Ms. R.P.P. Abeykoon is a Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Accountants’ Service. She began her public service career in May 1997 as an Audit Examiner at the Auditor General’s Department. In April 2000, she joined the Sri Lanka Accountants’ Service and was appointed Accountant at the Ministry of Social Services and Women’s Affairs, North Central Provincial Council. From June 2001 to April 2006, she served as Assistant Secretary (Finance) at the Ministry of Housing and Construction. She then worked for nine years as Accountant at the Zonal Education Office, Sri Jayawardenapura, Western Provincial Council. In 2011, she was promoted to Class I and later appointed Chief Internal Auditor at the Department of Samurdhi in 2016. In July 2021, she assumed duties as Chief Internal Auditor at the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Conservation.

Upon her promotion to Special Grade in July 2024, she was appointed Chief Financial Officer – II at the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, overseeing asset management and national school supervision.

She holds a B.Sc. (Special) in Public Administration (Second Class Upper) from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, a Master’s in Public Management and a Higher National Diploma in Procurement Management from SLIDA . She possesses extensive knowledge in Financial Management, Procurement Management, Public Finance Management, Auditing, and various other related fields, acquired through practical work experience as well as numerous short courses, training programs, seminars, and other professional development activities.