MARIA BRito
Odessa,TX
Summary
Hard-working professional with 10.5+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of customer service, data entry, and productivity and performance management. Aiming to leverage all skills to successfully fill the role at a company.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Invoice Specialist
Alpha Energy Solutions
Odessa, TX
03.2024 - 07.2025
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve billing discrepancies efficiently.
- Maintained compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements in all invoicing activities.
- Prepared monthly and deliverable-based invoicing.
- Supported continuous improvement initiatives by proactively identifying areas for process enhancement within the invoicing function.
- Met accounting deadlines consistently with good organizational skills and sound scheduling practices.
- Managed high volumes of invoices with exceptional attention to detail, minimizing errors and ensuring timely processing.
- Processed expense vouchers and classified information by contract and type of activity.
- Maintained strict confidentiality when handling sensitive financial information, adhering to data protection regulations.
Payables Clerk
Robert Half Office Team/Vanzandt Controls, LLC
Odessa, TX
01.2022 - 10.2022
- Reviewed vendor invoices for appropriate documentation and validity prior to payment.
- Prepared vendor invoices and processed incoming payments.
- Maintained good working relationships with vendors and resolved disputes.
- Applied proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Updated accounting ledgers and journals to balance statements and maintain consistent records.
- Contributed to producing and interpreting improved finance related methods to establish consistency with accounts payable prerequisites.
- Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information.
- Managed and responded to correspondence and inquiries from customers and vendors.
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
Accounts Payable Clerk
Permian Tank & Manufacturing
07.2018 - 10.2019
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information
- Maintained good working relationships with vendors and resolved disputes.
- Applied proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes
- Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents
- Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts
- Perform general office duties such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence
- Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments.
- Reviewed vendor invoices for appropriate documentation and validity prior to payment.
Account Receivables Clerk
Sun Electric
Odessa, TX
06.2013 - 02.2016
- Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures
- Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visits to solicit payment
- Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes
- Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents
- Code documents according to company procedures
- Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records
- Match order forms with invoices, and record necessary information.
- Performed administrative and clerical tasks by entering data, preparing invoices and filing paperwork.
- Answered telephone calls and emails to resolve clients' billing issues and questions.
Administrative Assistant
Law Office of Michael McLeaish
Odessa
10.2008 - 08.2011
- Operate office equipment such as fax machines, copiers, and phone systems, and use computers for spreadsheet, word processing, database management, and other applications
- Answer telephones and give information to callers, take messages, or transfer calls to appropriate individuals
- Set up and maintain paper and electronic filing systems for records, correspondence, and other material
- Compose, type, and distribute meeting notes, routine correspondence, and reports
- Collect and disburse funds from cash accounts, and keep records of collections and disbursements.
- Restocked supplies and placed purchase orders to maintain adequate stock levels.
Payroll Clerk
All American Chrysler Jeep Dodge of Odessa
06.2003 - 01.2007
- Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies
- Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records
- Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records
- Distribute and collect timecards each pay period
- Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.
Education
No Degree - Real Estate Sales
Champions School of Real Estate
Irving, TXNo Degree - Business Management
University of The Permian Basin
Odessa, TXHigh School Diploma -
Big Bend High School
Terlingua, TX05.2000
Skills
- Fluent in English and Spanish
- Payment Calculation
- Word Processing
- Personal Bookkeeping
- Maintaining Vendor Files
- Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Financial Research
- Accounts Payable and Receivable
- Account Analysis
- Data Entry and 10-Key
- General Ledger Entries
- Account Reconciliation
- Vendor Invoice Processing
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Microsoft Office
- Bill Payment and Recordkeeping
- Customer service
- Attention to detail
- Multitasking and organization
- Team collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Billing systems and software
- Verbal and written communication
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Invoice Specialist
Alpha Energy Solutions
03.2024 - 07.2025
Payables Clerk
Robert Half Office Team/Vanzandt Controls, LLC
01.2022 - 10.2022
Accounts Payable Clerk
Permian Tank & Manufacturing
07.2018 - 10.2019
Account Receivables Clerk
Sun Electric
06.2013 - 02.2016
Administrative Assistant
Law Office of Michael McLeaish
10.2008 - 08.2011
Payroll Clerk
All American Chrysler Jeep Dodge of Odessa
06.2003 - 01.2007
No Degree - Real Estate Sales
Champions School of Real Estate
No Degree - Business Management
University of The Permian Basin
High School Diploma -
Big Bend High School