Collien is the Finance and Administration Officer of the Connecting Business initiative (CBi) based in Istanbul, Turkey. Her role is to support the coordination and implementation of project procurement, travel and HR management strategies, financial and budgetary management, and partnership development.
Before joining CBi, she was a Training/Events Management Documentation Consultant for the UNDP- Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD). She supported training Programs on “Harnessing the Role of the Private Sector for Effective Development Cooperation.”
Her professional experience is rooted in her six years of work for an international organization, where she took on various roles. She was a Finance Operations Supervisor for a unit performing finance and accounting functions for vendors, financial institutions, government agencies, charities, and non-profit organizations. She also led the Personal Finance Services operations for around 750 volunteers from different countries and worked as a Payroll and Compensation and Benefits Specialist for 140 local employees. Within these years, she coordinated various projects to streamline and automate finance and HR processes and strongly supported training and development initiatives.
She was also a College Instructor for Business and Management and a former Branch Accountant for a Thrift Bank in the Philippines.
She holds a degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Financial Management.