one, is this a cork bark jade?
two, I know it will need a Lot of work and time, any suggestions on shaping it?
1. It’s doesn’t look like it currently, but it takes several years to get the texture. The “cork” form are all cuttings from a single mother or set of mothers. So unless sold as a corker, they likely aren’t. Yours isn’t completely smooth, but I’ve seen some variety in texture and color hues on the stems. Especially when they are stressed or damaged.
2. Slanting to the right! I think I’d reduced the stems to a couple inch stubs where they start to divide from the main. I’d also remove the lowest stem on left. Then grow out the secondaries and as they back bud, keep the growth tight and start pruning to divide branches. All while letting a sacrifice portion of the stem grow to thicken it. Once you remove the sacrifices and have tertiary branching dividing for pads and canopy, then you can completely defoliate in the height of the growing season. You will get a profusion of back budding and smaller leaves.
But you have to start with a healthy vigorous plant and yours seems sparse. Tampa appears to have a 70F to 55F temp range in the “winter” and you could probably repot a healthy plant in that weather. But I’d wait until you start getting some new growth and warmer nights (>60F). In the meantime, get it in full sun and focus on correct watering. If it hasn’t been raining, I’d submerge the whole pot for several minutes to really get the entire rootball soaked. Then sparse watering until it is actively growing.
When you eventually repot, cut through the top mat of roots until you find that basal flare and reduce the side roots for strong nebari. But you don’t have to go hard on the rest of the root mass since you need it to regrow the top. Once you are done with those sacrifices then you can get it into a shallower container.
Happy growing!