Lack of visibility
You can't see margins, unit economics or what's really driving performance — so every decision feels like guesswork.
20+ Years of International Finance Leadership
Fractional CFO & Strategic Finance
Finance Leadership for Growing Businesses
Gain executive-level financial expertise, strategic insight and growth-focused support — without the cost of a full-time CFO.
Trusted by ambitious founders & finance teams
20+ years finance leadership
Ireland & UK fractional CFO
Investor-grade reporting
Board Dashboard — Q2
Live
€4.2mARR
18 moRunway
+22%Gross margin
Strategic finance for the companies building what's next
SaaSTechnologyCybersecurityProfessional ServicesScale-upsVC-Backed
The Challenge
Growth exposes the gaps in your finance function
As revenue scales, spreadsheets and reactive bookkeeping stop being enough. Most founders feel these pressures long before they can justify a full-time CFO.
Poor forecasting
Budgets are built once and forgotten. There's no reliable model to test scenarios or plan the next 12–24 months with confidence.
Cashflow uncertainty
Runway is a moving target. Without a rolling cash forecast, you're managing the bank balance rather than the business.
Difficulty raising capital
Your numbers aren't investor-ready. Diligence stalls, the model doesn't hold up, and the raise drags on far longer than it should.
Reactive decision-making
You're firefighting month to month instead of steering with a clear, commercially-grounded plan for growth.
Inadequate reporting
Board packs are late, inconsistent or backward-looking — and they don't answer the questions investors and your team are really asking.
ScotchWise gives you the finance leadership to replace uncertainty with clarity — and turn your numbers into a growth engine.
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What We Do
Strategic finance, delivered at the level your business has outgrown
Flexible, senior-led engagements that flex from hands-on execution to boardroom strategy — exactly as much finance leadership as you need.
Fractional CFO
Executive financial leadership on a part-time basis — strategy, cashflow, board reporting and KPI ownership, embedded in your team.
Learn more →Finance Outsourcing
A complete, managed finance function — management accounts, controls, AP/AR oversight and reporting — without building it in-house.
Learn more →Financial Planning & Analysis
Forecasting, budgeting, scenario modelling and performance analysis that turn raw data into decisions you can act on.
Learn more →Fundraising Support
Investor-grade models, data rooms and narrative — everything you need to raise with confidence and survive diligence.
Learn more →Investor Readiness
Get the metrics, governance and reporting cadence in place so you're always one conversation away from being raise-ready.
Learn more →AI-Powered Finance Transformation
Automate reporting, build live dashboards and apply AI-assisted analysis to make your finance function faster and sharper.
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Why ScotchWise
A strategic finance partner — not just another accountant
We bring the judgement of a seasoned CFO and the discipline of a modern finance team, focused entirely on helping you grow profitably and raise successfully.
Meet the founder →Strategic thinking
We connect the numbers to the decisions — pricing, hiring, expansion and capital — so finance drives the business, not the other way round.
Executive experience
20+ years leading finance across international markets, from scale-ups to complex multi-entity groups.
Technology driven
Modern tooling, automation and AI built into how we work — real-time dashboards instead of month-old spreadsheets.
Flexible engagement
Scale support up or down as you grow. No long lock-ins, no full-time overhead — just the right level of finance leadership.
Commercial focus
Every analysis ends in a recommendation. We're measured by the decisions we improve and the cash we protect.
Growth-oriented
Built for ambitious, founder-led businesses preparing for the next stage — funding, scaling or exit.
20+Years of international finance leadership
4Markets served: Ireland, UK, UAE & India
€500k–€25mRevenue range we partner with
1:1Direct senior-led engagement, every time
Client Outcomes
The results strategic finance makes possible
Representative outcomes from the kind of engagements we lead. Your starting point is unique — the direction of travel is consistent.
100%
Cashflow visibility
A 13-week rolling cash forecast replaced bank-balance guesswork, giving the founder full confidence over runway and hiring.
5-day
Board-ready reporting
Month-end close and a consistent board pack delivered within five working days — investors finally trust the numbers.
2×
Faster decision-making
Live dashboards and clear unit economics cut the time from question to decision in half across the leadership team.
Series A
Fundraising preparation
An investor-grade model, data room and narrative shortened diligence and gave the team a credible, defensible ask.
+8 pts
Increased profitability
Margin analysis and disciplined cost control lifted gross margin by eight points without slowing growth.
Real-time
AI-enabled finance
Automated reporting and AI-assisted analysis freed the team from manual work and surfaced insight far sooner.
How We Work
A clear path from first call to ongoing partnership
1
Strategy call
A focused conversation to understand your goals, pressures and where finance is holding you back.
2
Diagnostic
We review your numbers, reporting and processes to pinpoint the highest-impact opportunities.
3
Engagement plan
A tailored scope and cadence — fractional CFO, FP&A, outsourcing or fundraising — sized to your stage.
4
Partner & scale
We embed, deliver and flex with you — building a finance function that scales as you grow.
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Meet the Founder
Prateek Saxena
Experienced finance leader with more than 20 years of international experience helping businesses improve financial performance, strengthen reporting, support growth and prepare for investment.
Prateek founded ScotchWise to give ambitious, founder-led businesses access to the calibre of finance leadership usually reserved for large enterprises — combining strategic judgement, investor fluency and a modern, technology-enabled approach.
Strategic Planning
Investor Relations
Fundraising
Board Reporting
Business Transformation
Enterprise Grants
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Ready for finance leadership that drives growth?
Book a free, no-obligation strategy call. We'll discuss your goals, pressure-test your numbers and show you exactly where a fractional CFO can move the needle.