Job Description & Skills/Qualifications Required
Looking to take your accounting career to the next level? Join Swire Shipping, a globally recognised shipping and logistics company, and play a key role in delivering accurate financial insights that support business performance and strategic decision-making.
Based in Suva, this role offers the opportunity to work in a high-performing finance team, gain exposure to regional operations, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
About the Role
As an Accountant, you will be responsible for delivering timely and accurate financial reporting, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, and supporting budgeting and forecasting activities. You will play a critical role in maintaining financial integrity and improving systems and processes across the business.
Key Responsibilities and accountabilities:
- Prepare monthly financial statements and provide variance analysis
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Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts
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Manage VAT lodgements, audits, and statutory compliance (IFRS)
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Process accruals, prepayments, and intercompany transactions
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Perform daily bank reconciliations and financial controls
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Support budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimisation initiatives
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Contribute to process improvements and system enhancements (SAP preferred)
Ideal Candidate:
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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Financial Management
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3–5 years’ experience in a similar role (audit experience advantageous)
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Strong knowledge of financial reporting, IFRS, and reconciliations
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Experience with SAP or similar accounting systems
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Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving ability
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Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with stakeholders
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a globally respected shipping group with over 150 years of heritage.
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Opportunities for career growth and development within a regional network
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Collaborative culture driven by Teamwork, Integrity, and Excellence
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Exposure to process improvement, financial strategy, and business initiatives
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Strong focus on employee wellbeing, safety, and sustainability
Our Values
Teamwork | Excellence | Integrity | Continuity | Endeavour | Humility
Ready to Set Sail with Us?
Apply Now by submitting your updated resume and covering letter demonstrating your suitability for the role to fj.careers@swireshipping.com by close of business on 5th June 2026.
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Swire Shipping is committed to ensuring equal equitable access and participation for persons who experience disability. SSL is committed to treating persons with disability in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. Reasonable adjustments can be made upon request based on understanding of those accommodations.
Across Swire Shipping, we seek to create a supportive and inclusive environment that embraces individuality and recognise the benefits that these differences make. We do this by ensuring that all individuals are treated with respect and understanding and actively promote Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and do not tolerate discrimination, harassment, bullying, retaliation, or intimidation of any kind. We are committed to driving the strategy, policies, and accountability to build and sustain a diverse global workforce, through equitable processes and systems where everyone can contribute their very best.
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Swire Shipping, a leading shipping company in the Asia Pacific, is the wholly owned, deep-sea ship owning and operating arm of the multinational Swire group. With more than 150 years in the shipping industry, more than 50 of which in Fiji and the Pacific Islands, Swire Shipping is committed to enriching lives by connecting customers with communities and remains dedicated to facilitating and growing trade in regions where it operates.
Swire Shipping operates several high frequency liner shipping services in the Asia-Pacific, a transpacific liner service between North Asia and the Pacific Northwest, and specialist shipping services to the global project logistics market under its established brand, Swire Projects. The company also offers integrated logistics solutions in the Asia-Pacific, complementing its suite of liner products. Swire Shipping specialises in providing a wide range of specialist customer solutions for project, heavy lift, refrigerated, breakbulk and mini bulk cargoes, and has an experienced, dedicated team providing customers with service excellence and expert market knowledge.
Headquartered in Singapore, Swire Shipping maintains its own representative offices in more than 40 locations as well as a worldwide agency network across Asia, Europe, North America, and the South Pacific. As a multinational shipping company, Swire Shipping employs more than 3,000 people from across 52 countries and regions – more than 1,000 are based onshore, and nearly 2,000 are seagoing employees. The company seeks to create an empowered workforce that can flourish in a safe and respectful work environment, one that ensures all individuals are treated with respect and understanding and where discrimination, harassment, bullying, retaliation or intimidation of any kind are not tolerated. Swire Shipping has in place robust programmes, systems and processes to recognise its employees and support their learning and career development within the company.
With strong Management support, Swire Shipping takes a long-term view of the business and continuously invests in its people, environment, communities, and innovation and new technology.