I've spent 20+ years making sure the numbers - and the processes behind them - hold up under scrutiny.
I'm Pathum Anuradha Pothupitiya, ACMA (CIMA UK), MBA, and DBA candidate, with over two decades of experience in financial controllership, SOP design, and governance across UN agencies, international corporates, and SMEs.
My career has taken me from reconciliation and SAP administration at Eagle Insurance, through regional UNDP finance operations, to leading the country finance function at the World Food Programme in Sri Lanka. Across every role, the common thread has been the same: taking finance functions that run on informal knowledge and turning them into documented, controlled, audit-ready systems.
Documented, it isn't a process - it's a habit that will break when the person holding it leaves.
should be designed with the people who use them, not imposed on them, or adoption fails.
are a gift - they show you exactly where the next improvement should go.