Ken Fleming is a principal with Baker Tilly and advises businesses, owners and investors on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions and serves the office of the chief financial officer (CFO). He has nearly 25 years of advisory and public accounting experience in a wide variety of industries including software and technology, government contracting, business services, manufacturing and distribution, aerospace and defense, healthcare, retail and hospitality, real estate and construction, biotechnology, emerging growth and private equity.
Prior to joining Baker Tilly, Ken provided financial due diligence and advisory services to debt and equity investors for a transaction services firm. Ken was also a senior manager in the assurance and business advisory practice at a Big Four firm where he served numerous public companies involved in complex business transactions, IPOs and registration statements. Ken started his career at a Chicago based international accounting firm.
- Provides transaction support, including financial due diligence, quality of earnings, seller preparation assistance, carve-outs, business valuation, integration support and structuring and negotiation in connection with mergers and acquisitions, significant financing events and special situations
- Advised clients on billions of dollars in transaction value from both buy-side and sell-side perspectives
- Provides CFO advisory including enterprise finance and accounting support services, audit readiness and support, financial modeling, integration, carve-outs and divestitures, financial restatements and performance improvement services
- Experience serving clients of a wide range in size and stage, from emerging growth to Fortune 500 public companies, private equity and federal agencies
- Transaction team member of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Deal Team of The Year - Private Company winner at the 2018 Corporate Growth Awards
- Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce (NVCC), board of directors
- NVCC Government Contractor Awards Nominating Committee member, 2020 and 2021
- 2021 ACG Capitol Region Deal of the Year and Growth Nominating Committee member
- Speaker and panel participant at various M&A and business advisory related events and conferences, and contributor to various thought leadership articles and presentations
- 2021 ACG Capitol Region Deal of the Year and Growth Nominating Committee member
- Speaker and panel participant at various M&A and business advisory related events and conferences, and contributor to various thought leadership articles and presentations
- Frequent speaker at the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith College of Business and Georgetown Law
- Financial Executive Forum Steering Committee member, Tech Council of Maryland (formerly)
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
- “Planning a Successful Exit Strategy,” led executive panel discussion at Tech Council of Maryland Financial Executive Forum event related to acquisition and IPO exits
- “M&A in Government Contracting: How to Navigate a Transaction, Before and After with a Focus on ‘What Matters,” presenter at GWSCPA’s 11th Annual Government Contractors Conference
- “Understanding the Client's Business Plans and Business Models: Interpreting Financial Statements,” Georgetown Law
- “How to Read and Interpret Financial Statements,” Georgetown Law
- Robert H. Smith School of Business, Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation Undergraduate course at University of Maryland, “Budgets, Forecasts and Accounting Issues”
- Robert H. Smith School of Business, Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation Undergraduate course at University of Maryland, “Building Projections and Budgets into Your Business Plan”
- Robert H. Smith School of Business, Executive MBA class, University of Maryland, “Preparing Effective Forecasts”
