Plant Controller

The role

The Plant Controller serves as the senior finance partner embedded at the manufacturing facility. This person owns financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cost accounting while partnering with Operations leadership.

What you will do

• Own the plant's full financial reporting including monthly close, variance analysis, and management reporting
• Serve as the primary finance point of contact for external audits
• Maintain internal controls at the plant level
• Present financial results, forecasts, and cost analyses to senior leadership
• Lead budgeting and forecasting for the facility
• Evaluate capital expenditure requests and provide financial analysis
• Oversee cost accounting including standard costs, BOM cost accuracy, landed cost methodology, and labor allocation
• Analyze manufacturing cost variances and partner with Operations to identify root causes
• Own inventory valuation, cycle counts, and obsolescence reserve analysis
• Partner with Procurement on vendor cost analysis, tariff/duty impact, and supply chain cost trends

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience
• 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
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Comfortable working independently on-site

Nice to have

• CPA or CMA preferred
• NetSuite or similar a plus
• 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

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. They are scaling fast and building financial infrastructure to match that growth.