sboMGMT
New Jersey school business management · 20+ years of leadership

A business office your board can count on.

We serve as your full-time, long-term School Business Administrator and run your complete business office, for charter schools, public districts, educational services commissions, and private, parochial and special education schools.

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26
current clients
$900M+
in school budgets managed
1,000+
employees on payroll & HR
4
licensed NJ SBAs
Brick school campus with a long walkway on a clear day
Trusted by schools across New Jersey
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School
LEAD Charter School
HOLA Hoboken Dual Language Charter School
Hoboken Charter School
The Elysian Charter School of Hoboken
Princeton Charter School
Paul Robeson Charter School
The Titusville Academy
John P. Holland Charter School
Achievers Early College Prep Charter School
Educational Services Commission of New Jersey
Jamesburg Public Schools
Cresthaven Academy Charter School
Learning Community Charter School
Rowan University
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Who we serve

One full-service business office, for every type of school.

Most clients keep us year after year as their full-time SBA and business office. Every school type below gets the same complete service, plus a team that knows the rules specific to it.

Charter schools

Our core business: your full-time SBA, Board Secretary and complete business office, year after year, through every audit, renewal and lender review.

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Public school districts

Full-time or interim SBA and business office services, from treasurer reports and budgets to capital project oversight.

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Educational services commissions

Full business administration for the commission itself and the cooperative purchasing and programs it runs for member districts.

Commissions →

Private, parochial & special education schools

The same complete business office for independent, parochial and approved private special education schools, including tuition, rates and state reporting.

Private schools →
Experience first. AI second.

You can’t AI your way through a school business office.

Anyone can generate a budget or a report with AI. Very few can tell you whether it will hold up in front of an auditor, a finance committee or the Department of Education. That takes years of closing books, filing state reports and answering to boards.

We use AI every day, to work faster and catch more. But it is directed, checked and signed off by licensed professionals who have run New Jersey school business offices since 2005.

AI doesn’t replace 20+ years of sound fiscal management and decision-making.

Real people, accountable by license

Every engagement is led by a licensed NJ School Business Administrator who signs the work and stands behind it.

AI under professional judgment

Automation speeds up reconciliations, coding and reporting. Experience decides what’s right.

Proven where it counts

Audits, renewals, rating reviews and finance committees, led by people who have handled them for 20+ years.

Services

Everything a school business office does.

Take the whole office off your plate, or add the pieces your team needs. Mostly remote, on site when it matters.

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SBA & Board Secretary

Licensed SBAs, Qualified Purchasing Agents and treasurer of school monies.

Accounting, budget & audit

Bookkeeping, treasurer reports, budgets, grant budgets and audit preparation.

E-rate Coming soon

Full-service E-rate filing, competitive bidding and compliance.

Finance committees & reporting

Finance committee meetings and complex financial reporting for boards, lenders and rating agencies.

Finance & efficiency studies

Education finance studies and business office efficiency analyses that boards can act on.

HR & payroll

Payroll and payroll taxes, onboarding, benefits, NJ pension reporting and handbooks.

Facility & construction

Owner-side oversight of capital projects, bidding, pay applications and claims.

Professional development

One-on-one coaching for business office staff, school leaders and trustees.

Results

Clean audits. Renewals won. Boards that trust the numbers.

20+

Charter renewals won, with many schools renewed multiple times with us at their side.

7

New charter schools we helped write and open, with 2 more currently in Phase 2 of the NJ DOE application process.

$900M+

In school budgets managed across charter schools, districts and agencies.

1,000+

Employees paid accurately and on time, every payroll cycle.

Case study · School regionalization

Henry Hudson Regional: three districts merged into one PK–12 district

We provided the fiscal analysis behind New Jersey’s first successful school regionalization vote since 2014.

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Coming soon from our leadership

School finance technology built from 20+ years of running business offices: BvAs, vendor payments by month, payroll by pay reports, covenant compliance and more.

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Dr. Brian S. Falkowski, Founder and CEO
Leadership

Led by a career school business official.

“Schools deserve a business office that runs the same way every month, no matter who is in the chair. That’s the firm we built.”

Dr. Brian S. Falkowski
Founder & CEO · NJ school business official since 2005
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Need an SBA, or a whole business office?

Tell us about your school. We’ll reply within one business day with a recommended scope and next steps.

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or call 732.631.4009 · info@sbomgmt.com