Hands-On CFO Support

We work with business owners and leadership teams to fix financial issues, improve performance, and bring structure to how the business is run.

Most businesses do not fail because of lack of effort — they struggle because:

  • Cash is tight even when sales are growing
  • Profitability is unclear or declining
  • Financial information is delayed or difficult to understand
  • Banks and lenders are becoming difficult to manage
  • Decisions are taken without clear financial visibility

That is where we come in.

What We Help You With

We support you across the key financial areas that directly impact your business:

  • Cash Flow & Liquidity — ensuring you have visibility and control over cash at all times
  • Profitability & Cost Control — understanding where money is made and where it is lost
  • Financial Reporting & MIS — simple, clear reports that help you make decisions
  • Financial Controls & Governance — bringing discipline and structure to how finances are managed
  • Banking & Funding Support — helping you manage lenders, negotiate facilities, and restructure where needed
  • Budgeting & Business Planning — building realistic plans aligned to your business
  • Growth & Expansion Decisions — evaluating investments, expansion, and new opportunities
  • Ongoing CFO Support — acting as a financial partner to support your day-to-day decisions

How We Work

We do not just advise — we get involved.

Our approach is practical, hands-on, and focused on execution:

  • We simplify complex financial information
  • We identify the real issues — not just symptoms
  • We work alongside you to implement solutions
  • We bring discipline without over-complicating your business

Our work is professional, discreet, disciplined and focused on results.

Our Core Services

1

Financial Stability & Turnaround

If your business is under pressure — losses, cash flow issues, or bank challenges — we help you stabilise and regain control.

  • Improving cash flow
  • Reducing losses
  • Strengthening financial discipline
  • Bringing the business back to a stable position
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Fractional CFO Support

If your business is growing but lacks senior financial leadership, we provide ongoing CFO support without the cost of a full-time hire.

  • Improve financial visibility
  • Strengthen decision-making
  • Build structure and discipline as you grow
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Outsourced Finance & Accounting

If your finance function needs structure, reliability, and control, we provide managed finance support with proper oversight.

  • Accurate and timely reporting
  • Clear processes and controls
  • Reliable financial information for decision-making
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Leadership

SummitsBridge Consulting is led by Saliya Jayaweera, a former Partner of a Big 4 accounting firm and a senior finance leader with over 30 years of experience.

His experience spans banking, corporate leadership, restructuring, and advisory — combining strong financial discipline with practical business understanding.

Professional. Discreet. Disciplined.

Our Services

Financial Stability & Turnaround

Businesses facing sustained losses, tightening liquidity, or increasing bank pressure require calm, experienced financial intervention. Often, owners are working harder than ever — yet profitability declines and cash flow visibility weakens.

SummitsBridge Consulting provides structured financial stabilisation and turnaround advisory services for SMEs and owner-managed businesses navigating operational and financial strain.

We work alongside owners, boards, and lenders to:

  • Restore financial clarity
  • Rebuild liquidity resilience
  • Improve margin visibility
  • Strengthen governance discipline
  • Realign operations toward sustainable performance

Early intervention significantly improves recovery outcomes.

  • Recurring operating losses without a credible recovery plan
  • Liquidity stress despite reported profitability
  • Bank overdrafts or loan facilities under pressure
  • Margin erosion due to cost escalation
  • Rapid expansion without adequate financial controls
  • Weak financial reporting or delayed management information
  • Comprehensive financial diagnostics
  • Product-level margin and cost analysis
  • Working capital restructuring
  • Debt restructuring advisory and lender engagement support
  • 3–5 year recovery and performance realignment plans
  • Cash flow modelling and liquidity planning
  • Governance strengthening and reporting discipline

Each engagement is partner-led and supported by qualified finance professionals — ensuring both senior oversight and analytical depth throughout the recovery process.

The objective is clear: stabilise liquidity, restore financial discipline, and return the business to controlled, sustainable growth.

Large Scale Production Business — Liquidity & Margin Recovery

Engaged during a period of sustained monthly losses and acute liquidity pressure.

Cash flow was stabilised, banking facilities restructured, product economics realigned, and working capital discipline restored — returning the business to controlled performance footing.

Highly Leveraged Manufacturing Group — Debt Restructuring & Operational Reset

Developed a structured multi-year recovery plan, supported lender negotiations, re-established governance discipline, and aligned production capacity to realistic demand levels.

Profitability was restored within 15 months with materially reduced financial risk exposure.

Technology & Telecommunications Business — Structural Reset

Identified weak product profitability visibility and fragmented systems oversight.

Implemented cost realignment, performance metrics, and disciplined capital oversight — restoring accountability and stabilising financial performance.

Diversified Family-Owned Conglomerate — Governance Reset & Strategic Exit

Appointed Group CFO to stabilise and prepare a multi-industry conglomerate for divestment following governance breakdown.

Rebuilt financial reporting, restored loss-making entities, institutionalised controls, and supported successful transaction completion.

Stabilisation requires clarity, discipline, and experienced leadership.

Our Services

Fractional CFO Support

As businesses grow, financial complexity increases — but appointing a full-time CFO is not always practical. SummitsBridge Consulting provides fractional CFO services delivering senior-level financial leadership without permanent executive overhead.

We provide disciplined oversight aligned with regional commercial realities and long-term strategic direction.

  • Financial controls, governance, and reporting discipline
  • Cash flow, liquidity, and working capital management
  • Management information systems (MIS) and performance visibility
  • Finance systems, processes, and operational efficiency
  • Bank negotiations, funding strategy, and debt restructuring
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and business planning
  • Business expansion, restructuring, and growth strategy
  • Commercial finance support and decision-making partnership

Fractional CFO engagement strengthens decision-making clarity, improves risk visibility, and enhances financial control during growth or transition.

  • Growth-stage companies
  • Owner-managed businesses requiring executive financial oversight
  • Companies preparing for funding, restructuring, or expansion
  • Businesses seeking stronger reporting discipline and governance

Institutional standards combined with practical commercial execution.

Our Services

Governance-Focused Outsourced Finance Support

Businesses increasingly require outsourced finance solutions that deliver more than transactional processing. SummitsBridge Consulting provides governance-led outsourced finance and accounting services designed to strengthen reporting reliability, financial control, and operational discipline.

Our model combines senior oversight with a Sri Lanka-based team of fully qualified Chartered Accountants — ensuring technical competence and dependable execution.

Outsourcing should enhance financial oversight — not weaken it.

Our framework includes:

  • Documented Standard Operating Procedures
  • Segregation of duties in processing and review
  • Defined month-end close discipline
  • Structured management reporting formats
  • Internal control review checklists
  • Audit-ready documentation practices
  • Strict confidentiality protocols

Each engagement is partner-led, ensuring accountability and continuity.

  • Bookkeeping and general ledger management
  • Accounts payable and receivable oversight
  • Monthly management accounts
  • Budget preparation and variance analysis
  • Cash flow monitoring
  • Financial systems implementation
  • Policy development and internal control frameworks

The focus is not merely processing — but building dependable financial infrastructure that supports informed decision-making.

The Firm

Leadership & Experience

SummitsBridge Consulting was founded by a senior finance professional with more than three decades of experience across international banking, corporate finance leadership, board governance, and restructuring advisory.

Following over 20 years in commercial and banking leadership roles across Sri Lanka and the Middle East, he was appointed as a Partner within a Big 4 accounting firm — combining institutional advisory standards with practical commercial execution.

  • Former Partner — Big 4 Accounting Firm
  • Senior Leadership Roles — International Banking Institutions
  • Corporate Finance & Board Governance Experience
  • Financial Stability & Turnaround
  • Cost Optimisation & Commercial Transformation
  • Regional Experience — Sri Lanka, India, UK, UAE, KSA, Maldives

The firm supports businesses in three primary areas:

  • Financial Stability & Turnaround
  • Fractional CFO & Strategic Financial Advisory
  • Outsourced Finance & Accounting

Each engagement is tailored to the size, complexity, and commercial realities of the business.

Financial strain is rarely sudden.

It builds quietly — through margin erosion, liquidity gaps, cost escalation, and delayed corrective action.

By the time pressure becomes visible, leadership teams are often reacting rather than directing.

Many business owners sense the warning signs — but operational demands leave little room to redesign the financial foundation.

SummitsBridge Consulting was founded on the belief that disciplined financial architecture, early diagnostics, and experienced executive guidance can restore stability before instability becomes crisis.

We exist to embed clarity, control, and senior financial leadership at pivotal moments — whether during performance pressure, restructuring, or growth.

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