{"id":58072,"date":"2017-03-24T14:38:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T00:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=58072"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T00:04:56","slug":"uh-hilo-accounting-interns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/24\/uh-hilo-accounting-interns\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna enlists 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo interns to help launch accounting firm of the\u00a0future"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The fall 2017 Akau Accounting interns with 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo alumna and business entrepreneur Claire-Ann Niibu-Akau. (photo by Darryl Holland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> alumna Claire-Ann Niibu-Akau<\/strong> just launched her accounting firm of the future. Niibu-Akau graduated in December 2015 with a degree in accounting. She opened her business Akau Accounting this fall, and is looking to innovate her field.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been doing bookkeeping and accounting for about 20 years, but I began this firm in November. I wanted to continue to support small businesses in Hawaiʻi<\/span>,” said Niibu-Akau.<\/p>\n

She has hired nine 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo student-interns to help her revolutionize her practice through technological advancements. The Akau Accounting organizational structure is designed to be a virtual online accounting practice. This allows for remote anywhere-in-the-world bookkeeping for clients and also provides the company’s student-interns with flexibility. Niibu-Akau, her employees and interns are able to work at the hours that best fit their schedules and meet client demand from virtually anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n