Chanel Danae Consulting gives founders the clarity of a senior finance team without the full-time overhead. Forecasts you can act on, books you can trust, and a partner in the room for the decisions that matter.
Engagements are scoped to where your business is today, from monthly bookkeeping retainers to ongoing CFO partnership. Every engagement starts with the same goal: a clear view of your numbers and what to do next.
Strategic finance leadership on a part-time basis, embedded with your team.
Integrated models and reporting built for how leadership actually makes decisions.
Clean, reconciled books that hold up for taxes, audits, and growth.
Budgets and financial oversight for brand activations, shows, and live experiences.
Good finance should feel like clarity, not compliance.
Chanel brings 10+ years of finance leadership across Fortune 500 companies, global beauty brands, and high-growth consumer startups. She began her career at PwC advising clients like Hershey, Tiffany & Co., and McDonald's on planning and financial transformation, then led brand finance for $200M+ beauty portfolios at Coty.
As Head of Finance and Operations at Pyer Moss, she built the company's finance infrastructure through a period of 100% year-over-year growth and managed investor reporting with Kering. Today she leads Chanel Danae Consulting from New York, partnering with founders in fashion, CPG, culture, and live events.
Founder-led businesses where creative ambition and financial discipline need to move together.
Designer and DTC brands navigating pricing, wholesale, and inventory cash cycles.
Consumer goods and wine and spirits companies scaling distribution and margin.
PR firms and early-stage teams building their first real finance function.
Brand activations, shows, and cultural organizations with complex production budgets.
Straightforward, structured, and built around your team's bandwidth.
We start with your books, systems, and goals to understand where things stand and what's slowing decisions down.
We build the models, processes, and reporting cadence that fit your stage, with tools your team can actually use.
We stay in the room for the ongoing calls: hiring, pricing, cash, fundraising, and what comes next.
Tell us a bit about your business and where you need support. We'll follow up to schedule an intro call.
Email Chanel chanel@chaneldanae.co