Caroline Sharp
“I never expected to be an accountant! Over 10 years later, I continue to be motivated through the people I meet and the opportunity to provide a positive audit experience.”
Caroline is the audit manager for a portfolio of clients including membership associations, charities operating overseas and professional bodies. Caroline qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Sayer Vincent and also holds the ICAEW Diploma in Charity Accounting. Prior to joining the firm, she worked as a freelance bookkeeper for several media and arts based organisations.
In addition to managing audits, Caroline also provides assistance with financial systems, management accounts and budgeting, and is an expert at producing financial information in a meaningful manner.
Caroline’s audit clients include BBC Wildlife Trust, Buttle UK, Clore Social Leadership Programme, HelpAge International, Emerge Poverty Free, College of Optometrists, Women Like Us, Community Matters, Bat Conservation Trust, the Healing Foundation and English Folk Dance and Song Society.
Caroline establishes an on-going working relationship with clients throughout the year and provides support and advice, helping clients to present accounts that are both technically compliant and provide useful, and interesting, information to readers. Caroline manages Sayer Vincent’s role in the technical screening of accounts for the ICAEW Charity Online Account Awards. As a member of our internal technical group, she makes sure staff and clients are up-to-date on latest developments.
Through participation as the treasurer and active member of a branch of a large national charity, Caroline understands the ins and outs of day-to-day financial management in charities.