Description

🇩🇪 German & English | 🌍 Remote First | 📍 Based in Munich, Germany

Are you looking for an experienced advisor who can quickly understand complex situations, align stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and help move critical initiatives forward?

I help banks, payment institutions, cash management providers, retailers, technology vendors, and service organizations turn complexity into clarity and strategy into execution.

With 20+ years of experience across banking, payments, cash management, cash automation, retail technology, telecommunications, and consulting, I support organizations in solving complex business challenges, evaluating strategic options, aligning stakeholders, and delivering important initiatives.

Over the years, I have:

• Supported banking, payment, and cash management organizations across Europe

• Led complex cross-functional and multi-stakeholder projects

• Evaluated technology providers, suppliers, and strategic partners

• Supported cash automation, smart safe, deposit, and cash recycling initiatives

• Contributed to pilot projects involving financial institutions and cash infrastructure providers

Typical engagements include:

• Strategic Advisory & Business Reviews

• Banking, Payments & Cash Management Projects

• Supplier & Vendor Evaluation

• Product & Project Leadership

• Business Transformation

• Process Optimization

• Stakeholder Alignment

Clients value my ability to combine strategic thinking, strong communication, operational understanding, and a holistic perspective.

Available for strategic advisory, project-based support, assessments, reviews, and transformation initiatives across Europe and beyond.

I'm looking forward to learning more about your requirements!

Let's talk!

Warmly

René Baratella

Industry field of expertise

Languages

German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Baratella Consulting
Independent Strategic Advisor
January 2026 - Today (5 months)
Helping business leaders identify what is really holding them back.

Focused on uncovering hidden constraints, challenging assumptions, improving decision quality, and bringing clarity to complex situations.

My work centers around identifying the factors that quietly limit progress:

• Hidden Constraints
• False Assumptions
• Competing Priorities
• Organizational Misalignment
• Communication Breakdowns
• Strategic Blind Spots

Known for bringing structure, clarity, and a holistic perspective to complex challenges, I help leaders, teams, and organizations navigate uncertainty, align priorities, and move forward with greater focus and confidence.
Leadership Organisationsberatung Strategic Advisory Business Consulting Executive Coaching
IC Cash Services GmbH
Senior Business Consultant for Payment Institutions
BANKING AND INSURANCE
October 2018 - Today (7 years and 8 months)
Taufkirchen, Germany
Responsibilities:

✅ Senior consultant for ATMs, smart deposit saves, and end2end cash recycling solutions
✅ Advising on cash management, recycling systems, and process optimization.
✅ Developing and implementing strategies for automated cash handling.
✅ Leading projects with international manufacturers and financial institutions.
✅ Driving cross-departmental alignment and communication to streamline workflows.
✅ Ensuring quality management and compliance through tailored frameworks.
✅ Product & project management for national and international projects

Key Achievements:

✅ Newly integrated numerous cash deposit and recycling machines from various vendors.
✅ Launched a pilot project for automated cash handling with the German Federal Bank.
✅ Successfully implemented company-wide cash recycling technologies.
✅ Expanded business areas by introducing innovative cash deposit technologies in Austria.

Cash Management Projektmanagementberater Prozessmanagement Organisation
Baratella Business Consulting
Business Mentor & Consultant for Coaches, Consultants, and Service Providers
SOCIAL NETWORKS
October 2018 - Today (7 years and 8 months)
Helping coaches, consultants & service-based business increase their impact, income & freedom holistically, efficiently, and effectively.

Responsibilities:

✅ Developing profitable and scalable business models for coaches and consultants.
✅ Creating strategies for organic marketing, client retention, and process optimization.
✅ Leveraging AI for automation and resource efficiency.
✅ Designing and delivering online courses and programs for sustainable business growth.
✅ Collaborating with international clients across Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia.

Key Achievements:

✅ Supported hundreds of coaches in scaling their businesses with clear strategies and efficient processes.
✅ Helped many coaches secure their first high-ticket client within weeks.
✅ Guided coaches to grow their online following & community with their dream clients with high engagement.
✅ Taught hundreds of coaches to increase their social media visibility, likes, comments & influence in their target audience.

Social Media Beratung Social Media Content Online Coaching Business Sales funnel Organic Marketing Digital Information Product Social Media Content-Marketing Business Consulting