Plant Controller

About Standard Bots

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. This role is central to that.

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

The Role

We're looking for a Plant Controller to serve as the senior finance partner embedded at our manufacturing facility -- owning the plant's 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 You'll Do

Financial Reporting & Close

- 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 -- 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