About ScotchWise

A trusted strategic finance partner for ambitious businesses

ScotchWise Consulting exists to give growing companies access to the calibre of finance leadership usually reserved for large enterprises — combining strategic judgement, investor fluency and a modern, technology-enabled approach.

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Meet Prateek Saxena, FCCA

Founder & Principal Consultant

Prateek Saxena is an experienced finance executive and strategic advisor with more than 20 years of international experience helping businesses improve financial performance, strengthen reporting, optimise cash flow, and support sustainable growth.

A Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), Prateek has worked with founder-led businesses, high-growth technology companies, SaaS organisations, and international SMEs across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Throughout his career, Prateek has held senior finance leadership positions responsible for financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, investor relations, fundraising support, board reporting, cash flow management, business planning, and operational finance.

Prateek specialises in helping growing businesses build the financial foundations required to scale confidently. His expertise spans Fractional CFO services, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), finance transformation, KPI development, strategic planning, investor readiness, and financial modelling.

In addition to leading finance functions, Prateek has extensive experience working with banks, investors, grant agencies, auditors, and executive leadership teams to support growth initiatives and improve business performance.

Through ScotchWise Consulting, Prateek partners with ambitious founders and management teams to provide executive-level financial leadership without the cost and commitment of a full-time CFO.

Areas of Expertise

Where Prateek adds value

  • Fractional CFO Services
  • Strategic Finance
  • Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Board & Investor Reporting
  • Financial Modelling
  • Fundraising Support
  • Finance Outsourcing
  • KPI & Performance Management
  • Business Planning
  • AI-Enabled Finance Transformation
Credentials

Credentials & recognition

Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA)

A Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants — the senior grade of ACCA membership.

20+ Years of International Finance Experience

Two decades leading finance for founder-led, technology, SaaS and SME businesses.

Finance Leadership Across Ireland, UK, UAE, India & Europe

Cross-border experience spanning Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Trusted Advisor to Founders, SMEs & Growth Businesses

A partner to ambitious management teams pursuing sustainable, scalable growth.

Our Mission

Help ambitious businesses make better financial decisions and build finance functions that scale

We believe great finance leadership shouldn't be a privilege of the few. Our mission is to put clarity, confidence and strategic insight within reach of every growing business — so founders can make better decisions, protect their cash and pursue growth with conviction.

Core Values

What we stand for

Integrity

We tell you what you need to hear, not what's easy. Honest counsel is the foundation of trust.

Clarity

We make the complex simple — turning numbers into insight anyone in the business can act on.

Accountability

We own outcomes. We're measured by the decisions we improve and the value we protect and create.

Innovation

We embrace automation and AI to make finance faster, sharper and more forward-looking.

Partnership

We embed in your business and treat your goals as our own — a partner, not a vendor.

Let's build something that scales

Start with a free strategy call. We'll get to know your business, understand your goals and show you where strategic finance can make the biggest difference.