Delivering sourcing, contracts, procurement, and accounts payable solutions to the University of Massachusetts system
Westborough, Massachusetts
The UPST is the procurement and accounts payable services provider to the University of Massachusetts system and its partner and supplier community. Our team of professionals are tasked with providing high-quality services while driving transaction efficiency. We support the campuses in cost optimization through proactive commodity sourcing and contracting with innovative suppliers and partners that support UPST in delivering on our "better, faster and cheaper" mission. The team manages about $1 billion in third-party spend annually and approximately 17,000+ suppliers and partners. The UPST can only manage this through leveraging optimized technology, data-driven business intelligence, training, and enhanced operational processes.
Hybrid
Coordinate daily office operations, building access, visitor management, facilities maintenance, vendor services, mailroom activities, and office supplies. Support meetings and events through scheduling, room setup, logistics, and light A/V assistance, while tracking procurement and invoices and maintaining operational procedures and communications.
Hybrid
Plan and conduct complex financial, operational, and compliance audits, consulting assignments, and investigations, including assessing risks and internal controls and preparing audit reports. Communicate findings and recommendations, follow up on management action plans, and guide junior staff while managing multiple assignments.
Hybrid
Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, data models, and KPI methodologies to support operational and strategic decision-making across Administration & Finance. Analyze and validate data from multiple sources, automate reporting workflows, resolve data quality issues with technical partners, and communicate actionable findings to stakeholders and leadership.
Hybrid
Organize research documents, campus research data, conference notes, and archived program and degree changes into accessible repositories. Create Excel spreadsheets with tables and graphs, test the academic affairs portal, and collect user survey data to inform its development.
On-site
Support daily building operations, facilities coordination, access control, and office upkeep. Assist with meeting and event setup, vendor coordination, mail and shipping activities, supply inventory and procurement, and improvements to operational procedures.
On-site
Provide confidential administrative support to the Chief Audit Officer, including coordinating calendars, meetings, travel, correspondence, purchasing, budgets, records, and department systems. Assist senior auditors with research, interviews, internal control testing, compliance assessments, and management action plans across financial, operational, compliance, and IT audits.
