PATRICIA OFILI
Naugatuck,Connecticut
Summary
Experienced Accounts Payable Specialist with 15 years in full-cycle accounts payable operations. Successfully processed high-volume invoices, streamlined payment processes, and implemented automation to enhance efficiency. Skilled in three-way matching, vendor management, and general ledger coding.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Specialist
Acrisure Aerospace-Contract
02.2026 - 09.2026
- Executed insured payments via ACH and EFTs to maintain timely transactions.
- Processed and reconciled client invoices to ensure accurate payments.
- Managed tasks and communications remotely to support operational continuity.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Raytheon Corp/Contract
12.2024 - 02.2026
- Oversaw the processing of 700 invoices weekly in SAP, ensuring audit-ready records and compliance.
- Improved accuracy through implementation of automated validation checks.
- Created discrepancy-tracking system to expedite vendor resolution and strengthen relationships.
- Developed a discrepancy-tracking system to expedite vendor resolution and improve relationships.
- Automated invoice processing, minimizing manual review time.
- Prepared documentation for audits and facilitated month-end close activities.
- Maintained compliance with regulatory standards during all operations.
- Collaborated with teams remotely to ensure project success.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Bonterra Tech/Contract
07.2024 - 12.2024
- Processed over 700 invoices monthly, ensuring accurate coding and timely payments.
- Improved invoice processing efficiency by 20%.
- Reconciled vendor statements and resolved billing discrepancies, maintaining accurate AP ledger.
- Managed shared AP inbox, triaged vendor inquiries, and streamlined response workflows to improve vendor satisfaction.
- Enhanced vendor communication by streamlining inquiry responses for quicker resolution.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to expedite invoice authorizations, reducing payment cycles.
- Ensured compliance with company policies in invoice processing.
- Administered SAP Concur for travel and expense management.
- Facilitated remote teamwork to ensure effective communication and project progress. to facilitate project tasks and communication.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Performance Design Products LLC/Contract
09.2023 - 06.2024
- Managed full-cycle accounts payable tasks, processing over 300 invoices weekly with MS Dynamics 365 and SAP.
- Managed shared AP inbox, resolving vendor inquiries to ensure accurate ledgers and timely payments.
- Administered Concur for travel and expenses, streamlining payment batching for manager approval to enhance accuracy and timeliness.
- Supported month-end close, financial audits, and international VAT processes while preparing AP reports.
- Administered Concur for travel and expenses, streamlining payment batching for manager approval, which enhanced accuracy and timeliness.
- Managed vendor inquiries, ensuring accurate information for seamless transactions,, maintaining a clean ledger.
- Assisted with month-end close, financial audits, and international VAT processes while preparing AP reports.
- Facilitated month-end close activities to ensure accurate financial records and financial audits efficiently.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Wheels UP/ Contract
04.2022 - 08.2023
- Processed 400+ invoices in NetSuite, ensuring accurate coding and comprehensive documentation to support timely payments.
- Reconciled high-volume vendor statements, addressing past-due items to reduce invoice aging.
- Strengthened vendor relationships to ensure precise and efficient invoice coding.
- Developed Excel trackers for freight and subsidiary invoices, improving visibility and accuracy.
- Collaborated on Concur implementation, merging legacy data and integrating workflows with corporate teams.
- Coordinated vendor collaborations to optimize invoice coding.
- Assisted in employee onboarding for system integration, facilitating smoother transitions for new hires.
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Greater Bridgeport Transit/Contract
10.2021 - 04.2022
- Coordinated accounts payable functions, coding and reconciling monthly credit card transactions and petty cash in Sage 100 to ensure accuracy.
- Maintained vendor records, processed W-9s, and ensured compliance with 1099 regulations.
- Managed weekly payments for garnishments and benefit vendors, ensuring timely processing of related documentation.
- Ensured timely payment processing for benefits vendors and garnishments.
- Streamlined vendor record management to improve compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Improved monthly reconciliation processes for efficiency.
- Supported State Grant Matching Program with invoice reconciliation and fulfillment.
- Contributed to successful grant matching program operations.
Accounts Payable Administrator
Lakin Tire East
09.2012 - 09.2021
- Oversaw accounts payable functions to improve workflow and controls.
- Manage vendor onboarding and applications while accurately coding purchase orders, invoices, and expense reports.
- Maintain aging reports, process weekly disbursement checks, and ensure documentation accuracy in NetSuite.
- Managed vendor onboarding and applications, accurately coding purchase orders, invoices, and expense reports.
- Develop Excel Rtraeckveras to improved re cord/-kPee piangp and crhaorgvebaackl a cwcuroacry.kflow, reducing late fees from 40% to 10%.
- Processed monthly vendor statement reconciliations and supported annual 1099 preparation.
- Assisted Accounts Receivable team during staff absences by processing transactions and managing inquiries.
Office Manager/Bookkeeper
Augustine Insurance Agency
04.2002 - 08.2012
- Managed office operations and bookkeeping at Augustine Insurance Agency, ensuring smooth daily functionality.
- Manage weekly payroll for seven employees, handle accounts payable/receivable, bank reconciliations, and cash management through QuickBooks.
- Implement optimized systems for collections and invoicing, boosting operational efficiency.
- Recruited, trained, and supervised staff while setting performance goals and monitoring salary structures.
- Strengthened client relations, resulting in increased service responsiveness.
- Enhanced client relations to improve service responsiveness.
- Drafted and finalized insurance contracts, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
Education
Bachelor degree - Accounting
Tiffin University
Tiffin, OhioSkills
- Applied Epic Expert, Concur -Expert, Invoice Processing - Expert, Microsoft Excel-Expert, Microsoft Teams- Expert, MS Dynamics 365 -Expert, NetSuite-Expert, Sage 100 Expert, SAP-Expert, Slack - Expert, Vendor Management - Expert
- SAP invoice processing
- NetSuite reconciliation
- Concur administration
Personal Information
Title: Accounts Payable Specialist
Timeline
Accounts Payable Specialist
Acrisure Aerospace-Contract
02.2026 - 09.2026
Accounts Payable Specialist
Raytheon Corp/Contract
12.2024 - 02.2026
Accounts Payable Specialist
Bonterra Tech/Contract
07.2024 - 12.2024
Accounts Payable Specialist
Performance Design Products LLC/Contract
09.2023 - 06.2024
Accounts Payable Specialist
Wheels UP/ Contract
04.2022 - 08.2023
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Greater Bridgeport Transit/Contract
10.2021 - 04.2022
Accounts Payable Administrator
Lakin Tire East
09.2012 - 09.2021
Office Manager/Bookkeeper
Augustine Insurance Agency
04.2002 - 08.2012
Bachelor degree - Accounting
Tiffin University