Establishing a single source of truth for FinOps and changing the perception of Cloud’s value.
DigiRen partnered with a leading financial services group to identify over $2M in potential cloud cost savings and establish a clear FinOps roadmap. By analysing Azure usage, aligning stakeholders, and designing a future-state Cloud Operating Model, DigiRen uncovered 26 cost-saving initiatives and defined 5 future capabilities to improve governance, operations, and cloud value perception—shifting the organisation from reactive spend to proactive cost management.
Our client provides global and digitally-enabled financial services, from equities, pensions and superannuation to investments. It is the largest provider of services in Australia's superannuation administration industry.
The client embarked on a cloud journey to resolve scalability challenges, improve technology delivery speed in a cost-effective manner, and enhance end-customer perception.
With increasing Azure costs, the cost-effectiveness of the Cloud was called into question. The Group’s partners positioned a savings report; however, a disconnect between the report’s findings and native Azure tools meant genuine cost-saving opportunities remained unsubstantiated and an execution pathway undefined.
To help the Group define executable cost-saving opportunities and a roadmap for realizing them.
The client engaged DigiRen to provide expert insights into the way Cloud is offered to consumers, identify realistic cost savings opportunities within the APAC Azure tenant and define an integrated implementation roadmap. DigiRen integrated a pod of three highly experienced leaders into the roles of Delivery Lead, Operating Model SME and FinOps Specialist to:
Supported by strong executive sponsorship and stakeholder engagement, DigiRen delivered the COM & FinOps project over four weeks, showcasing: