Accountant

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Who are we

TUNL is a Cape Town-based shipping tech platform on a mission to help South African merchants compete globally. We've worked with over 4,000 brands — from first-time exporters figuring out their very first shipment, to established businesses learning to scale and operationalise their international shipping. Last year alone, we helped move R152 million worth of South African goods across borders, contributing to local job creation and economic growth. Brands like Veldskoen, Freedom of Movement, and Sealand trust us to make world-class shipping accessible and manageable.

We're a small, high-performance team that moves fast, builds things properly, and genuinely cares about the merchants we serve. If you want your work to matter from day one, this is the place. This is a hybrid role based in Paarden Eiland, Cape Town, with approximately three days a week in office

Your mission

Help TUNL run a world-class Finance function. Your mission is to keep our financial engine running with precision — owning the core accounting and month-end cycle, managing our AP function, keeping us VAT-compliant, running payroll, and being the day-to-day financial point of contact for our supplier relationship. You'll work through rebills, disputes, and reconciliations, and keep internal teams informed of outcomes.

What you’ll own

Weekly

• Supplier reconciliation and invoicing
• Supplier payments
• Supplier engagement — disputes, comms, and follow-through

Monthly (BAU)

• VAT201 preparation and submission
• Payroll processing

Month-End

• VAT reconciliation
• Supplier reconciliations and accounts payable
• Payroll reconciliations
• Prepayments and accruals

What good looks like

• Month-end closes on time, every time — no chasing, no surprises
• Healthy supplier relationships: disputes are logged, followed up, and resolved efficiently, and the carrier knows we're on top of our numbers
• Leadership always has visibility — open items, dispute outcomes, and anything that could affect cash or the carrier relationship are surfaced proactively, not reactively
• Supplier accounts are reconciled and the aged analysis is clean
• VAT submissions and payroll are accurate and on time
• You're the person the finance lead can rely on without having to check in

Your competencies

1. Sharp accounting mind — strong reconciliation and analytical foundation; you find the discrepancy before anyone else does 3-4/5
2. Practical problem solver — you understand the difference between accounting theory and business reality, and navigate both 4/5
3. Clear communicator — excellent written and verbal; you follow up with carriers, suppliers, and internal teams without being asked 3-4/5
4. Owns it completely — disciplined, diligent, accountable; you don't need to be managed and you don't drop balls 4/5
5. Calm in complexity — TUNL moves fast and things change; you create order, not noise 3-4/5
6. Tech-forward — genuinely excited about tools and automation; you actively look for ways to work smarter 3/5

Your background

• BCom in Accounting or equivalent
• 3+ years in a creditors, reconciliations, or general accounting role
• Advanced Google Sheets or Excel (we use Google Sheets)
• Ideally: Xero, Dext, Simplepay