About Kelly Mattarocci
CEO, Founder, MBA, CPA, Podcaster
I help business owners and leadership teams navigate growth, complexity, and change with greater clarity, confidence, and control.
Over the past 30+ years, I've worked alongside founders, executive teams, boards, investors, and ownership groups to help organizations move through critical moments of growth and transformation. I've seen what happens when a business scales faster than its systems, when profitability doesn't translate into cash flow, and when leaders are making important decisions without the financial visibility they need.
My career has taken me across publicly traded companies, private equity-backed organizations, entrepreneurial ventures, SaaS, life sciences, professional services, higher education, and technology-driven businesses. Along the way, I've led initiatives involving governance, enterprise risk management, operational transformation, capital formation, SEC reporting, business continuity, technology modernization, and strategic planning.
I've had the opportunity to contribute to significant milestones throughout my career, including supporting a $28 million private equity investment, participating in a $50 million public-market financing program for a NASDAQ-listed biopharmaceutical company, leading enterprise risk and governance initiatives, and serving on executive leadership teams during periods of rapid growth and organizational change.
But what I've learned is this:
Most business challenges are not really financial problems. They're clarity problems.
When leaders lack visibility into how money moves through their business, uncertainty creeps in. Decisions slow down. Growth becomes harder to sustain. Stress increases. Opportunities get missed.
That's why I founded Market & Margin.
Market & Margin exists to help growth-minded business owners transform money from a source of stress into a system of control. Through The System of Money™, my podcast, digital education, and practical business resources, I translate decades of executive leadership and financial experience into strategies owners can immediately apply.
My goal isn't simply to help businesses make more money.
It's to help leaders understand their money, trust their numbers, make better decisions, and build businesses that support the lives they want to create.
Areas of Expertise
- Business Transformation & Organizational Scaling
- Strategic Planning & Execution
- Corporate Governance
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Operational Excellence
- Capital Markets & Due Diligence
- Board & Executive Reporting
- Mergers & Acquisitions Readiness
- Business Continuity Planning
- Internal Audit & Controls
- AI Governance & Technology Modernization
- Interim & Fractional Executive Leadership
Today, I combine executive experience, governance expertise, and practical business insight to help leaders create greater visibility, stronger decision-making, and sustainable growth.
Because when you understand how money truly moves through your business, you gain something far more valuable than profit:
You gain control.

