Role & responsibilities

Financial Modelling & Strategy Consultant Fashion E-commerce Marketplace

The consultant will build and validate the complete financial and monetisation model for an early-stage fashion-tech e-commerce marketplace. This is a strategic finance assignment and not a bookkeeping, taxation or routine accounting role.

Roles and responsibilities
Understand the marketplace business model, seller journey, product categories and proposed revenue streams.
Develop seller subscription plans, pricing tiers, perks and upgrade strategies.
Design seller commission structures across subscription tiers and product categories.
Build revenue models covering commissions, subscriptions, advertising, promotions and other monetisation opportunities.
Prepare monthly and annual projections for GMV, orders, active sellers, customers and average order value.
Define and validate key assumptions, including CAC, LTV, AOV, take rate, margins, churn, returns and seller retention.
Calculate unit economics at the order, customer, seller,



subscription-tier and product-category levels.
Incorporate costs related to payment gateways, shipping, COD, returns, refunds, discounts, promotions and customer support.
Develop a comprehensive three-year financial model with monthly projections.
Prepare projected profit-and-loss and cash-flow statements.
Calculate contribution margins, break-even point, cash burn and runway.
Build realistic, optimistic and conservative scenarios with sensitivity analysis.
Determine funding requirements for different growth stages.
Evaluate whether the proposed commission and subscription models are financially viable and competitive.
Challenge assumptions and recommend practical, financially sustainable alternatives.
Identify major financial risks, cost leakages and profitability drivers.
Create a agile and easy-to-use Excel or Google Sheets model with editable assumptions.
Develop dashboards highlighting significant f

📌 Financial Modelling Consultant Pune
🏢 Dhanashree Bhapkar
📍 Pune