BEST Program Collective Bargaining Legal Research Intern

OFFICE of the COMPTROLLER

Business Systems Transformation (BEST) Program

BEST Program Collective Bargaining Legal Research Intern

FY25 - 020

About the Office of the Comptroller

The Office of the Comptroller oversees the Commonwealth’s financial systems, promoting integrity, mitigating risk, and providing accurate reporting and promoting transparency to illustrate the financial health of Massachusetts.  The Office is an independent and non-partisan department of the Commonwealth. 

As stewards of the public trust, CTR aspires to inspire confidence by maintaining our core principles: clarity, integrity, and accountability.

The powers and obligations of the Office of the Comptroller are generally dictated by M.G.L. c. 7A.

About Business System Transformation (BEST) Program

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is undertaking a multi-year project known as the Business Enterprise Systems Transformation (BEST) Program to implement a comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) financial software solution and implement best business practices and workflows supported by modern technology. The BEST financial solution will support a wide range of business functions used by over 160 state agencies. 

Position Summary

BEST is seeking a qualified candidate to participate in CTR’s 2025 Law Student Internship as the Collective Bargaining Legal Research Intern who will work on the BEST Phase 2 Project Team under the direction of the Phase 2 Project Manager. The intern will collect and analyze data to identify policies, benefits, manager/supervisor rules, and other characteristics related to all Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) across all Commonwealth agencies and organizations. Specifically, the intern’s research will focus on sections of CBAs that relate to the Commonwealth’s payroll and human capital management system, and its use by Commonwealth agencies and employees. 

Specific Duties:  

• Collect and review information relevant to the Phase 2 functionality across all the CBAs in the Commonwealth  
• Work with the Project Management (PM) Office and BEST project functional leads to analyze information across all CBAs to identify commonalities, differences, and areas of conflict   
• Work with the PM and BEST project functional leads to log all data collected and outputs from analysis into one central CBA repository   
• Work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), functional leads, and others to classify CBA criteria, benefits, Rules, etc. by level of functionality  
• Support the Phase 2 Data Collection and Analysis Team to use the information collected from their research and help bring these learnings into the design, development, and deployment of Phase 2 functional solutions    
• Support the PM Office and functional leads throug