DENISE SMITH, CPA
Partner
864-274-3925
Denise is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with more than 43 years of accounting, auditing, assurance, consulting, compliance, and taxation experience. Prior to joining Elliott & Painter, she was a partner at a local CPA firm and a director with a Southeast Regional CPA firm, where she served in the firm’s Owner-Managed Business Industry Group, Education and Not-for-Profit Industry Group, and Estate and Trusts Industry Group. She was also a graduate of that firm’s Leadership program and served as a course instructor for their internal training programs.
She has extensive experience serving the needs of clients in a variety of industries and closely held businesses, including manufacturing, wholesale distribution, professional service firms, not-for-profit entities, governmental, employee benefit plans, construction, and contractors. She has provided tax, compliance, and consulting services to individuals, not-for-profit entities, and other business-type entities and provides tax and compliance services for trusts and estates.
Denise is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Her membership in professional organizations includes the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (SCACPA).
She currently serves as Treasurer of Cudd Memorial Baptist Church and is an Advisory Board member of Hannah’s Hope Ministries, Inc. She is married to Scott, has a daughter, Tabatha, and is a grandmother of three grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her family in her free time.