforms. It conducts staff surveys on an anonymous basis to give employees a voice on their individual employment, their department and Cobalt Recruitment company as appropriate. Commitment to creating career progression in a supportive environment has been rewarded by being ranked in the top 100 of the Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work for in 2015 and 2016.</li></ol>Potential Coverage and Steps<ol><li>Cobalt Recruitment considers its coverage to modern slavery to be limited. Nonetheless, it has taken steps to ensure that such practices do not take place in its business nor the business of any organisation that supplies goods and/or services to it.</li><li>Cobalt Recruitment carries out due diligence processes in relation to ensuring slavery and/or human trafficking does not take place in its supply chains.</li><li>Cobalt Recruitment has not, to its knowledge, conducted any business with another organisation which has been found to have involved itself with slavery and/or human trafficking.</li><li>Cobalt Recruitment encourages use of its Whistleblowing Policy to report any concerns regarding modern slavery and will investigate any complaints thoroughly.</li><li>To ensure effectiveness in combatting modern slavery, Cobalt Recruitment maintains an accurate supplier list including contact details. It will ensure action is taken in response to reports of modern slavery in its supply chains and any complaints made via the Whistleblowing Policy will be responded to in accordance with the policy.</li><li>Following a review undertaken for Cobalt Recruitment&rsquo;s statement of the previous financial year, Cobalt Recruitment confirms its supplier list is up to date for the current financial year.</li><li>As in the previous financial year, there have been no reports that any of Cobalt Recruitment&rsquo;s suppliers have been involved in activities covered by the Modern Slavery Act.</li></ol>Training<ol><li>Upon commencement of employment, all employees undergo a structured onboarding process. All employees are made aware of Cobalt Recruitment policies relating to standards of behaviour that it requires from them. Cobalt Recruitment also provides training on awareness of modern slavery to those within Cobalt Recruitment who have been identified as having responsibilities in this regard, namely those involved in finance and procurement. Cobalt Recruitment ensures that annual update training is provided.</li></ol>PolicyA Whistleblowing Policy is in place which encourages the reporting of any wrongdoing which is in the public interest.Data Protection and Compliance OfficerCobalt Recruitment has a Group Data Protection &amp; Compliance Officer, to whom all concerns regarding modern slavery should be addressed. Cobalt Recruitment Data Protection &amp; Compliance Officer undertakes an annual review of Cobalt Recruitment&rsquo;s obligations towards eradicating modern slavery within its organisation and supply chains.ReviewThis statement is made in pursuance of Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2010 and applies to all companies within and associated to Cobalt Recruitment. It is reviewed for each financial year.This statement relates to the 2023/2024 financial year and was approved by:Jonathan Page, Group Finance DirectorOn 2nd January, 2025.</div>

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