State Finance Training for new finance and budget employees
To help Commonwealth of Massachusetts departments that may be welcoming new employees to their finance and budget offices, the Office of the Comptroller has curated a State Finance Training catalog of relevant courses.
Upcoming live webinar sessions
Registration is required via the CTR Learning Management System, and closes 2 business days before the course date.
- MMARS Navigation Overview
Wednesday, January 4 | 9:30am – 11:30am
Tuesday, February 7 | 9:30am – 11:30am - Fraud Management and Mitigation
Monday, January 9 | 10:00am – 12:00pm - Encumbrance Management
Wednesday, January 11 | 9:30am – 12:00pm - Understanding the MMARS Budget Screens and Process
Wednesday, January 11 |2:00pm – 3:30pm - Foundations of Payroll
Tuesday, January 17 | 9:30am – 11:30am - HR/CMS Fundamentals
Wednesday, January 18 | 9:30am – 11:30am
- Payment Management
Thursday, February 2 | 1:30pm – 3:30pm
On-demand training
These courses can be taken at any time. Registration is required.
- State Finance Fundamentals
- Interdepartmental Service Agreements (ISA)
- Vendor/Customer Management
Accessing the catalog
A CTR Learning Management System account is required to register or view the full catalog.
To create a new account, access an existing account, or learn more about CTR’s Statewide Learning program, please visit the CTR Statewide Learning page [MAGNet or VPN required].