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AI FinOps Strategy Definition
Cloud and Clear’s AI FinOps Strategy Definition service helps organisations define how generative AI costs are governed, controlled, and scaled responsibly.
It aligns finance, IT, security, and delivery teams around ownership, cost visibility, guardrails, and decision-making, enabling experimentation and growth without unmanaged financial or governance risk.
Features
- Definition of a future-state AI FinOps approach
- Clarification of ownership for AI usage and spend
- Design of governance models for experimentation, pilots, and scale
- Definition of cost visibility and reporting expectations for AI
- Establishment of guardrails for access and usage
- Alignment with security, data, and Responsible AI governance
- Integration with delivery and operational processes
- Practical roadmap for implementation
- Documentation suitable for executive decision-making
Benefits
- Clear, shared strategy for managing AI costs responsibly
- Reduced risk of uncontrolled or unpredictable AI spend
- Improved confidence to experiment without losing financial control
- Better decision-making on scaling or constraining AI use
- Stronger collaboration between finance, IT, security, and delivery teams
- Increased leadership confidence in AI adoption
- Clear alignment between innovation and value-for-money obligations
- Defensible approach to AI cost management under scrutiny
Architecture roles
Business architect
| £450.00 |
£450.00 |
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £900.00 |
£900.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Data architect
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Enterprise architect
| £450.00 |
£450.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Security architect
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Solution architect
| £450.00 |
£450.00 |
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Technical architect
| £450.00 |
£450.00 |
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Data roles
Analytics engineer
| £450.00 |
£450.00 |
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Data analyst
| £450.00 |
£450.00 |
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Data engineer
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Data ethicist
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Data governance manager
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Data scientist
| £450.00 |
£450.00 |
| £600.00 |
£600.00 |
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Machine learning engineer
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
IT operations roles
Command and control centre manager
| £450.00 |
£450.00 |
| £750.00 |
£750.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Product and delivery roles
Business analyst
| £450.00 |
£450.00 |
| £600.00 |
£600.00 |
| £900.00 |
£900.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Delivery manager
| £600.00 |
£600.00 |
| £900.00 |
£900.00 |
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Programme delivery manager
| £1,100.00 |
£1,100.00 |
Service owner
| £1,600.00 |
£1,600.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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No
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
-
ISO 9001 certification
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No
-
Quality management systems (QMS)
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Yes
-
CSA STAR certification
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No
-
PCI certification
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No
-
Cyber essentials
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No
-
Cyber Essentials Alternative
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In relation to the services you do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials certificate which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies but you are working towards gaining it, and will be in a position to confirm that you have been awarded a current and valid Cyber Essentials certificate by one of the government approved accreditation bodies within 12 months of the date of award.
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Cyber essentials plus
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No
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Cyber Essentials Alternative
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In relation to the services you do not have a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies but you are working towards gaining it, and will be in a position to confirm that you have been awarded a current and valid Cyber Essentials Plus certificate by one of the government approved accreditation bodies within 12 months of the date of award.
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Other security certifications
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No
Social value
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Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority
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Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
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Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
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Volunteering opportunities for staff
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.
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Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering
Service documents
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