Senior Sales Financial Analyst

Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading chocolate manufacturer in Kansas City seeks a Senior Sales Financial Analyst to support the Sales department with financial oversight, cost optimization, planning, and analysis. The role requires a Bachelor's degree and over 4 years of finance experience. Key responsibilities include analyzing monthly forecasts, trade spending, and contributing to product profitability. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential. Join our team to contribute to our legacy of quality chocolate manufacturing.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Finance experience.
• Strong analytical, technical & problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Analyze monthly forecasting cycle and communicate results to sales leadership.
• Recommend actions to improve product mix and customer profitability.
• Complete month-end close processes including account reconciliations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Proficiency in Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

SAP

Hyperion

Job description

At Russell Stover, not only do we love chocolate, but we love our jobs! Every day we go to work exhibiting our values of excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and collaboration. Working at Russell Stover you’ll be part of the leading manufacturer of boxed, seasonal, and sugar‑free chocolates. For over 100 years, Russell Stover Chocolates, Whitman’s, and Pangburn’s have been crafted with the finest ingredients to bring happiness to generations. Today, we produce over 55 million pounds of chocolate annually, and our legacy brands can be found in 13 company‑owned stores and over 9,000 wholesale accounts. Join our team and let’s continue making chocolate lovers happy!

A day in the life…

As the Senior Sales Financial Analyst you will be a key partner to the Sales department to provide support for the financial aspects of their business to ensure a high degree of financial oversight, cost optimization, planning, and analysis. You will have strong analytical skills, business acumen, and strong communication skills. You can expect to work within the finance department with a high level of exposure to Senior Management including the CFO, VP of Sales, as well as Channel Directors, and Key Account Managers.

What you will be doing…

• Analyze monthly forecasting cycle, communicate results to sales leadership, and recommend interventions to ensure target delivery
• Analyze trade spending and work with account managers and directors to align on proper accrual forecasts, implementing changes as needed
• Recommend actions to improve product mix, gross margin, as well as customer profitability
• Complete month‑end close processes including account reconciliations, journal entries, etc.
• Maintain top customer balance sheets & report updates to cross‑functional leadership
• Maintain & distribute standard daily/monthly reports
• Create ad hoc reports as needed for cross‑functional departments

If visiting our manufacturing plants, you will be expected to:

• Adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to ensure product quality and maintain compliance with food safety standards.
• Complete and follow FSQA training and programs to comply with regulatory requirements, ensure consumer safety, and support the plant’s food safety and quality objectives.
• Promptly report and take appropriate action on any observed or potential food safety hazards, process deviations, or non‑conformities by notifying the designated plant supervisor, in accordance with your role and responsibilities.
• Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of the company’s Food Safety Culture through engagement and actions aligned with your role.

This job posting is not all inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of Finance experience
• Proficiency in Excel
• Strong analytical, technical & problem‑solving skills
• Ability to drive and implement change
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to speak, read, and write English fluently, with or without an accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• FMCG / CPG experience
• Sales Finance and Trade Finance experience
• SAP & Hyperion experience

At Russell Stover Chocolates, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal‑opportunity workplace.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I‑9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.

Make Happy. Work Happy.