Curtis Jacobs Email & Phone Number

Hartsville, SC, US

Florence, South Carolina, United States

Hartsville, South Carolina, United States

Hartsville, SC

• Designs, coordinates, and prepares the annual budget and forecast, quarterly and monthly projections for a $800MM Paper business, engages business leaders in sales, operations, and supply chain; documents variances and.
• Presents financial results to division management on a monthly basis discussing drivers of the results, business trends, and financial forecast/outlook
• Coaches and mentors other team members, acting as the primary reference for assistance and guidance to ensure financial accuracy
• Conducts ad hoc financial analysis for management including preparation of cost valuations, capital project justifications, acquisitions, diverstitures, as well as other various financial pro formas
• Acts as finance expert on capital committee responsible for reviewing capital requests for +$25MM annual budget to ensure financial accuracy and company compliance

Hartsville, SC

• Performed risk assessment activities, aided in preparing the annual internal audit plan, and updated various audit programs as needed
• Planned, supervised, and conducted compliance and financial audits ensuring appropriate quality work was performed within budgeted time frames
• Worked with business process leaders and control owners to identify solutions to solve problems, improved work processes, and strengthened controls
• Identified and recommended strategies to drive audit efficiency through automation, standardization, and stream lining of activities
• Coordinated and collaborated regularly with the external auditors ensuring adequate audit coverage, avoiding duplication of work, and making use of each other’s work to the maximum extent possible resulting in cost.
• Surveyed activities in assigned areas to determine the nature of operations and the adequacy of the system of control to achieve established objectives

Hartsville, SC

• Performed the monthly closing process for 7 plants in the industrial segment
• Reviewed monthly financial statements for reasonableness and assisted plant managers in understanding those statements through written and verbal communication
• Prepared yearly balance sheet reconciliations across multiple divisions
• Prepared, calculated, and distributed the LIFO reserve to the Assistant Corporate Controller on a quarterly basis as well as improved its efficiency by 25%
• Prepared and reconciled monthly Inter-Company payables and receivables across 15 business units
• Assisted the tax department with the completion of multiple state property tax returns

Marion, SC

• Managed all financial related aspects of the business
• Supervised 5 – 15 employees on a daily basis
• Developed problem solving skills within an inconsistent economic environment
• Developed communication and interaction skills by managing relationships with new and existing customers

Marion, SC

• Performed and managed physical inventory counts
• Designed, implemented, and managed an inventory control system which allowed the company to efficiently and effectively manage inventory levels for production