SBMA - School Business Manages' Association

SBMA

WELCOME to SBMA

The School Business Managers’ Association (SA) is a professional organization dedicated to school financial administration and management in public schools. Established in 2008, the SBMA aims to meet the professional requirements of public schools.

Principals and finance staff often encounter various challenges and daily obstacles in their school environments. Recognizing the need for a professional community to network and address these issues, the association welcomes members such as Principals, School Business Managers, Bursars, Finance Officers, Administrators, Admission Clerks, and others who play crucial roles in school management.

Objectives

The association is run by Business Managers who are full time employees at their respective schools.

Offering professional guidance and assistance to all our members.
Enhancing administrative and financial efficiency within the schools served by each member.
Supporting the professional growth of SBMA members.
Fostering camaraderie and mutual understanding among members and member schools.
Collaborating with School Governing Body organizations and similar associations to further our goals and objectives.

"School Management is our expertise. “

Become An Expert School Business Manager

Principals School Finance Administration and Admissions Personnel

Benefits of Joining

Team of Business People Working Together

Why you should join

Every Province has a Regional Chairperson;
Telephonic or e-mail advice on specific queries or problems encountered in your daily tasks (all Regional Chairs consult as a National Committee on major problems or issues that our members have, to get you the correct answers to your questions);

Whatever the issue in finance be it exemptions to petty cash if you need an answer we are just at the end of the phone or email;

Access to our ever popular Newsletters, published 3 – 4 times a year;

Information on changes in the law or schools act (currently the Exemption Regulations and SASA are under review by the Department);

Information on other items in law which will affect you – like the submission of the PAIA Manual and the extended date for this submission which we fought for all our members;

GET PRIVATE ACCESS

·SBMA D6 Communicator (it is a private download link for our members only, NOT a school communicator) which is full of interesting deadline dates and information (and also ALL the newsletters)

·A great deal of the talks, with permission of the speakers, from the past Conferences are also published here and all the photos

·Advertisement of admin and finance posts for your school on the D6 Communicator AT NO EXTRA CHARGE (this goes out to all our member schools nationwide because finance people usually know finance people!)

wE SUPPORT AND INSPIRE

·An empathetic support system from bursars, who understand the day-to- day difficulties.

·Consult and inform education authorities on your behalf of disputes and recommendations to pending amended laws or regulations.

·Becoming a member of a professional organisation that is affiliated with International Bursars Associations (NASBM – UK and ASBO International).

All this at affordable membership fees –The school as a whole is charged an annual fee and ALL finance staff and Principals are registered to use the services.

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