Outcome-Focused Strategic Consulting

We don't tell you that you have a problem. We tell you what's causing it, and what we're going to do about it.

Strategic advisory for owner-led companies, $5M to $100M, working as your fractional CFO and M&A advisor. The symptoms surface in the financials; the real issues live elsewhere. We isolate them, value them, prioritize them, and fix them.

Seven domains · about 30 minutes · your scores and what they mean
What CMG does

Accounting and financial services with a purpose.

CMG Financial Solutions is an outcome-focused strategic advisory firm that works as your fractional CFO and M&A advisor. We were built on a simple realization: smaller businesses face issues as complex as large companies, but rarely have the processes and tools to identify and address them. We help leadership understand the financials and the financial impact of the decisions they are making, and we build the foundation that lets the business manage operations, working capital, costs, and capital investment with clarity.

We go deep, not broad. We execute, not just advise. We stay engaged until the outcomes are realized.

The proprietary platform

A symptom in the financials. A cause somewhere else.

Most businesses are world-class at one thing and tend to underperform everywhere else. We call it Random Excellence™. The CMG 360™ Assessment reads the business inside and out, with COMPASS™ scoring seven operational domains and BEACON™ reading the market around it. Then we work the issues in four steps.

1

Isolate

Where the issue actually lives, not just where it shows up.

2

Value

The cost of each issue, in dollars.

3

Prioritize

Sequenced worst-first and opportunity-first.

4

Address

We do the work and stay until the outcome is realized.

What we deliver

Four ways we build better businesses.

Financial Clarity

Understand the numbers
  • GAAP restatement and accurate financial reporting
  • Monthly reporting packages with KPI dashboards
  • Budget vs actual variance analysis
  • Service line and customer profitability visibility

Operational Infrastructure

Build the foundation
  • Cash flow forecasting and working capital management
  • Internal controls and process documentation
  • Annual operating plans with departmental KPIs
  • Pricing architecture and cost structure optimization

Strategic Decision Support

Know the impact
  • Financial impact analysis of strategic decisions
  • Capital investment evaluation and ROI modeling
  • Acquisition due diligence and integration planning
  • Exit planning and enterprise value optimization

Partner Alignment

Optimize relationships
  • Banking relationship development and lending packages
  • CPA coordination and tax strategy alignment
  • Insurance optimization and risk management
  • Service provider evaluation and cost benchmarking
30+
Years of CFO experience
$350M
M&A transactions since 2016
$5M–$100M
Target company size
CPA · CMA
Professional credentials
Industries we serve

Built for owner-led, hands-on businesses.

Construction

General contractors, specialty trades, infrastructure

Trades

Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire protection

Manufacturing

Forging, fabrication, assembly, custom production

Distribution

Steel, industrial supply, equipment, building materials

Landscape

Commercial maintenance, design/build, irrigation

Partner alignment

We keep your professional team rowing in one direction.

We ensure internal and external partners are aligned, and that every investment, internal or with a service provider, is optimized.

Banks

LOC facilities, lending packages, and banking relationships built and managed.

CPAs

Tax strategy coordination, GAAP alignment, and year-end planning.

Insurance

Coverage optimization, experience mod management, and risk mitigation.

Advisors

Legal, HR, technology, and other service providers evaluated and aligned.

About Don
30+
years as CFO & CEO
$350M
in M&A
CPA · CMA
credentialed

Don King has been brought in to run companies that were already in distress, so he knows what broken looks like from the inside.

He wrote the book on it, Finding True North™, and donates 100% of the proceeds to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

Read Don's story

"We don't tell you that you have a problem. We tell you what's causing it, and what we're going to do about it."

Know exactly where your business stands.

Start with the free assessment. Seven domains, about 30 minutes, real scores and a conversation about what they mean.

Take the free assessment
Start the conversation

Tell us where it hurts.

Send a note or call directly. You will talk to Don, not a junior associate. The first conversation is about your business, not a pitch.

Don King, CPA, CMA