CLOUD AND CLEAR LTD
AI FinOps Maturity Assessment
Cloud and Clear’s AI FinOps Maturity Assessment service provides a structured assessment of readiness to manage generative AI cost and financial risk.
It evaluates visibility, ownership, governance, and control, identifying gaps that could drive cost volatility or stalled adoption, and establishing a clear, defensible baseline before scaling AI use.
Features
- Assessment of current visibility into AI usage and cost drivers
- Review of ownership and accountability for AI spend
- Evaluation of governance over experimentation, piloting, and scale
- Assessment of access controls and usage guardrails
- Review of integration with security, data, and Responsible AI governance
- Identification of cost volatility and exposure risks
- Evidence-based maturity assessment tailored to AI behaviours
- Clear documentation of findings and constraints
- Practical recommendations to stabilise AI cost management
Benefits
- Clear understanding of AI cost and usage maturity
- Reduced uncertainty around AI financial exposure
- Early identification of unmanaged experimentation risk
- Improved confidence in decisions to scale, pause, or constrain AI
- Stronger alignment between innovation and financial control
- Better preparedness for leadership scrutiny and audit
- Reduced risk of AI adoption stalling due to cost concerns
- Clear baseline for future strategy and enablement
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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ISO 9001 certification
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No
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Quality management systems (QMS)
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Yes
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CSA STAR certification
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No
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PCI certification
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No
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Cyber essentials
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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 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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Mission: Kick start economic growth
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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
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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