Vaibhav Gopalka

Product Manager

India14 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led 30+ due diligence projects in top-tier consulting.
Drove growth in a regional business unit at Clear.
Passionate about solving business challenges at scale.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Manager with expertise in tax technology and compliance solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementTax TechnologyTaxProduct DevelopmentData Analytics

Other Skills

FinanceTax AccountingAccountingIndirect TaxationFinancial ReportingMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelIndirect Tax ConsultingTax ComplianceTax AuditsTax Planning

About

Product leader with a decade of diverse experience spanning finance, taxation, and product management. My journey began in top-tier consulting at EY and KPMG, where I led 30+ due diligence projects, guided startups and MNCs through complex tax transitions, and worked with tech teams to innovate compliance tools. Transitioning into product management, I found my passion in solving business challenges at scale. At Clear (formerly ClearTax), I owned the MaxITC product end-to-end—re-writing the same. Have closely worked to launch new modules to ensure compliance integrity, and led a regional business unit to record growth. Currently at Avalara, I am driving the move to a unified platform for the EMEA region, focused on seamless customer experiences and scalable infrastructure. I lead strategy across workflows, dashboard development, and shared services adoption, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver real impact. I thrive in high-growth, fast-paced settings where I can blend strategic thinking with hands-on execution. Whether building roadmaps, developing new tech solutions, or mentoring teams, I keep user needs at the center and leverage my deep understanding of both product and finance. Outside work, I enjoy staying at the forefront of product trends through podcasts, ongoing learning, and sharing ideas with the community. Let’s connect if you’re interested in SaaS, product strategy, or transforming complex problems into impactful solutions.

Experience

Tide

Lead Product Manager

Feb 2026 – Present · 2 mos · Bengaluru · Remote

Product ManagementFinanceTax TechnologyTax AccountingAccounting

Avalara

Senior Product Manager - Growth

Dec 2024 – Feb 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru · Remote

Clear

3 roles

Lead Product Manager

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Leveraging the knowledge in taxation and helping build quality SaaS product
Solving for scale and complexity
Ensuring an end to end automated experience
Writing PRDs, working with designers, engineering team to solve complex problems

Tax TechnologyProduct Management

Associate Director

Oct 2022 – Mar 2023 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Managing a wider spectrum of work while includes Managed Services, Helping Growth of Start-up vertical and helping the product team build best in class solution / product.

Indirect TaxationTax

Senior Manager

Oct 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

"Deriving efficiency in business using tax technology"
Clear is one of the leading SAAS Fintech Company in the space at which it operates expanding its horizon from Tax to Finance.
Being a Chartered Accountant and a Tax Expert, have been involved in adding value not only in Tax Products but also products relating to Finance. Such products include GST Compliance platform, GST 2B Reconciliation platform, Vendor portal management etc.
Have worked on multiple interesting projects which include –
Solving a complex problem for one of the leading e-commerce companies in India which could reduce the potential litigation of around INR 800 Crores
Assistance in re-write the reconciliation product to improve the matching percentage
Data analytics & CFO Dashboard
Adding value / providing inputs during the complete re-write of the core GST Compliance Platform
Having worked with Consulting Firms for over 8 years and being part of Clear, have developed the following skills -
Problem Solving – Thinking ways to solve problems using technology which seems to be a reality working with Clear
Product Development & Enhancement - Building cutting-edge products to improve business efficiency and accuracy
Contributing Beyond the defined role - Working in a start-up have gone beyond my role in Managed Services to assist the sales team to win deals and tech / product teams to develop best in class products
Leading a SBU - Driving growth and P&L for the Managed Services SBU
Networking – Having worked with different sets of people have improved on my networking skills which I believe is an important asset

Indirect TaxationTax

Bsr & co. llp

Manager

Feb 2019 – Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Indirect TaxationTax

Ey

Manager

Oct 2014 – Feb 2019 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Part of the Indirect Tax team helping clients them in the following:
A. Consultancy
Multiple complex tax problems
Transitioning them into the GST era
Handholding them to ensure business continuity
B. Compliance
On-going compliance (pre and post GST regime)
HSN classification
C. Litigation
Filing appeals before various jurisdictional authorities
D. Assistance is Product Development
Being a point of contact from a tax perspective during the designing of the tax products (GST compliance product, litigation management product)