Michael King

The CFO Accelerator

I help fractional CFOs start, scale, and optimize their advisory services.

Founder

We help you increase your PROFITS so you can increase your IMPACT.

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Nuclear Power Plant Supervisor

I help fractional CFOs and accountants build multiple 6 and 7-figure advisory firms through coaching and community.

I started building my Fractional CFO firm, KFE Solutions, 8+ years ago.

On my journey, I looked for a mentor that could show me how to build a firm that right way.

I looked for a community of other impact-drive Fractional CFOs that could support me and encourage me.

I couldn't find either.

I ended up making massive mistakes that ended up severely slowing my growth and costing me hundreds of thousands in lost profits.

Today, I have a firm and a team that I'm proud of. I've made it my mission to help firm owners that are coming after me avoid the mistakes I made so they can build the firm of their dreams faster.

That's why I built The CFO Accelerator.

Since launching, I've had the privilege of mentoring THOUSANDS of firm owners through our Inner Circle community, our flagship course called The CFO Academy, our annual conference called The CFO Accelerator LIVE, and our podcast and YouTube channels.  

If you're trying to scale your firm and your impact, I'd be honored to walk alongside you.

Let's get to work. Together.

I help fractional CFOs and accountants start, scale, and optimize their advisory services.

I've been tracking data on the Fractional CFO industry since 2023.
And this data point is beyond interesting... 

Here's how the number of Fractional CFOs on LinkedIn has grown since April of 2023: 

April 2023: 6,300+
April 2024: 13,000+
April 2025: 18,000+
November 2025: 21,000+

So that begs the question: 

Is the Fractional CFO industry saturated or is there still room to grow?

I'm putting together my thoughts on this question but I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments! 👇
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📸 Pic from the VIP breakfast at The 2025 CFO Accelerator LIVE in Orlando, FL.

I help Fractional CFOs start and scale their firms.

We all need someone in our life that just isn’t that impressed with us.

Once your Fractional CFO firm hits $500k to $750k in revenue, where do you go from there? 

It's interesting because at this stage, 
It's no long about proving you can BUILD a firm. 
It's about proving you can SCALE a Fractional CFO firm.

In a lot of ways, everything has to change.

The strategies. 
The standards.
The conversations. 

That's why I created The Elite Mastermind.

It's for Fractional CFO firm owners that have hit the $500k revenue mark and want to blow past 7-figures in 2026. 

We just opened applications for our 2026 cohort. 

👉 DM me for details. 

📌 This is becoming THE PLACE Fractional CFO firm owners come to hit 7- and multiple 7-figures. I'd love to tell you why.

Being a fCFO isn't always rainbows and butterflies!

Sometimes you'll have to handle tough calls... 

Let me start by saying this:
I love the work that we do in our industry! 

We have a unique opportunity to help our clients unlock additional profits, pay down debt, hire more people, and change lives - goose bump kinda stuff! 

But you're also likely to have to make some tough calls and make some hard decisions. Three of the toughest include: 

• Saying no to a prospect
• Not being able to serve a client any longer
• Getting harsh feedback from an irate client

These calls are inevitable and you can't hide from them.

So how you handle them means everything. 

I recently put together a free guide covering exactly how to handle each of these three types of calls. 

📌 Click here to check it out: 
https://lnkd.in/gWaPGhAC

2025 was a hard year for a lot of Fractional CFOs.
In many ways, it was more of the same... 

Same profit
Same revenue
Same problem with leads
Same problem with business growth

The only thing that WASN'T the same was the amount of hours you worked 
(Which trended in the wrong direction)

What went wrong? 

It turns out there are 5 hidden patterns that are low-key sabotaging even the smartest, hardest working firm owners. 

The bad news? 
If you want 2026 to be better than 2025, you'll have to break those patterns.

The good news? 
Those patterns are 100% solvable - which means 2026 should be your best year ever.

What are those patterns and how do you solve them? 

Join me on Wednesday, November 12 at 2pm ET / 11am PT for my Best Year Ever webinar.

I'm going to show you: 
• The 4 pillars for breakout growth in 2026
• The 5 hidden patterns that held you back in 2025
• Why 2026 is shaping up to be a rare opportunity for fCFOs

This isn't a rah-rah pep talk. 

It's a practical blueprint designed off of what I'm seeing work inside the fastest growing firms right now.

Sign up here:
https://lnkd.in/gcPxiytE

The amount of metrics a Fractional CFO COULD be monitoring as they scale from $100k to $500k can be dizzying.... 

Leads
Discovery calls
Sales calls 
Proposals sent
New clients
Revenue
Gross Profit
Net Profit
Time to value for clients
Client lifetime 
Revenue/profit/cash generated for clients

If you could only pick THREE to monitor, what would they be and why? 
Did I forget any? 

Let me know! 

📸 Cute pic of our dog because it's Thanksgiving week so why not?

Networking request: 
I’m looking for a Zoom Webinars guru. 

I have some questions I need help answering. Happy to pay for someone’s time. 

Who do I need to know?

Ledger Labs, Inc.

Founder & CEO

Closebooks, Inc.

An AI Driven Platform to help accountants close the books in less time, with less resources & ZERO errors.

Cosmos7, Inc.

Co-Founder

Amazon

Founder, 10M$ Ecommerce Amazon Seller (Exit)

Accenture

Business Consultant

If it's as basic and predictable as 1+1, I won't waste my time. I'm all about the thrill.

Hi, I am Gary Jain & I help business owners in taking control of their business finances by being a one-stop solution for all their accounting, taxation & CFO advisory needs. 

Being an entrepreneur myself, having built and scaled businesses in different domains, has helped me think from the perspective of business owners. I aim to deconstruct and resolve real problems with practical, implement-able solutions. 

Being from a humble background, I have always valued the importance of conserving resources and I don't like overspending businesses. I advise and work towards tightening the cash outflow tap and making business owners take a different approach to managing their finances. 

The mess I have untangled over the years, and the kind of joy I see in business owners once I’ve put together a working accounting system for them is unparalleled 💯. 

I see opportunities to improvise in everything, even myself :). Yup, that's typical me.

The exhausting hiring, firing, and rehiring of accountants, bookkeepers, and CFOs, the process is finally going out of the picture.

Wondering how I can bring significant value to your business?

📈 Saving you Time! Yes, that's the KPI we will use to monitor the progress.
🚀 Peace of Mind. Stop shooting in the dark without accurate numbers or worrying about missed deadlines. 
💰 Cost Optimization. I assume your business is like mine & I am always game for using every possible opportunity to save $$$.
⚡ Sharing of Knowledge and experience working with more than 500 businesses over 12 years of my journey
📌 Using my contacts and references to figure out solutions to your problems. Yes, we scratch each other's back in here.

Here's what I talk about that will make you hit that notification bell:

✅Finance and accounting problems and their solutions  
✅Tips to create scalable processes and systems
✅Tips and hacks on managing finances and business  
✅Interesting business case studies  
✅Best ways to use AI and tech in your favor 
✅My personal experiences you can learn from 

So, why not solve your financial challenges together and celebrate together by skyrocketing your business’s growth? The journey to financial stability begins with a conversation. Mail me at: gary@theledgerlabs.com 

Reach out for a Free Consultation: https://meetings.theledgerlabs.com/#/customer/discoverymeeting 

Let's e-meet over coffee, and discuss.  

You need strong processes and systems to resolve this issue once and for all.

Gary Jain 🚀

Tired of wondering where your cash went even when sales are strong?

That’s the silent pain of a weak Accounts Payable process.

I worked with a founder in manufacturing who faced the same problem.

Revenue was climbing, orders were steady, yet his cash balance kept dipping every month.

The reason? 

His team paid invoices the moment they arrived, no schedule, no forecast, no review.

Suppliers were happy, but the business was suffocating.

Once we analyzed the pattern, it became clear:
He wasn’t managing AP.
He was reacting to it.

Here’s where most business owners make the same mistake:
 ❌ Paying too early without planning for future expenses
 ❌ Ignoring early-payment discounts that could improve margins
 ❌ Not aligning payment cycles with cash inflows
 ❌ Treating AP as clerical, not strategic

After building a structured AP schedule, his cash position stabilized within a single quarter.

He could negotiate better supplier terms, avoid short-term borrowing, and plan purchases confidently.

Accounts Payable isn’t paperwork, it’s strategy.

Every payment decision either protects your cash or bleeds it.

Business owners, stop managing bills. Start managing cash.

Follow Gary Jain 🚀 for more finance and accounting related content. 

#accounting  #accountspayable  #businessgrowth

I help Product based business owners reduce their time spent in managing finances ✡ Virtual CFO & Controller ✡ Added over 100M in bottomline of 500+ CPG businesses ✡ Focus on Custom Solutions using Technology

Ever looked at your profits and thought, “Wait… how is there no cash in the bank?”

That’s the red flag adjusting journal entries are built to catch and too many business owners miss it.

I once worked with a founder in the logistics industry who swore his business was running smoothly.

His P&L showed steady profits every month, clients were happy, and invoices were going out on time.

But when we dug deeper, the truth surfaced fast.

Unrecorded expenses from last quarter were sitting unpaid.
Prepaid insurance wasn’t adjusted.
And revenue was booked before jobs were actually completed.

On paper, everything looked great.

In reality, his profits were overstated and his cash flow was collapsing.
That’s where adjusting journal entries come in.
They bridge the gap between what’s recorded and what’s real.

Here’s what they fix:
 📌 Move prepaid or accrued expenses into the right period
 📌 Correct over or under-recorded income
 📌 Update balances for depreciation and asset usage
 📌 Reveal the true profit before it’s too late

Once we corrected his entries, everything lined up reports finally matched reality, and his cash flow stopped giving him heart attacks every month-end.

Business owners, remember this:

If you skip your adjusting entries, your books might look profitable while your business quietly bleeds cash.

#adjustingjournalentry  #finance  #businessgrowth

Ever had a perfect P&L… and still got a “No” from an investor?

You’re not alone.

One of my clients was running a fast-growing B2B business.
📈 Revenue was scaling.
💰 Margins looked solid.
📃 The P&L? Spotless.

Yet, he walked out of the pitch empty-handed.

Why?

Because the balance sheet told a different story:
 – Receivables were bloated
 – Loans were tucked away under “Other Liabilities”
 – Inventory was stacking up… but not selling

He didn’t catch it.

But the investor did. Instantly.

We sat down and got to work:
 ✅ Reclassified short-term obligations
 ✅ Cleaned up the receivables aging
 ✅ Flagged key risks in the notes
 ✅ And rebuilt the reporting to actually speak investor

What happened next?

He raised $538,922 in a bridge round. No back and forth.

More importantly—he could finally explain his numbers with clarity and confidence.

That’s the power of a clean balance sheet.

It builds trust before your pitch even begins.

Numbers don’t lie. But they can mislead, if you don’t tell the full story.

#balancesheet  #finance #redflags

You finished your accounting degree last month...

...but just realized you've been preparing for only ONE type of role.

Nobody told you there were dozens of accounting paths to take.

Most accounting beginners make this costly mistake: 

Thinking all accounting roles are basically the same.

You discover this painful truth when:

- You apply for jobs you're completely unprepared for
- Your resume targets the wrong skills for the roles you want
- You miss opportunities because you didn't know they existed

By the time you realize the problem, you've already invested years preparing for the wrong career path.

The solution? 

Explore the accounting ecosystem before you commit.

Start by understanding which specific accounting paths align with your natural strengths and interests. 

Then build skills that match those specific roles.

Which accounting path did you discover too late in your career journey?

Need help with accounting tasks? DM ASSIST and I’ll get back to you!

#accountingroles  #finance  #businessandaccounting

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