Our Leadership
Kylie Grieco, CPA
Kylie Grieco moved to Isle of Palms from New York when she was 7 years old and loves this area and the opportunities it has to offer. After graduating from College of Charleston with a degree in Accounting, Kylie worked for a local CPA firm where she became interested in helping businesses understand financials and taxes. She spent 5 years working in Public Accounting before moving over to Corporate Accounting as an Account Manager for a 50-million-dollar nursing home chain. Within 6 months, she was promoted to Controller and gained immense experience in managing money for both large corporations and small businesses. In this role, she worked closely with the Vice President of Operations to improve reporting and help the company comprehend their financials.
Seven years later, after her third child was born, Kylie established Palmetto Accounting, LLC. It was important for her to have more control over her schedule and be able to spend quality time with family. She has worked with numerous businesses to improve reporting, managing, and forecasting cash to identify potential problems before they occur. Kylie approaches each meeting with a goal to understand the difficulties business owners are facing and devise a solution that produces more comfort with the financials of their business. Understanding financials always improves the bottom line.
Erin Newberry, CPA
Erin Newberry is a CPA with over fifteen years of national and international accounting and auditing experience in both the private and public sectors. Her diverse pool of experience includes, among other things, financial statement analysis and reporting, budgeting, as well as internal and external auditing.
Erin received a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Wofford College. She went on to graduate with a Master’s of Accountancy from The University of Charleston and additionally holds a Certified Public Accountants’ license in South Carolina. Erin began her career in public accounting at an international “Big Four” accounting firm. From there, she worked as a corporate controller for a local acquisitions and operations management company, as well as a CPA at a national firm contracted with the Federal Government to focus on financial management and internal audit for the State Department bureaus.
A numbers and excel nerd at heart, she enjoys learning her client’s business operations, organizing and analyzing data, and working to implement strategies to improve the bottom line.
Erin lives on James Island with her husband, Derek, and their three boys. She spends her weekends cheering on her boys in their various sporting events, running and relaxing around the island.