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Plant Controller

Standard Bots· General & Administrative
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Glen Cove, NY$150k - $170kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior finance partner embedded at the manufacturing facility responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, and partnering with Operations to ensure 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 -- translating plant-level detail into business-level insight
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 -- you're their finance partner, not a corporate auditor

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's 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 -- ability to 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

Skills

Required:Financial reportingBudgeting and forecastingCost accountingInventory valuation & controls
Nice to have:ERP/MRP systems

Benefits

  • paid time off
  • medical/dental/vision insurance
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • 401(k)
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Standard Bots

The all-in-one, most intuitive, most affordable industrial cobots.

Standard Bots is a company that designs and manufactures industrial collaborative robots (cobots), providing affordable, intuitive, AI-native robotic solutions for automation across various industries.

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