Heidi Grim Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Responsible for locating, developing, creating relationships, and implementing growth opportunities within and between organizations. Heidi identifies trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events, publications and announcements; tracks individual contributors and their accomplishments; evaluates options and resolves internal/external.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Direct and coordinate activities for three sections: General Accounting (general ledger, fixed assets, grants, accounts receivable/payable), Budget and Payroll with a staff of 33 financial support personnel;
• Assess, interpret and implement complex Federal and State laws, accounting policies, rules and regulations governing the fiscal and accounting matters;
• Ensures internal compliance with general accepted accounting procedures (GAAP), with emphasis on governmental accounting practices for processing over $1 billion in accounting transactions;
• Directs the activities of weekly union payroll and monthly union pension payroll for over 4,600 employees for three bargaining units; and
• Direct the activities for annual financial reporting during the year end close process.
• Replaced a 35-year old payroll system with new cloud-based payroll system, converting from time and a half the hours to time and a half the rate.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Direct and coordinate activities of over 75 management and union personnel engaged in processing small procurements/commodities, large multi-year contracts, purchase of rolling stock, and the disbursement and receipt.
• Develop and implement organizational objectives, policies and procedures for purchasing small procurements/commodities, large multi-year contract, and inventory control;
• Provide testimony for MDOT regarding Board of Public Works items not under the jurisdiction of the Department of General Services or the Department of Budget and Management;
• Represents MDOT before the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals;
• Reviews and evaluates procurement staff’s determinations;
• Directs the development of contract specifications, contract modifications, contract renewals, Request For Proposals (RFP), Invitations For Bids (IFB), addenda, sole source justifications, bid withdrawals, public.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in processing small procurements/commodities.
• Develop and implement organizational objectives, policies and procedures for purchasing small procurements/commodities.
• Ensure that all procurements comply with the Code of Maryland Regulations, Federal Transportation Administration Regulations, Federal Railroad Administration Regulations, and Board of Public Works Advisories.
• Develop streamlined processes for conducting timely procurements, evaluating proposals, recommending awards and managing the pre-bid process for small procurements.
• Assign, Review, train and approve the work of procurement administrators, cost and price clerks, and Corporate Purchasing Card Administrator (both management and union-Local 2); staff of 10.
• Oversee pre-bid and bid openings for small procurements to determine whether offers are reasonably susceptible of being selected for award.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Develop and implement the Annual Operating Budget, Annual Operations Spending Plan and Multi-Year Forecasts of approximately $650 million. Set goals and develop solutions to funding and spending problems within the.
• Oversee the development of estimates of fare revenue, ridership, operating expenses, farebox recovery based on state accounting records and MTA operating plans. Develops cost models, prepares economic analyses of MTA.
• Oversee development of annual National Transit Database submission. The NTD project is a compilation of over 1,000 data elements (most of which are allocations and combinations of several elements to derive at the.
• Prepare and distribute regular updates and analyses of departmental spending, agency revenue attainment, and key operations data associated with MTA’s financial management strategies. Meet regularly with MTA department.
• Oversee the development of required reports and responses as requested for Legislative Services, Budget & Management, and other oversight agencies and bodies, including narrative on MTA’s performance and fiscal.
• Supervise, monitor and review performance and development of Financial Management Staff (staff of 6).