You may not have heard of Bapcor, but you will know our brands.
Our businesses – including Burson, Autobarn, Midas, Truckline, BNT and JAS – are inside cars, on four-wheel drives and all over trucks.
We are an ASX listed company whose business spans the end-to-end aftermarket supply chain covering trade, retail, networks and service.
In joining our team, you’ll be welcomed into a supportive business with more than 900 locations and 5,000 team members across Australia, New Zealand and Thailand.
We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive environment where our people can thrive and do their best work.
We’re also passionate about our delivering for our customers, and living our values of:
- We do the right thing
- We are in it together
- We give a damn
- We get it done
Reporting to the Head of Shared Services, this is a high-impact leadership role responsible for driving the strategic direction, performance and continuous improvement of a large, national credit team. Leading 4 direct reports and a team of approximately 40 indirect reports, you'll play a key role in strengthening credit governance, minimising risk, improving cash flow and supporting business growth.
You will lead the ongoing centralisation and standardisation of credit operations across Bapcor's diverse portfolio, ensuring efficient, scalable and robust processes that support both customers and the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop Bapcor's national Credit & Accounts Receivable function, creating a high-performing, customer-focused team culture.
- Develop and implement group-wide credit policies, collection strategies and credit risk frameworks that support growth while mitigating risk.
- Drive the ongoing transformation and standardisation of credit processes across multiple business units and ERP systems.
- Monitor and manage credit exposure, bad debt risk, working capital performance and collections effectiveness across the Group.
- Develop and maintain meaningful management reporting, dashboards and performance metrics to support decision-making and governance.
- Ensure strong financial controls, compliance, segregation of duties and fraud prevention processes are maintained across the function.
- Partner with Finance, Operations and Business Unit leadership teams to identify process improvements and optimise customer credit management.
- Lead key strategic projects, including credit centralisation initiatives, credit limit reviews and Shared Services transformation activities.
You are an experienced Credit leader with a passion for building high-performing teams, improving processes and driving business outcomes through effective risk management.
You will bring:
- Significant experience leading large-scale Credit and Accounts Receivable functions.
- Proven success managing high-volume transactional teams within complex, multi-business environments.
- Strong understanding of credit risk management, collections, working capital management and financial controls.
- Experience working across multiple ERP systems and leading process transformation initiatives.
- Excellent leadership, coaching and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Strong commercial acumen and financial literacy.
- Excellent analytical, reporting and problem-solving skills.
- The ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change across a large organisation.
Highly Regarded
- Tertiary qualifications in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or a related discipline.
- Experience supporting Shared Services transformation or centralisation programs.
Why join Bapcor?
At Bapcor, we focus on what matters most for our customers, team members and the communities we serve.
We go the extra mile to get the job done and always live our values.
In joining our team, you can access:
- Diverse career opportunities within the Bapcor Group
- Discounts across Bapcor products and services, including our Retail and Trade brands
- Industry leading policies to support your work/ life balance (gender neutral parental leave, purchase leave, volunteer leave etc)
- Paid birthday leave
- Wellbeing support
- Novated leasing and more
We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment, and encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures, gender identity, abilities and backgrounds, providing a recruitment experience that’s fair, free from bias and accessible. If you need to inquire about reasonable accommodation for the application process, please email [email protected]
No Recruitment Agencies Please!
While we understand that recruitment agencies would love to offer their support, we kindly request all agencies to refrain from contacting us regarding this job posting. All applications should be submitted directly by candidates.
