Chief Financial Officer, Koppers Holdings
Search every verified Jimmi Smith interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Jimmi Sue Smith, who became CFO of Koppers Holdings after serving as treasurer, described her role as overseeing all financial functions of the company, including accounting, internal audit, a shared services center in Pittsburgh, and the controllers. She noted that the company was beginning a new financial planning and analysis function, which she said would provide additional analysis at the corporate level to create a consolidated picture of the company's performance for investors, banks, and rating agencies. Smith expressed pride in Koppers' commitment to sustainability, stating that the company has done "real work" around goals and how to meet them, which she said is not always associated with manufacturing companies. She also discussed her involvement in an employee resource group that provides programming for parents, including sessions on paying for college and keeping children safe online, and encouraged feedback on what topics would be useful.
“In that role all the financial functions of the company report up to me, so accounting, internal audit, we have a shared services center here in Pittsburgh, the controllers, and we're beginning a new financial planning and analysis function which we will be announcing shortly.”
“We believe that the company will get a lot of benefit out of having additional analysis performed here at the corporate level so we have a lot of analysis done in each of our business units and they understand their business but more of a consolidated picture so that we understand as Koppers and when we go out and spea...”
“I am really proud of Koppers and its commitment to sustainability. A lot of people especially today talk about sustainability and they have some words out there but they don't have the really hard work and the underlying focus on what that means to the business that we do here at Koppers.”
“I think we do more and people don't see it because you don't associate it with manufacturing companies that much. So I think being a leader in that area and actually the real work that we've done around goals and how we meet the goals makes me very proud to be part of this team.”
Kopper CEO Leroy Ball is joined by CFO Jimmi Sue Smith for a conversation on Koppers and life outside work.
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