About
Noémie Ouellet-Gendron is a Vice President at Accuracy in Montreal, with more than 15 years of experience in accounting, finance and advisory services.
She began her career in audit before moving into restructuring and insolvency, where she developed a strong understanding of the financial and operational challenges involved in business turnarounds. She subsequently advised clients on acquisitions, disposals, financing and profitability analysis, and later worked in private equity, gaining first-hand insight into investment decisions and the operational realities behind financial performance.
At Accuracy, Noémie advises investment funds and companies on transactions, transformation and recovery plans, combining financial analysis with operational implication. She works across sectors including manufacturing, agribusiness, retail, healthcare and technology.
Noémie speaks French and English.
Qualifications
- Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) (2010)
- Graduate Diploma in Accounting Sciences, CA profile, Université du Québec à Montréal (2010)
- Bachelor of Accounting Sciences, CA profile, Université du Québec à Montréal (2009)
In-depth expertise
Noémie advises companies, management teams and investors on transactions, financial optimization, restructuring and insolvency. Her transaction experience includes buy-side and sell-side support, financial due diligence, normalized EBITDA analysis, financial modelling, data-room preparation, financing structures and negotiation support. In distressed or rapidly changing situations, she develops cash-flow forecasts, profitability and sensitivity analyses, banking covenant reviews, and practical transformation or recovery plans. Her private equity experience enables her to connect investment analysis with operational priorities, liquidity needs and value-creation initiatives. She also supports multidisciplinary teams and communicates complex financial matters clearly to executives, lenders and investors.
Example of engagements
Transactions and investment support
- Supported Canadian and international acquisition processes through financial due diligence, financial modelling, risk and opportunity analysis, financing considerations and negotiation support.
- Assisted businesses preparing for sale by improving sale readiness, organizing financial information and data rooms, and preparing vendor due diligence materials.
- Participated in an investment process for a technology-enabled manufacturing business, including due diligence, negotiations and post-investment monitoring.
- Provided financial due diligence support to businesses operating across several agribusiness segments.
- Provided financial diagnostic in order to identify potential opportunity to improve profitability while respecting the Company’s mission and values.
Restructuring and financial performance
- Supported a manufacturing management team with financial analysis, a rationalization plan and ongoing monitoring of its economic performance trajectory.
- Developed annual, monthly and rolling 13-week cash-flow models in distressed situations, together with sensitivity analyses, covenant reviews, and liquidity and profitability monitoring.
- Assisted a company through a court-supervised restructuring process, including preparation of an operational restructuring proposal for creditors.
- Supported multiple insolvency matters and restructuring processes, including daily, weekly and monthly cash-flow monitoring and creditor proposal preparation.
- Developed return-to-profitability plans and scenario analyses with executive teams, translating financial findings into concrete actions.
- Advised portfolio companies facing financial pressure on strategic plans designed to improve liquidity, profitability and operational performance.