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, we aspire 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 Enterprise Systems 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) software solution which will support a wide range of business functions used by all state agencies. Phase 1 of the Program focuses on the replacement of the Commonwealth’s Financial Management and General Ledger solution and is currently underway.

Phase 2 focuses on Payroll and Human Capital Management (HCM) modules which support a full software suite capable of addressing government business needs across Payroll, Time and Attendance , Performance Management, Learning Management , Talent Acquisition, Onboarding and Offboarding Management , Position Management and Personnel Administration and Leave Management solutions across all Commonwealth entities who are seeking to migrate applications to a single solution platform over time should they elect to do so. Procurement for Phase 2 is currently in process and the solution is expected to go live in October 2027.

The BEST Program is jointly sponsored by the Secretary for Administration and Finance, Comptroller of the Commonwealth and the Secretary of Technology Services and Security. This job posting is being issued through the Office of the Comptroller.  

More information can be found at https://best.macomptroller.org.  

Position Summary

This role will provide leadership, facilitation, analysis in support of the design, build, deployment, and implementation of the Leave Management module of the new Enterprise Solution. This Phase of the BEST Program will support the design, development and deployment of an enhanced, and for some entities introducing new functionality in a Commonwealth Leave Management solution. 

The Leave Management Lead will coordinate the activities of the members of the BEST PMO, system integration and product vendor staff, and agency staff to produce a comprehensive and cohesive set of business practices and configured software to support all Leave Management activities using the new ERP software. 

The Leave Management Lead support the review the functionality of the selected ERP software to determine the most effective configuration of the Enterprise Solution to address Commonwealth requirements, making every effort to adopt the “best practices” of the new solution.  It is anticipated that significant changes to the current business process will be identified, and that change management activities will play a crucial role in the overall success of the project.  The Leave Management Lead will work with the Phase 2 PMO, the BEST Solution Functional Leads, Phase 2 Governance, subject matter experts (SME) and the Change Management Team to provide consultation and advice on the areas where significant business process