K&C

Why K&C Exists

Excellent advice is most effective when it is coordinated.

K&C Financial Group was founded on a simple conviction — that the greatest financial value is created not by any single recommendation, but by ensuring every recommendation is made in view of the others.

Our Story

Financial decisions shouldn't happen in isolation.

Most clients receive advice from several professionals — each focused on one area of expertise. Investments, insurance, taxes, legal planning, business decisions, and employee benefits are made independently. Each recommendation may be sound on its own. Rarely are they considered together.

Eric Carver and Clayton King founded K&C to solve that — to serve as the coordinator who holds the full picture, convenes the right professionals, and makes sure every important decision is part of one continuous strategy.

We're based in Jacksonville, Florida, and serve clients across the Southeast and nationally. Our practice is deliberately selective. We accept a limited number of new relationships each year so every client receives the depth of coordination the work requires.

Clayton King listening to a client during a planning conversation

What We Stand For

Principles that shape every engagement.

01

Coordination over transaction

We don't sell isolated products. Every recommendation exists within a larger, written strategy.

02

Discipline in the details

A clear process, a written plan, and defined responsibilities — the rigor a serious client relationship requires.

03

Quiet stewardship

We measure success in decades. Our client relationships are meant to outlast market cycles, business transitions, and generational change.

04

Clarity through expertise

Complex decisions explained plainly. We serve as translators between clients and the professionals working around them.

Why We Built K&C

Excellent advice is most effective when it is coordinated.

Most successful people already work with excellent professionals. Their CPA is excellent. Their attorney is excellent. Their insurance advisor is excellent. Their investment advisor is excellent. Each relationship is valuable, and each recommendation is made with real expertise.

The challenge is rarely the quality of any single piece of advice. It is making sure every recommendation supports a larger, coordinated strategy — one that considers taxes, business, retirement, estate, and long-term wealth together.

K&C was built to bring those conversations together. We don't replace the professionals our clients already trust. We help coordinate their work, so every important decision is made with the full picture in view.

Eric Carver

Eric Carver

Co-Founder & Principal

Eric's perspective is shaped by years of helping business owners coordinate the decisions that affect their companies, their families, and their futures. He is drawn to the spaces where tax strategy, retirement timing, and succession planning overlap — and to the long-term relationships that make that coordination possible.

Clayton King

Clayton King

Co-Founder & Principal

Clayton approaches client work with an emphasis on clarity, discipline, and follow-through. He believes even the most sophisticated plan is only useful if it is understood, implemented, and revisited with care. His focus is helping clients stay aligned with their strategy year after year.

Every decision should support the bigger picture.

Begin

Speak with a principal.

Every engagement begins with a direct conversation with one of the firm's principals — not a call center, not a junior associate.