Cost Allocation & Chargeback

OnPoint Advisory designs cost allocation, chargeback, showback, activity-based costing, service costing and profitability models for complex organisations.

Connect cost to usage, services, customers and outcomes.

Cost optimisation starts with knowing what drives cost. OnPoint designs transparent cost allocation and chargeback models that help organisations understand how resources are consumed and how costs should be attributed across services, products, customers, business units or public outcomes.

This page should strongly connect to OnPoint’s existing expertise in cost modelling, activity-based costing, profitability analysis, public-sector cost recovery and service costing.

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We help organisations understand, optimise and govern the true cost of technology, suppliers, services and operating models.

Common client challenges

  • Shared costs are allocated using outdated or arbitrary methods
  • Business units challenge the fairness of cost allocations
  • Service costs are not transparent
  • Funding and pricing decisions lack a robust cost basis
  • Internal customers consume services without seeing cost impact
  • Product, customer or service profitability is unclear
  • Public-sector cost recovery models need to be defensible and auditable

What we help with

  • Cost allocation model design
  • Activity-based costing
  • Shared services costing
  • Product and customer profitability
  • IT and technology chargeback
  • Showback reporting
  • Public-sector cost recovery
  • Regulatory cost models
  • Scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis

Cost Allocation & Accountability

Typical outcomes

Transparent cost ownership

Defensible allocation logic

Improved pricing and funding decisions

Better profitability insight

Stronger accountability for shared services

More reliable executive reporting

Greater confidence in cost recovery and funding models

Related services

Cloud & FinOps

Cloud costs can scale faster than governance. We help organisations improve cloud cost visibility, strengthen accountability and reduce waste through practical FinOps operating models and targeted optimisation initiatives.

Technology Cost Optimisation

Many savings opportunities are hidden in supplier contracts, renewal terms, commercial models and historic pricing structures. We help finance, procurement and vendor management teams identify and act on those opportunities.

Managed Cost Office

OnPoint Advisory helps organisations establish a managed cost office capability with savings pipeline management, governance, reporting and benefits tracking.

Assess your cost allocation & chargeback

Use one of our short diagnostics to assess your current cost optimisation maturity and identify where improvement opportunities may exist.

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Review your cost allocation & chargeback

Use the Cost Allocation Maturity Assessment to identify how mature your organisation is across allocation methodology, cost drivers, showback, chargeback and cost accountability.