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Step Up For Students

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201 - 500 employees

📚 Education

🤲 Charity

Education • Charity

Step Up For Students is a Florida-based non-profit organization that administers education scholarship programs and related services to empower families to access personalized K–12 learning options. It manages multiple scholarship programs (e. g. , Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, Family Empowerment/PEP, Hope Scholarship, Reading Scholarship, New Worlds Scholarship), supports students with unique abilities, funds private school tuition, tutoring, therapy, transportation stipends, and partners with schools and providers. The organization also operates NextSteps, a news and commentary platform about education choice, solicits donations (including Florida tax-credit donations and other giving vehicles), publishes research and reports, and provides resources and portals for parents, schools, and providers. Step Up reports having funded 1M+ scholarships, uses 98. 9% of funds for scholarships, and has operated for 20+ years.

📋 Description

• Lead the enterprise Controls Management strategy, including the build-out, maturity, and ongoing evolution of the controls management function and operating model. • Design and implement a scalable enterprise controls framework that defines control standards, governance structures, control taxonomy, and lifecycle management practices. • Design, implement, and maintain a comprehensive internal control framework that integrates compliance, operational risk management, and governance across all business functions. • Establish and maintain a centralized controls library, including documentation standards, control mapping, ownership structure, and version governance across the enterprise. • Build and operationalize a controls evidence repository to support audit readiness, regulatory compliance, and transparent visibility into control execution. • Develop and implement a continuous controls monitoring capability to proactively identify control failures, emerging risks, and process inefficiencies. • Drive controls framework build-out across key business domains, ensuring alignment between business processes, regulatory requirements, and enterprise risk appetite. • Embed “controls by design” principles into business process redesign, digital transformation, and technology implementation initiatives. • Standardize control design, testing, validation, and remediation methodologies to ensure consistency, scalability, and operational rigor across the organization. • Provide strategic guidance to the Board and executive leadership on controls maturity, control effectiveness, and enterprise-wide risk and governance posture. • Partner with business leaders to integrate controls into end-to-end workflows in a way that supports efficiency, automation, and improved customer and operational outcomes. • Oversee control gap identification, risk-based prioritization, remediation planning, and sustainable resolution of control deficiencies. • Lead the development of enterprise controls governance routines, including reporting dashboards, control health metrics, and executive-level visibility into control performance. • Build and lead a high-performing Controls Management organization, including structure design, capability development, and operating model execution. • Recruit, develop, and retain top Controls Management talent while fostering deep expertise in control design, risk awareness, and regulatory alignment. • Provide coaching and leadership development to strengthen technical controls expertise and enterprise leadership capability within the team. • Partner closely with Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, Finance, Operations, and Technology to ensure a fully integrated and aligned control environment. • Other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated success and a proven track record in professional/life experience in specific job functions, projects, or industries. Military service can substitute for professional experience and/or formal education requirements. • 12+ years of progressive experience in internal controls, enterprise risk management, compliance, audit, or governance within a complex, regulated organization. • 5+ years of senior leadership experience with accountability for building and managing enterprise-scale controls, risk, or governance functions. • Proven track record of establishing and scaling controls management capabilities, including controls libraries, evidence repositories, and structured documentation practices. • Experience implementing continuous controls monitoring programs, control testing frameworks, and risk based validation methodologies across multiple business areas. • Strong experience embedding controls into business processes, system design, and enterprise transformation or modernization initiatives. • Demonstrated experience partnering with executive leadership and governance bodies on control effectiveness, risk exposure, and enterprise control maturity. • Experience working in highly matrixed environments with cross-functional stakeholders including Risk, Compliance, Internal Audit, Finance, Operations, and Technology. • Proven experience identifying control gaps, driving remediation efforts, and ensuring sustainable resolution of audit findings and regulatory issues.

🏖️ Benefits

• Enjoy medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus HSA, FSA, and Lifestyle Spending Accounts. • We also offer a competitive 401(k) with company match to help you plan for the future. • Remote work options and unique time-off programs—including 14 paid holidays, Care and Parental Leave, and our Flexible Leave policy. • From mentorship programs to management training and professional development opportunities, we invest in your career journey every step of the way. • Our dedicated coaching team is here to help you succeed, and employee-led committees give you a voice in shaping our workplace.