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Build world-class FinOps capabilities

Transform your cloud financial management. Partner with our FinOps experts to build mature cloud financial operations that drive accountability, predictability, and strategic decision-making across your organization.

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Proven in productionAWS Advanced Tier Partner·Microsoft Solutions Partner·SOC 2 Type II

Crawl, walk, run, fly

The FinOps maturity journey

Crawl

Basic views

  • Basic cost visibility
  • Manual reporting
  • Reactive approach
Walk

Cost control

  • Automated reporting
  • Basic optimization
  • Team accountability
Run

Full FinOps

  • Predictive analytics
  • Automated optimization
  • Business alignment
Fly

Strategic partner

  • Strategic advisor
  • Innovation enabler
  • Profit center
45%
Cost reduction

Average improvement from Crawl to Fly stage

Who it helps

Why FinOps maturity matters

For Finance

  • Predictable cloud costs
  • Accurate forecasting
  • Clear ROI metrics

For Engineering

  • Cost awareness in design
  • Budget autonomy
  • Performance and cost optimization

For Executives

  • Strategic cloud decisions
  • Competitive unit economics
  • Cloud as profit center

How we work with you

Managed FinOps services for cloud cost management

Our FinOps specialists work as an extension of your team, on the Sage platform, and with Sage you pay only on achieved savings.

We deliver software and embed our FinOps expertise into your organization:

1

Weekly FinOps reviews

with your team

2

Custom training programs

for your stakeholders

3

Best practices implementation

tailored to your culture

4

Maturity roadmap development

with clear milestones

Seven capabilities

Core FinOps capabilities we build together

1

Cloud Cost Observability

From blind spots to full visibility

  • Multi-dimensional cost analysis across accounts, services, tags, and teams
  • Drill-down dashboards from executive to engineer views
  • Real-time cost tracking with daily granularity
  • Custom cost metrics aligned to your business

Outcome"Finally, everyone understands their cloud impact"

2

Tagging Strategy & Hygiene

From chaos to governance

  • Tagging framework design aligned to your organization
  • Automated tag enforcement via policies
  • Tag hygiene monitoring with compliance scores
  • Retroactive tagging for historical analysis

Outcome"100% cost attribution achieved in 90 days"

3

Cost Allocation & Chargeback

From shared costs to clear ownership

  • Sophisticated allocation rules for shared resources
  • Business unit chargeback with full transparency
  • Showback reporting for cost awareness
  • Department-level P&L integration

Outcome"Each team owns and optimizes their cloud spend"

4

Advanced Forecasting

From surprises to predictability

  • ML-based forecasting learning from your patterns
  • Business driver correlation (users, revenue, etc.)
  • Scenario modeling for growth planning
  • Linear regression analysis for trend identification

Outcome"CFO-grade cloud financial planning"

5

Unit Economics Reporting

From total spend to business metrics

  • Cost per customer/revenue/transaction/API call
  • Multi-Cloud efficiency ratios and benchmarking
  • Margin impact analysis by product/feature
  • Business metric dashboards for executives

Outcome"Cloud costs directly tied to business value"

6

Budgeting & Controls

From reactive to proactive

  • Flexible budget hierarchies by team/project/environment
  • Automated budget alerts with escalation
  • Spend approval workflows for new resources
  • Budget vs. actual reporting with variance analysis

Outcome"No more end-of-month cloud bill surprises"

7

Anomaly Detection

From manual monitoring to AI-powered alerts

  • ML-powered anomaly detection learning normal patterns
  • Intelligent alerting reducing false positives
  • Root cause analysis for cost spikes
  • Automated remediation for common issues

Outcome"Catch cost anomalies before they become problems"

The platform underneath

The Sage FinOps platform features

Unified FinOps Dashboard

  • Multi-Cloud Cost Visibility
  • Cost Categories (Product, Project, Team, etc.)
  • Waste and Savings opportunities
  • Forecasting

Policy Engine

  • Tagging enforcement
  • Budget controls
  • Approval workflows
  • Compliance tracking

Integration Hub

  • Rich API
  • ITSM platforms
  • BI tools
  • Slack/Teams alerts
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Know where you stand

FinOps maturity assessment

ObservabilityAllocationChargebackUnit CostForecastTags
Your score75%
  • Crawl 0-25%
  • Walk 26-50%
  • Run 51-75%
  • Fly 76-100%

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Success story: FinOps transformation

"From Chaos to Control in 6 Months"

Challenge: Global retailer with no cost visibility across 500+ AWS accounts

Results

  • 100% cost accountability
  • 35% reduction in "shadow IT" cloud spend
  • 3-day close for cloud financials (was 15 days)
  • Board-level cloud ROI reporting

Journey with Sage

  1. Month 1Implemented tagging strategy
  2. Month 2Achieved 95% cost attribution
  3. Month 3Launched team chargebacks
  4. Month 4Deployed unit cost metrics
  5. Month 5Enabled predictive budgeting
  6. Month 6Full FinOps maturity achieved

FinOps outcomes skie has delivered for customers

Cognitus

SAP consultancy. Monthly AWS spend down 35% in five months while improving security and scalability as the business grew.

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