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At O’Reilly Automotive, supply-chain-finance obligations were $5.1 billion, or 72% of accounts payable, and more than three times trailing free cash flow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

For Chavarria, the role on the politics committee set the stage for advancement through the chapter’s volunteer leadership ranks, while she worked professionally in accounts payable administrative roles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2024

Some of these individuals, including a junior bookkeeper for the Trump Organization and the head of the company’s accounts payable department, work in Trump Tower to this day.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2024

Prosecutors called just three other witnesses: the Trump Organization’s accounts payable supervisor, a forensic accountant for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, and a state tax auditor, on the witness stand Monday, who investigated Weisselberg’s taxes.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022

A tremendous effort by kind, old Mrs. Jacobs from the accounts payable department She brings an apple pie — but wait a minute.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick