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generated: '2026-05-23'
specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: KPMG
providerId: kpmg
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Consulting
  - Professional Services
  - Big Four
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: >-
  KPMG has no public developer API at the network level and no
  metered billing surface for a KPMG-branded developer product.
  Costs flow through audit, assurance, tax, legal, advisory, ESG, or
  AI engagement contracts and appear on client books as
  professional-services spend, not as a metered API invoice. KPMG
  itself runs FinOps and cloud financial-management practices for
  clients on hyperscaler spend, but does not consume FinOps for its
  own corporate offerings. KPMG Origins, the one product-priced
  KPMG-branded API surface, bills under its operator /
  software-provider agreement and not through a public per-call
  meter.
notes: >-
  No public developer API — placeholder. KPMG FinOps is an advisory
  offering, not a billed KPMG product. KPMG Origins billing is
  product-agreement-based, not metered.
sources:
  - https://kpmg.com/
  - https://kpmg.com/xx/en/what-we-do.html
  - https://kpmgorigins.com/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: KPMG International Limited
serviceCategory: Professional Services
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Contract
  billingFrequency: Per-Invoice
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: KPMG Engagement
  ServiceCategory: Professional Services
  ProviderName: KPMG
  PublisherName: KPMG International Limited
  InvoiceIssuerName: KPMG Member Firm
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: engagement_contract
    description: >-
      Master engagement contract — not a metered unit; costs flow
      through time-and-materials, fixed-fee, or
      managed-services-subscription invoicing from the relevant KPMG
      member firm.
    unit: contract
    aggregation: count
    dimensions:
      - client
      - member_firm
      - service_line
  - name: origins_contract
    description: >-
      KPMG Origins operator / software-provider contract — billed
      under the product agreement, not metered through a public
      per-call meter.
    unit: contract
    aggregation: count
    dimensions:
      - operator
      - jurisdiction
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: >-
      Track KPMG cost as professional-services spend on the client
      GL, not as a metered API line.
  - name: Allocation
    description: >-
      Allocate engagement cost to the sponsoring business unit;
      pass-through hyperscaler costs incurred during a KPMG
      managed-services arrangement should be allocated through the
      underlying cloud bill rather than the KPMG invoice.
  - name: Optimization
    description: >-
      Optimize by aligning engagement scope with the FinOps practices
      KPMG itself promotes to clients for hyperscaler workloads,
      ensuring scope-creep does not erode engagement value.
  - name: Accountability
    description: >-
      Engagement sponsor on the client side and the KPMG engagement
      partner share accountability for cost and value delivered.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com