Samantha Brookes, FPC

Samantha Brookes, FPC has a long and varied work history. Samantha began their career in 2010 as a Sales Floor Lead at Best Buy, where they were responsible for directing and coordinating activities involving sales of manufactured products, services, and commodities, resolving customer complaints, and reviewing operational records and reports. In 2014, they moved to Petco as a Pricing Analyst, where they worked cross functionally with multiple business areas to ensure optimal store performance, developed and presented weekly and monthly financial reporting, and conducted ongoing performance tracking and success analytics for merchants. In 2018, they joined FEDITC - Federal IT Consulting as an Accounts Receivable Specialist and Payroll Specialist, where they enforced established payroll-related policies, procedures and regulations, improved accuracy of payroll journal entries, and performed monthly reconciliation of general ledger accounts related to payroll. Most recently, in 2021, they joined Bestica Inc. as a Human Resources Manager and Payroll Manager.

Samantha Brookes attended San Antonio College from 2010 to 2012, where they studied Business Administration and Management, General. Samantha has obtained several certifications, including the Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) from the American Payroll Association in August 2021, Payroll 101: Foundations of Payroll Certificate Program from the American Payroll Association in August 2021, Identifying and Safeguarding PII from the United States Department of Defense in June 2021, Payroll Law from Pryor Learning Solutions | Fred Pryor Seminars | CareerTrack in February 2020, Best Practices in HR from MGR in December 2019, and Fundamental Payroll Certification from the American Payroll Association (APA) in August 2021.