James Brittle has been Head of the Aptitude Centre of Excellence (CoE) since its inception in 2016. Before that he spent 6 years as Head of Presales for Aptitude Software.  

A day in the life of an Aptitude RevStream user (or two)

We sat down with two Aptitude Software clients - and RevStream users, John Weis (Senior Financial Analyst) and Ryan Bidner (Finance Supply Chain Analyst), from The Climate Corporation to...

There is no doubt about it - accounting subledgers are a hot topic of conversation in the world of insurers. And from what we have seen, it's IFRS 17 which is shining this new-found spotlight on subledgers and subledger strategy. 

What are your plans for accounting and finance professional development in 2019?

We often hear accounting and finance teams tell us that their company's revenue is unique, however, in our experience, most 'like' companies have similarities in 70 to 90% of their revenue treatments.

Prospective clients consistently tell us the...

IFRS 17 is a new accounting paradigm for insurers requiring significant changes to accounting treatments. Unlike Solvency II and other insurance regulations before it, IFRS 17 compliance requires a much greater degree of collaboration between...

We recently sat down with Aptitude Software clients, Brian Dean (T-Mobile,) Kyle Jones (Rogers Communications Inc.,) and Lee Hendrickson (24 Hour Fitness,) to discuss revenue recognition compliance challenges, lessons learned and how they plan to...

IFRS 17, and now it's FASB counterpart, ASC 944, continues to be a hot topic of discussion among insurers.  We've pulled together a list of some recent content from the last few weeks in case you missed it. 

See an overview of the Aptitude Lease Accounting Engine software in action via video or, read more below. 

If you work for an insurance company and you report under IFRS GAAP, you no doubt have seen the decision by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to delay the implementation of IFRS 17 for one year to 1 January 2022.