Assistant Director - Business Rates

Description

• Support and develop junior team members, contributing to broader team strategy and long-term growth.
• Play an active role in business development, helping secure and deliver new mandates.
• Deliver high-level strategic Business Rates advice, including negotiations with the Valuation Office Agency and management of appeals (Check, Challenge, Appeal).
• Build and strengthen client relationships; communicate complex valuation matters in clear, commercially relevant language.
• Identify opportunities to innovate within the Business Rates market, bringing forward new solutions and insights.
• Advise on valuation matters across specialist and trading properties, large logistics, offices, renewables, airports, hotels, and other alternative sectors.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues (e.g., Tax, Legal, M&A) to provide integrated real estate valuation input on transactions and tax matters (including SDLT, CGT where relevant).

Requirements

This is a senior, strategic role suited to an ambitious individual with strong experience in Business Rates advisory and broader real estate valuation. The team operates at the strategic end of the market focusing on complex, specialist and alternative assets rather than high-volume retail portfolios. For the right person, this role can flex from strong Senior Manager / Associate Director level up to Director.

• Adaptable, forward-thinking, and able to thrive within a fast-moving, strategically focused environment.
• Strong technical capability across valuation, including specialist property and trading assets.
• RICS Qualified with solid experience in Business Rates advisory.
• Experience managing revenue expectations, KPIs, or team leadership is advantageous.
• Commercially oriented, with the ability to win work, influence senior stakeholders, and communicate with clarity.

Benefits

Cobalt have partnered with a leading global advisory firm as they continue to expand their high-performing Valuation & Strategic Advisory team. This position offers the chance to shape and lead the Business Rates function within a highly respected real estate advisory platform, working with some of the most complex and high-profile portfolios in the UK.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance