Cloud efficiency is not about cost-cutting, it’s about governance, visibility, and sustainable growth. Ataides helps organizations implement a FinOps architecture that aligns finance, engineering, and leadership around accountable, purposeful cloud usage.
Objectives of FinOps Architecture & Cost Accountability
The objective of the FinOps Foundation & Cost Optimization Framework is to:
- Bring visibility and accountability to cloud spending.
- Reduce waste and overprovisioning without compromising performance.
- Establish long-term practices that align financial governance with engineering workflows.
FinOps Maturity Assessment
We start by understanding your current state:
- Cloud cost visibility and reporting
- Existing tagging, billing, and budgeting setup
- Departmental ownership and accountability gaps
- Tooling (e.g., native billing consoles, dashboards, 3rd party tools)
Most organizations underestimate how much is invisible — and therefore uncontrollable.
Optimization Framework
We design and help implement a FinOps operating model that includes:
- Role-based cost allocation (team, service, environment)
- Tagging strategy enforcement and data quality auditing
- Budget thresholds, alerts, and anomaly governance
- Intelligent rightsizing and usage pattern analysis
- Commitment management aligned with consumption forecasts
Cross-Team Enablement
FinOps is not a toolset, it is a discipline that requires shared ownership.
FinOps is a shared responsibility, we facilitate alignment between:
- Engineering: clarity on costs and impact of architectural decisions
- Finance: predictable, reportable spending aligned with business goals
- Leadership: dashboards that connect usage to value
We can optionally conduct workshops or documentation handoff sessions to ensure knowledge is transferred.
Deliverables
You’ll receive a tailored FinOps package including:
- FinOps maturity report
- Optimization roadmap (quick wins and long-term opportunities)
- Cost tagging strategy and templates
- Budget and alerting configuration guide
- Customizable dashboards (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, GCP Billing, or third-party tools)
- Optional: collaborative session with Engineering + Finance
Strategic Impact
- 20–40% potential cost savings through optimization
- Shared language between finance and tech
- Proactive financial governance for cloud at scale
- Foundation for growth without losing control
FinOps empowers you to govern cloud spend with precision, enforce financial accountability, and scale with fiscal integrity.
