Company Profile
California Independent School Business Officers Association
Company Overview
Independent school Business Officers in California provide long-term strategic leadership at their schools while managing efficient day-to-day operations and staying abreast of emerging trends. All of this is achieved while maintaining compliance within our state’s singular and challenging regulatory and legal environment.
Cal-ISBOA develops, delivers and promotes business and operational best practices to advance the business officer profession and support the operations of Independent Schools in California.
Cal-ISBOA provides professional support and solutions to Business Officers from approximately 280 Independent Schools throughout the state of California.
OUR GOAL is to develop supportive relationships among our peers and to educate other administrative officers about our many roles.
Company History
In the mid-1970s a few Business Managers, a School Head, and two CPAs formed ISBMA. (Independent Schools Business Managers Association.) They met on a monthly basis usually at Town School in San Francisco, with a jug of wine, some cheese and crackers and a lot of conversation. After meeting, they went to dinner and continued sharing ideas, often late into the evening.It was primarily an idea-sharing and social group. In time the name was changed, replacing the “M” with an “O” for officer.
In the early 1980s, they thought it would be great to share statistical information about their respective schools. They created a report by requesting data on tuition, salaries, budgets, et cetera from each member school. Volunteer Business Managers came together and packaged all the information into a single report that was distributed at a general meeting of all the schools who participated in the survey. ISBOA STATS was launched…
Membership has grown to approximately 280 schools state-wide today.
Today the survey is managed by a third party to maintain confidentiality and is highly-valued resource to the independent school community in California. Cal-ISBOA now offers professional programs, holds state-wide conferences, sponsors live meetings and webinars with speakers who present to us on a wide range of topics from technology to the economy. We provide professional development in the same collegial, social spirit from our founding in the mid-1970s at Town School in San Francisco.
Benefits
Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Open to considering flexibility for a 35 to 40-hour work week. Limited, occasional evening and weekend availability required as business needs dictate.
Location: Position is primarily remote with occasional (six to eight times per year) attendance at member events. Incumbent must reside and work within California. Priority consideration will be given to candidates located in one of the following metro areas: Sacramento, San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles.
Equipment: Home office equipment and supplies and a stipend for remote work expenses such as technology services will be provided.