Finance and operations functions that survive audits, scale-ups, and everything in between.
Pathum Pothupitiya (ACMA, MBA,DBA) brings 20+ years of controllership, SOP design, and governance experience from the UN system and international corporates to organizations that need their finance function standardized, compliant, and audit-ready.
How I help
SOP Design & Process Standardisation
Documenting disbursement, payables, receivables, and procurement workflows with clear controls and handoff points.
Internal Controls & Governance
Building control matrices, risk registers, and governance frameworks that satisfy internal and external audit.
Financial Controllership
End-to-end finance function management: reporting, reconciliations, compliance, and donor/stakeholder accountability.
Fractional CFO for SMEs
Fractional CFO support: bookkeeping design, month-end close processes, and practical finance training for founders and owners.
Problems I solve
Finance and operations teams often run on tribal knowledge; some processes exist in people’s heads, not in documented, auditable systems. That works until an audit, a departure, a donor review, or a scale-up exposes the gap. I close that gap: designing SOPs, control matrices, and governance frameworks that a real team can follow, that auditors sign off on, and that survive staff turnover.
Proof Point Strip
Experience spans the UN system (WFP, UNDP, UN-HABITAT), international corporate (Marks & Spencer Sourcing), and SME advisory (V-Ignite Virtual CFO practice) across Sri Lanka and multi-country programmes.
If your finance and operations function needs to be audit-ready, not just functional, let’s talk.