Plant Controller

About Standard Bots

Standard Bots is building the next generation of industrial robots -- hardware thats powerful affordable and designed to scale. We closed a Series C and were scaling fast and building the financial infrastructure to match that growth is critical. This role is central to that.

Note: This is a full-time on-site role at our Glen Cove NY manufacturing facility

The Role

Were looking for a Plant Controller to serve as the senior finance partner embedded at our manufacturing facility -- owning the plants financial reporting budgeting forecasting and cost accounting and working side-by-side with Operations leadership to ensure financial discipline is built into every operational decision.

This role reports formally to the Senior Finance Manager with a dotted-line relationship to the Plant Manager. That structure is intentional -- it preserves independent financial oversight while ensuring close day-to-day partnership with the people running the plant.

What Youll Do

Financial Reporting & Close

- Own the plants full financial reporting: monthly close variance analysis and management reporting on plant performance

- Serve as the primary finance point of contact for the plant during external audits (RSM) providing supporting schedules and documentation

- Maintain internal controls at the plant level and flag risks or process gaps to corporate Finance

- Present financial results forecasts and cost analyses clearly and confidently to senior leadership -- translating plant-level detail into business-level insight

Budgeting & Forecasting

- Lead budgeting and forecasting for the facility partnering with the Plant Manager on labor materials overhead and capital planning

- Evaluate capital expenditure requests and provide financial analysis to support operational decision-making -- new equipment additional shifts headcount and more

Cost Accounting & Inventory

- Oversee cost accounting for the plant: standard costs BOM cost accuracy landed cost methodology and labor allocation (direct vs. indirect)

- Analyze manufacturing cost variances (material labor overhead) and partner with Operations to identify root causes and corrective actions

- Own inventory valuation cycle counts and obsolescence reserve analysis for the facility ensuring GAAP compliance and audit readiness

Cross-Functional Partnership

- Partner with Procurement on vendor cost analysis tariff/duty impact and supply chain cost trends

- Provide financial training and guidance to plant operations staff on cost drivers and the financial impact of operational decisions

- Build a trusted credible relationship with the Plant Manager and Operations team -- youre their finance partner not a corporate auditor

What Were Looking For

- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or CMA preferred

- 5 years of progressive accounting or finance experience with at least 2 years in a manufacturing or plant finance role

- Strong understanding of GAAP cost accounting and inventory valuation

- Experience partnering directly with plant and operations leadership in a dotted-line or matrixed reporting structure

- Experience with ERP/MRP systems -- NetSuite or similar a plus

- Advanced Excel skills; comfortable building financial models and forecasts from scratch

- Strong presentation and communication skills -- you can walk a Plant Manager through a variance analysis and present the same material to a CFO

- Comfortable working independently on-site while maintaining strong alignment with corporate Finance

Nice to Have

- Experience with international supply chains tariffs and customs/duty considerations

- CPA or CMA credential

- Background in a high-growth venture-backed manufacturing or hardware company

- Familiarity with standard costing in a multi-SKU complex BOM environment

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this role is $150000 to $170000. We are open to a variety of seniority levels for this role and will build compensation packages that are commensurate with seniority and skill level. Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots. All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off medical/dental/vision insurance life insurance disability insurance and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.