Accounting Real Estate

* ******** **** • #*** • COLUMBIA, SC *****

CELL 803-***-****-OTHER 803-***-****-MAIL ***************@***.***

CHARLES L. JACOBS-WHITAKER

EMPLOYMENT

My qualification for a challenging senior level accounting position has been established over a period of 25 years to include diversified accounting achievements in leasing, hospitality, real estate, land development, manufacturing, and nonprofits

5/16-Present –God’s Storehouse Columbia, SC

Volunteer Accountant and Financial Consultant

Duties include intake interviews for emergency food and clothing distributions and monthly financial reporting of donations and food/clothing distributions to the board of directors. Also prepare and facilitate meals on Sunday mornings to the homeless and others in need.

1/13-Present –Get Your House in Order CCS Columbia, SC

Independent Financial Consultant

Duties include providing financial consultation to South Carolina area churches and secular organizations to include extensive training on internal control processes, accounting procedures and financial statement preparations and recommendations for accounting software to best fit individual organizational needs along with installation, set up and training.

10/08-10/12 Kawashima Textile-USA Lugoff, SC

Cost Accountant

Duties included monthly physical inventory reconciliation and cost valuation of raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods. Quarterly reconciliation of fixed assets and depreciations. Payroll reconciliation and posting to relative general ledger accounts. Annual property tax returns filings. Semi-annual audit preparations

7/07-7/08 Dana Corporation Lugoff, SC

Senior Accountant

Duties included daily reporting of labor efficiencies and inventory trends; maintenance and reporting of fixed asset schedules; monthly reconciliation of inter-company, cash, and PPE accounts; and weekly payroll processing.

8/06-7/07 MBI Financial Staffing Columbia, SC

Financial Consultant

Performed financial services to various companies in the Columbia area. Assignment included working with Hanson Bricks to assist in setting up and testing a new accounts payable system before going live. The company transitioned from JD Edwards to Ross accounting software.

2/04-5/06 Harrison and Lear, Inc Hampton, VA

Corporate Accountant

Duties included preparation of monthly financial statements for the company and its subsidiaries and developmental projects; reconciliation of all bank statements; job costing on all land development projects; processing of all real estate closings and issuance of commission checks; reconciliation and posting of payroll to the general ledger; depreciation calculation and posting to the fixed asset accounts; and preparation for year-end audits and annual stockholders meetings.

11/00-1/04 Norfolk Hilton Airport Hotel Norfolk, VA

Accounting Manager

Duties included assisting the hotel’s Director of Finance and Operation in the managing, recruiting, and training of the front office, night audit and accounting staffs; preparation of financials; annual budgeting; legal collections, and handling of credit and billing disputes.

EDUCATION

Walden University Minneapolis, MN

Doctor of Business Administration in Accounting

03/2016

Walden University Minneapolis, MN

Master of Business Administration in Corporate Finance

11/2012

Barrington University Mobile, AL

Bachelor of Business in Business Administration, Finance

01/2001

Midlands Technical College Columbia, SC

Associate of Accounting, President and Scholar’s lists

12/1992

SKILLS, TRAINING, AND CERTIFICATION

System 21; Microsoft Office Tools; Peachtree Accounting Software (Sage); ERP; PeopleSoft (Payroll) ; Oracle; Ross; JD Edwards; Financial Reviews; Financial Statement Preparations; Accounting Software Assessments, Installation, and Training; Internal Control Assessments and Training; Customer and Technical Support; General Ledger Analysis and Reconciliations to the Subledgers and Journals; Cost Accounting

Fixed Asset Reconciliations and Depreciation Maintenance Schedules; Property Tax Returns; Payroll Processing and Posting to the General Ledger;

Accounts Receivable Aging Analysis

REFERENCES

Esther Dellinger

Norfolk Hilton Airport Hotel

1500 N. Military Hwy

Norfolk, VA 23505

Executive Administrator

757-466-800 (Colleague)

Robert Sherman

Harrison and Lear, Inc.

2310 Tower Place

Hampton, VA 23666

President

757-***-**** (Former Employer)

Melvina Huff

Endtime United Church of Jesus Christ

7416 Evelyn Butts Road

Norfolk, VA 23505

Church Administrator

757-***-**** (Client)

Colin and Brenda Barrett

Beulah United Church of Jesus Christ

11499 Main Street

Williston, SC 29853

803-***-**** (Client)

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