About Water & Shark

Water & Shark is an international professional services firm working at the intersection of Tax, Legal and Strategic Advisory. We advise global enterprises, family offices, UHNIs and HNIs across 12+ jurisdictions, including India, the UAE, Singapore and the USA.

Role Overview The Operations Manager is the link between management and the team. The role covers the firm's weekly operating rhythm and calls for independent review of the team's work and managing priorities within the team. Before reporting to management, the Operations Manager questions, verifies and adds their own assessment, so the role goes well beyond coordination.

Key Responsibilities

- Deadline and priority management: Rigorous follow-up with the team to ensure commitments are met
- Priority and time tracking: Ongoing monitoring with structured team follow-up
- Receivables clearance: Ensure strict adherence to receivable clearance timelines through structured follow-up with the team, and escalate overdue items to management
- Weekly performance reporting: Prepare a summarised version of the weekly performance forms submitted by team members, along with the Operations Manager's independent assessment and observations




- Monthly management report: Prepare a monthly analytical report covering time tracking, deadlines and priorities, receivables and team performance. It sets out the key challenges, the Operations Manager's independent assessment, management comments, actions taken and current status, and maintains a running action log carried forward each month.
- Coordination: Effective coordination across teams and with management
- Cross-functional collaboration: Working closely with tax, legal, advisory, finance and administration teams

Desired Candidate Profile
- 2-3 years in operations, practice management or MIS at a CA, tax, legal or advisory firm
- Strong Advanced Excel and MIS skills
- Analytical, with the confidence to question and challenge team updates
- Explicit written and spoken English; Hindi or Gujarati an advantage
- Disciplined follow-up and discretion with confidential information

What We Offer
- Direct exposure to firm leadership and to cross-border teamwork
- Ownership of how the firm operates day-to-day
- Competitive pay with a performance-linked variable component

📌 Operations Manager (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Water And Shark Advisors
📍 Ahmedabad