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About the Role

Standard Bots is seeking a Plant Controller to partner with manufacturing facility leadership. This role is responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cost accounting, ensuring financial discipline in operational decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the plant's 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.
• 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.
• Oversee cost accounting for the plant: standard costs, BOM cost accuracy, landed cost methodology, and labor allocation.
• Analyze manufacturing cost variances and partner with Operations to identify root causes and corrective actions.
• Own inventory valuation, cycle counts, and obsolescence reserve analysis for the facility.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 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.
• Advanced Excel skills; comfortable building financial models and forecasts from scratch.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Comfortable working independently on-site while maintaining strong alignment with corporate Finance.

Skills

• GAAP
• Cost Accounting
• Inventory Valuation
• ERP/MRP systems
• NetSuite
• Excel
• Financial Modeling
• Forecasting
• Presentation Skills
• Communication Skills
• International Supply Chains
• Tariffs
• Customs/Duty Considerations
• Standard Costing

Location

• Glen Cove, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• On-site

Experience Level

• 5+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience
• 2+ years in a manufacturing or plant finance role

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA or CMA preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $150,000 to $170,000

Benefits

• Employee Stock Options
• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k)

About the Company

• Standard Bots is building the next generation of industrial robots -- hardware that's powerful, affordable, and designed to scale.
• We closed a Series C and we're scaling fast, and building the financial infrastructure to match that growth is critical.