Education
Brigham Young University — B.S., Economics, Provo, UT (Dec 2004)
About · Credentials
James Scollick
Founder, ClarityX Consulting. Operations and HR leader with 15+ years at PwC — advising senior leaders, directing HR teams, and redesigning how large organizations staff, pay and develop people.
Anaheim, California · 714-757-1675 · james@clarityx.consulting
- 15+ yrsOps & HR leadership
- $4B+Client-group revenue supported
- 3,500+People in workforce redesign, 4 countries
- 60+HR team led
Professional summary
Progressive experience across talent management, workforce planning, employee relations, compensation and business operations in a global professional-services firm. Track record advising senior leaders, directing HR teams for client groups exceeding $4B in revenue and a >$250M book of business, and building stakeholder trust across matrixed, global organizations.
At ClarityX, that experience goes to small businesses: practical HR, AI-ready workflows, and coaching for owners and managers.
Core competencies
- HR business partnering & workforce planning
- Employee relations & internal investigations
- Compensation & performance management
- Talent strategy & deployment
- Budgeting & labor forecasting
- Change management
- Cross-functional leadership
- Coaching & team development
- HR & workforce technology
Experience
- Jul 2023 – Present
Operations Leader — Advisory, Managed Services & Commercial Service Excellence
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Embedded HR/operations advisor to practice leaders across a >$250M advisory book of business.
- Led end-to-end redesign and activation of a new workforce model across 4 countries and 3,500+ people.
- Lead the biannual compensation and performance cycle; manage highly sensitive personnel data.
- Lead behavioral and conduct investigations with legal counsel through resolution.
- Own annual budgeting and forecasting using workforce and financial data.
- Apr 2022 – Jun 2023
Director of Operations — Consulting Solutions, Cyber, Risk & Regulations
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Directed headcount management and workforce planning for PwC's fastest-growing consulting business.
- Built external talent partnerships to expand candidate pipelines in a competitive hiring market.
- Developed tools and processes for the annual compensation and bonus cycle.
- May 2020 – Mar 2022
Director of Human Resources — Trust Solutions, Asset & Wealth Management
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Strategic HR advisor to leadership for a group generating over $4B in revenue.
- Led an HR team of 60+ supporting 4,000 employees, including 200 partners.
- Aligned national and global HR policy across a matrixed, multi-market organization.
- Apr 2017 – Apr 2020
Assurance People Senior Manager — Assurance
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Owned utilization metrics and the resource/talent pipeline, including international transfers and contingent labor.
- Coached team members and leaders on performance, development and career planning.
- Oct 2006 – Mar 2017
Earlier PwC progression
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Resource Management Senior Manager — Assurance (2015–2017)
- Resource Management Manager — Assurance (2013–2015)
- Portfolio Operations Manager — Assurance, Los Angeles (2011–2013)
- Talent Management Specialist — Tax (2009–2011)
- Client Account Administrator — Private Company Services, Irvine (2006–2009)
- Jan 2005 – Oct 2006
Financial Analyst
Sperry Van Ness, Irvine, CA
- Daily cash-flow analysis, monthly projections and bank reconciliations.
- Monthly P&L statements and quarterly results for the Board of Directors.
Technology
- Workday
- Alteryx
- Tableau
- AI / ChatGPT
- Microsoft Office
- Google Workspace
Languages & global
Conversational Spanish. Professional Business Exchange Program in Taiwan (Rotary International); 22-month service mission in Peru.
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