Melanie (Mel) Donus Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

My role as an Independent Support Broker, contracted by the NYS Office of People with Disabilities includes the following responsibilities:* Initial design of a Participant's OPWDD Self-Directed Budget packet including the following documents: Person Centered Planning Roadmap and Strategy, SD Budget Template, Staff Action Plan, Suggested Weekly Schedule.* Serve as a liaison/broker between the Participant and various service providers including Care Management the Fiscal Intermediary.* Attend semi-annual Life Plan meetings and coordinate Circle of Support Meetings when necessary. Review and approve the Life Plan for accuracy.* Coordinate contract service agreements between service providers and participants.* Liaise between service providers and Participant to execute final documentation including Direct-Pay contracts allowing the Participant's FI to pay the service provider directly.* Recruit and coordinate the hire of Self-Hired Staff including Comm Hab and SEMP/Job Coaches and Job Developers.* Provide semi-annual training to Self-Hired Staff.* Support and advocate for the Participant in identifying and developing initial connections in the community as related to their SD Budget.* Serve as a contact between the Participant, Self-Hired Staff, and HR/QA during disputes.

Greater New York City Area

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Diverse management responsibilities for back office teams supporting trade settlement for Mortgage Banking, High Yield, Distressed and Bank Debt, Warehouse Funding, Special Situations, and Syndications. • Project Managed all aspects of integration process for the newly acquired Chapel Funding and Mortgage IT organizations, integrating over 200 employees and 5 core Operational systems from Transaction Processing, Mitigation, Servicing Transfer, P & I, and Syndicate Accounting.• Streamlined and implemented new Operations Bank Debt settlement program. Managed team of two that provided front to back trade support for bank debt business line including documentation, claims processing, legal liaison, trade book mapping to G/L, agency administration, and custody management.• Project Managed a portfolio of 14 Operations projects providing automation features for Special Situations, Bank Debt, and Syndications settlement team.• Developed Operations Policies and Procedures for new Lottery Receivables and Reverse Mortgage products.• Championed the seamless launch of SBO, the first Deutsche Bank system to electronically integrate front and back office Mortgage transactions.• Crafted the first Investment Banking Operations monthly newsletter that was later used as a global template and received recognition at the annual Managing Directors conference.• Chaired the DB Legal Entity Operational Committee. Seamlessly rolled out three new DB proprietary entities used for bank debt and distressed securities with system connections in Controlling, Compliance, Treasury, Legal, Neutral Control, Cash Management, Credit/Risk, New Accounts, and Operations.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Invited to join Precision Capital Advisors as the 3rd employee by two former leaders at Deutsche Bank. Responsible for all trade support and operational functions for three private equity fund of funds and Halyard Securities CDO transactions.• Developed policies and procedures for Subscription Agreements, capital call projections/ notifications, cash distribution process including investor notification and administrator instructions, shadow accounting, annual audit with PWC, K1 process, and quarterly financial statement preparation.• Settled the first two CDO transactions totaling over $1.5B in debt as the sole Operations contact with a bare laptop and network of contacts and experience.• Crafted investor communication including update letters. Served as the point-of-contact with fund administrator on capital calls, distributions, and monthly NAV calculations.• Supported the development of Precision Capital website with client reporting module, providing more timely and accurate evaluation and capital statement data.• Supported co-founder and legal counsel in FINRA broker dealer licensing enabling the Halyard Securities CDO business launch.• Developed policies and procedures for Halyard Securities trade support, accredited investor documentation, Anti-Money Laundering/White Glove review, cash flow, and Operations functions.

New York City Metropolitan Area

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Greater New York City Area