Michael Bunkers Email & Phone Number

Urbandale, Ia, Us

• Manage end-to-end payment processes, including obtaining payment support, ensuring tax compliance, responding to inquiries, and facilitating rev-share payouts.• Contribute to the financial integrity of content-related commitments, assets, liabilities, and expenses within a collaborative team environment.• Collaborate with product management, content acquisitions, legal, IT, and tax teams to design and implement systems, such as a contract lifecycle management system, impacting content licensing.• Lead the development of content accounting policies, overseeing policy interpretation inquiries, and ensuring compliance.• Innovate and streamline contract review and summarization processes, from ideation to execution and rev-share payout.

I have led a team of individuals in implementing a new investment strategy focused on direct lending in the middle market leveraged loan market. I have collaborated with IT business analysts to build out end-to-end system integrations and worked with the portfolio management team to build credit approval workflows, portfolio monitoring, investment research, and trade order management systems.In addition, I have developed a control environment framework within the new investment accounting system and executed a test plan to ensure the system recorded investment activity as expected. I have also reviewed and maintained legal documentation related to loan documents, developed procedures to ensure enterprise data integrity, and processed transactions related to loan activity.Furthermore, I have developed a suite of reporting tools for the portfolio management team to view various exposure, holdings, performance, realized income, and market reporting. I have also developed policies and procedures to work with treasury on trade settlement and the cash wire process.

With years of experience in Insurance Investment Accounting, I have a passion for driving innovation and utilizing technology to streamline processes. As a Technology & Innovations expert, I have led training and workshops for Excel, Power BI, Power Query, and SQL Server. I have also developed an enterprise-wide citizen developer website to enable employees to create applications and processes that drive efficiencies.In the area of Valuation, I have loaded valuations monthly into the accounting system, performed matrix valuations for private asset classes, worked with 3rd party brokers, and performed control procedures to ensure accurate valuations. I am also well-versed in Private Leveraged Loan Valuation, and have developed methodologies to accurately value illiquid investments.My experience in Alternative Investments includes processing capital flows transactions such as capital calls and distributions. I also review quarterly financial statements for private equity funds and record subsequent equity method earning, and perform quarterly VIE analysis.In terms of Reconciliation, I have successfully reconciled accounting systems to ledgers, ledgers to warehouses, and warehouses to Schedule D. I have also developed and implemented reporting tools, including Schedule D and Credit Losses reports.As part of PGI Business Enablement, I developed a program to push new technologies out to employees through training and resource development. I maintain a change agent mentality, ensuring that team members continue to develop and build efficient processes for the enterprise. My expertise in technology, innovation, valuation, reconciliation, reporting, and business enablement makes me a valuable asset to any team looking to streamline their accounting processes.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Finance, General