Gabrielle Rancourt

New York, NY, USA

Empowering Series A/B Founders with Strategic Finance Leadership to Scale Confidently

I’m Gabrielle Rancourt, founder of Rancourt Consulting and a strategic finance leader with more than a decade of FP&A experience.

I partner with growing Series A and Series B companies to strengthen the financial infrastructure needed to support their next stage of growth. Through budgeting and forecasting, cash flow planning, financial modeling, board reporting, and finance process design, I help leadership teams bring greater structure to their financials and clarity to decision-making.

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Experience

Rancourt Consulting LLC
Founder & CEO
Feb 2025 - Present
- I partner with founders of companies under 100 employees who need financial clarity and strategy but aren’t ready for a full-time CFO. With experience at Condé Nast, Refinery29, and theSkimm, I’ve seen firsthand how quickly growth can create financial complexity.
- Through fractional finance leadership, I help businesses turn financial chaos into clarity so they can scale with confidence, manage cash responsibly, and maintain investor trust.
- What I Do:
- Provide CFO-level support to founders and leadership teams.
- Build financial models that inform smart, proactive decision-making.
- Create clear, board-ready reporting that inspires investor confidence.
- Design finance systems that grow with the company.
- Core Services:
- Budgeting & Forecasting (bottoms-up, departmental, variance analysis)
- Revenue Models & Multi-Product P&Ls
- Headcount Planning & Resource Allocation
- Long-Range Planning (3, 5, 10 years)
- Scenario Planning (Best, Base, Worst)
- Cash Flow Forecasting & Reporting
- Board Presentations & Investor Reporting
- Financial Tool Implementation (Brex, Ramp, Hyperion, etc.)
- If your company is scaling and you need financial strategy without the full-time CFO overhead, I’d love to connect - you can email me at gabrielle@rancourtconsulting.com
Refinery29
Director of FP&A
Nov 2024 - Feb 2025
Refinery29 is a digital media and entertainment company focused on young women, featuring fashion, beauty, entertainment, and news content.
Emerald
Finance Director
May 2024 - Nov 2024
Emerald is an event management and marketing company that drives business growth through over 140 annual events, offering a platform for new business opportunities, and expertise in various industries.
theSkimm
Director, FP&A
May 2022 - May 2024
The Skimm is a digital media company offering a newsletter and other products that provide news and information to millennial women.
Condé Nast
Finance Director
Nov 2021 - May 2022
Condé Nast is a global media company known for its high-quality content across various lifestyle and fashion publications including Vogue and The New Yorker.
Condé Nast
Finance Manager
Mar 2019 - Nov 2021
Condé Nast
Business Manager
Feb 2018 - Mar 2019
Time Out North America
Associate Production Manager
Oct 2016 - Feb 2018
Time Out Group is a global media and hospitality company that curates experiences and guides to the best of the city, from culture to food and entertainment.
Time Out North America
Sales Manager
Apr 2016 - Oct 2016
Pace Communications
Advertising Sales Coordinator
Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
Pace is a content marketing agency that creates brand-aligned content across various media to engage consumers and drive measurable business results.
Time Inc.
Corporate Sales Assistant
Jul 2014 - Mar 2015
Time Inc. was a global news and publishing company known for iconic brands and magazines like Time, People, and Sports Illustrated.