Tolkyn has a background in accountancy and audit. She has Master in Science “Finance and Business Management”, and graduated in Bedfordshire Business School, the United Kingdom and has been working as an auditor for two years with Deloitte in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Tolkyn is the Financial Signatory (FSIGN) for Linnaeus University’s FP7, H2020 and Horizon Europe projects, and as Research Financial Advisor within the Grants and Innovation Office is providing advice and support to researchers related to budgeting, financial reporting and audits for the EC's Framework Programmes.