Scott Olsson
Partner, Audit
Calgary
srolsson@kpmg.ca
Scott has been with KPMG for 16 years and has worked with a wide variety of both private and public companies during this time. His first 4 years with KPMG were spent in Vancouver before transferring to the Calgary office in 2000. Since arriving in Calgary, Scott has gained extensive experience working with numerous technology-based clients, providing a wide range of services, including audit, securities work, and due diligence assignments.
Scott is a board member with the Alberta Science and Technology Foundation and also sits on the Accounting Steering Committee for the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. He is also the partner responsible for KPMG in Calgary's Campus Recruiting initiatives.
In his spare time, Scott is an avid golfer, and especially enjoys spending time with his wife and four young children.
Christie Thomson-Barks
Manager
Calgary
cthomsonbarks@kpmg.ca
Christie has been with KPMG in the Audit group for 4 years, plus a summer internship previous to starting full time in 2008. She works mostly with oil and gas companies, but has also had clients in the drilling, energy services and not for profit sectors. In her time with KPMG Christie has had the opportunity to travel down to the US as well as over to London.
Since starting at KPMG Christie has been involved in campus recruiting, acted as a UFE mentor and is part of the KPMG soccer team. She also spent two summers in Saskatoon while she completed the Masters of Professional Accounting (MPAcc) program at the University of Saskatchewan.
Christie loves to travel and has left footprints all over Latin America and Europe. She also enjoys cooking, yoga and spending time with family and friends.
Taryn Wener
Talent Attraction Manager
Calgary
twener@kpmg.ca
Taryn has worked in a variety of areas in her short time at KPMG; she started her career with KPMG as a co-op student in Toronto in the fall of 2005, and then made the move to Calgary to complete a term as a summer intern in 2006. Taryn returned to Dalhousie University to finish her Bachelor of Commerce prior to returning to Calgary to work full time in the Audit group in the fall of 2007. Taryn then went on to complete the CASB program and pass the UFE in 2009.
While working in the Calgary office, Taryn has had the opportunity to test out a number of different areas, working on large and small audit engagements, travelling across the country and over to London, preparing tax returns in the International Tax group, and working with the Campus Recruiting team on a 3-month temporary secondment in 2008. Upon passing the UFE and completing her third year with KPMG, Taryn took on a 1-year secondment working with the Campus Recruiting team as a Talent Attraction Specialist in the Calgary office and enjoyed this experience so much that she has now become a permanent member of the Talent Attraction Team!
In her free time, when she isn't too busy on campus, Taryn enjoys travelling, biking, volunteering in her community, and spending time with her family and friends.
Daniela Montgomery
Staff Accountant, Audit
Calgary
dmontgomery1@kpmg.ca
Daniela has been a full time employee of KPMG since 2011, and she also worked at KPMG as a summer intern in 2010. She completed her Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Calgary in 2011, and she worked in accounting roles in the oil industry in 2008 and 2009 during the summer months while she was an undergraduate student.
While at KPMG, Daniela has been involved with audit clients of varying sizes, personal tax, and corporate tax. She also attended the KPMG Fast Forward Leadership Conference in Hollywood, CA. She currently serves on the Distinguished Business Leader Award (DBLA) Selection Committee and the Commerce Undergraduate Society Advisory Committee at the Haskayne School of Business.
Daniela has traveled across Canada, the United States, Italy, and volunteered in Russia. In her spare time, Daniela enjoys playing golf, spending time with her family, friends, and dogs, and volunteering.