In the last years, the digital transformation had an accelerated impact not only on improving customer experience but also on financial planning and analysis (FP&A) processes. This article gives insights into an innovative finance investment controlling project recently created at Zalando. The project is a digital platform and process called internally “Investment App” developed in an agile approach, to supervise large capital expenditures across Zalando business units.
David Moreira
David has more than 15 years of experience in operating and scaling global high-growth technology companies. His business industry experience spans SaaS, e-commerce, subscription models, omnichannel, and FMCG.
Previously, he served as Senior Finance Controller - Group Investments for Zalando in Berlin, where he coordinated capital allocation in Europe. Before Joining Zalando, David served as Finance Manager for one of the fastest-growing startups in the CEE region. He has extensive private and public company experience and has done external consulting and advisory work for several firms.
He holds a CS50 computer science certification from Harvard and a PhD in Finance from the University of Economics in Prague. He is a regular visiting lecturer on corporate finance in a few EU universities.