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Vacancies: Corporate Finance Advisory Associate Director, M&A Transaction Service Manager

Deloitte offers a world of opportunities for individuals with unquenchable thirst for knowledge, passion for success, excellent spirit, innovative mind and impeccable integrity. Due to continued growth in our Financial Advisory Services and an anticipated uplift in activities, we are seeking candidates for the following positions:

Position: Corporate Finance Advisory Associate Director

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Overview

Candidates will act as a partner in ownership and development of our business and our people with a focus on Corporate Finance Advisory
Candidates will, along with other partners have primary accountability for all client relationship and engagements, developing the business strategy and making operational decisions to execute against it

Key Responsibilities:

Role specific responsibilities

Lead a diverse team of talented financial advisors
Pursues, creates and cultivates client relationships
Develop relationships within Deloitte Network regionally and globally and make significant contributions to cross-border efforts and pursuits
Plan for and monitor business development activities to deliver against targets
Plan for and guide practice growth and development initiatives

People Management

Guide the development and delivery of training programs
Actively promote a coaching culture including people performance metrics for all senior practitioners in your team

Knowledge Sharing/Documentation

Guide practitioners in using available knowledge networks to extract relevant information for projects
Ensure all project qualifications, deliverables from projects are contributed to global knowledge database
Set targets for and promote gathering, documentation and sharing of lessons learned from each project

Qualifications:

Education

To be successful in this role, candidates must have completed a Masters degree with outstanding academic credentials and business focus

Type of Experience

10-15 years of significant and work experience with a professional services firm

Other Qualifications???????

AC A, ACCA, CPA, CFA, or other equivalent designation
Proven ability to manage and people arid projects; and the professional services business
Strong brand in West and Central Africa marketplace especially in Nigeria

Position: M&A Transaction Service Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Candidates will have primary accountability for leading team members and guiding them through the full client engagement life cycle with a focus on M&A Transaction Services in a wide range of situation industries.
Candidates will also be responsible for coaching junior practitioners in their growth and making significant contributions to financial advisory business development initiatives

Role specific responsibilities:

Lead a diverse team of talented financial advisors with complete accountability for delivering or engagements
Pursue, creates and cultivates client relationship
Take ownership of business development activities and deliver against targets
Leverage your expertise in a specialization and your reputation as a business advisor

People Management

Lead the development and deli training programs
Actively coach and support development of junior team me

Knowledge Sharing/Document

Guide practitioners in using available knowledge networks to extract information for projects
Ensure all project qualifications, deliverables from projects are contributed to global knowledge database
Lead gathering, documentation sharing of lessons learned from each project

Qualification:

Education

Completed undergraduate degree with outstanding academic credentials and business focus
A Master degree in finance will be an added advantage

Type of Experience

5-7 years of relevant work experience

Other Qualifications

ACA. ACCA, CFA, or other equivalent designation
Strong external advisory or consulting experience
Strong commitment to professional and client service excellence
Superior verbal and written communication skills
Proven ability to deliver the full cycle of project management
Strong financial modeling skills
Experienced with project problem diagnosis, solution development, client communications, facilitation of decision making, mergers and acquisitions, documentation, managing client expectations and team leadership

How to Apply:

If you meet the above requirements and are interested in the position, please send your detailed CV to recruitmentng@deloitte.com or apply online through http://careers.deloitte.com/nigeria/students/opportunities.aspx not later than 5th February, 2013. Please note that applications received after 5^th February, 2013 will not be processed and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Akintola Williams Deloitte, a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, is a professional services organization that provides audit, tax, consulting, financial advisory and enterprise risk services.

Source: http://jobs.nigeriang.com/accounting-jobs-in-nigeria/corporate-finance-advisory-associate-director-ma-transaction-service-manager-at-deloitte/

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Safeguards needed for tissue donors

Public release date: 28-Jan-2013
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Michigan State University

Donors to biobanks vast collections of human tissue samples that scientists hope will lead to new treatments for diseases have a right to basic information about how their donations may be used, a Michigan State University ethicist argues in a new paper.

The idea behind biobanks is that a repository with hundreds of thousands of samples, each linked to medical records and other health information, can yield discoveries smaller data sets can't match. Once samples are collected, researchers in many fields can use the data repeatedly.

"More and larger biobanks are in many ways the future of health research," said Tom Tomlinson, director of MSU's Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences. "Their rise as a research tool means that sooner or later probably sooner all of us will be participating in research that we know nothing whatsoever about."

Ethicists have typically viewed biobank donations through the lens of risk: Once someone has given a tissue sample and all identifying information is removed, later research risks no harm to them. Since they no longer need protection, donors usually sign blanket consent forms and receive no updates about how the tissue is used.

But people make donations in the hope of doing good, giving them an ongoing moral stake in what happens to their tissue samples, Tomlinson writes in the Hastings Center Report, a leading bioethics journal.

"Donors should have the information they need to decide if there are moral risks involved that might not be worth taking," he said.

For instance, surveys have found that some people may not donate to publicly funded biobanks if the research would lead to private commercial gain. Others may not want to be involved in research on controversial issues like cloning, or studies that reinforce negative racial stereotypes.

"It's hard to tell a person exactly how their donation will be used," Tomlinson said, "but what you can tell them is the range of uses to which it might be put."

Tomlinson offers specific steps biobanks should take to protect donors' rights. Among them:
Donors should get ongoing summaries of research projects, written in plain language.
Biobanks should inform donors when their tissue might be used in potentially controversial research.
Data-management systems should be in place to let donors withdraw their samples at any time if they take issue with the kinds of research the biobank supports.
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Tomlinson's work was supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health.

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Safeguards needed for tissue donors Public release date: 28-Jan-2013
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Contact: Andy McGlashen
andy.mcglashen@cabs.msu.edu
517-355-5158
Michigan State University

Donors to biobanks vast collections of human tissue samples that scientists hope will lead to new treatments for diseases have a right to basic information about how their donations may be used, a Michigan State University ethicist argues in a new paper.

The idea behind biobanks is that a repository with hundreds of thousands of samples, each linked to medical records and other health information, can yield discoveries smaller data sets can't match. Once samples are collected, researchers in many fields can use the data repeatedly.

"More and larger biobanks are in many ways the future of health research," said Tom Tomlinson, director of MSU's Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences. "Their rise as a research tool means that sooner or later probably sooner all of us will be participating in research that we know nothing whatsoever about."

Ethicists have typically viewed biobank donations through the lens of risk: Once someone has given a tissue sample and all identifying information is removed, later research risks no harm to them. Since they no longer need protection, donors usually sign blanket consent forms and receive no updates about how the tissue is used.

But people make donations in the hope of doing good, giving them an ongoing moral stake in what happens to their tissue samples, Tomlinson writes in the Hastings Center Report, a leading bioethics journal.

"Donors should have the information they need to decide if there are moral risks involved that might not be worth taking," he said.

For instance, surveys have found that some people may not donate to publicly funded biobanks if the research would lead to private commercial gain. Others may not want to be involved in research on controversial issues like cloning, or studies that reinforce negative racial stereotypes.

"It's hard to tell a person exactly how their donation will be used," Tomlinson said, "but what you can tell them is the range of uses to which it might be put."

Tomlinson offers specific steps biobanks should take to protect donors' rights. Among them:
Donors should get ongoing summaries of research projects, written in plain language.
Biobanks should inform donors when their tissue might be used in potentially controversial research.
Data-management systems should be in place to let donors withdraw their samples at any time if they take issue with the kinds of research the biobank supports.
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Tomlinson's work was supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health.

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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-01/msu-snf012813.php
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Luxury cars buy into the downsizing trend

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Paul A. Eisenstein , The Detroit Bureau

For those attending the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this month, Mercedes-Benz has rolled out an all-new version of its big E-Class line-up. But for reporters who came into the Motor City early for the show?s media preview, Mercedes offered a sneak peek at the new CLA model it will formally introduce later this year.

Sharing a similar silhouette with the current CLS coupe-like sedan, the CLA will be the smallest model the German maker has ever sold in the United States, representing a significant shift not only for Mercedes but for the rest of the luxury car market.?

A quick survey of high-line manufacturers including Lincoln, Land Rover, BMW and Audi shows they?re all taking aim at downsized segments. That reflects some significant trends in the luxury market as buyers come to grips not only with rising fuel prices but increasingly crowded urban environments, analysts and industry planners suggest.

?If we want to grow and don?t want to lose our customers, we have to downsize,? contends Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of Daimler AG and chief of its Mercedes-Benz brand.

It?s not the first time the maker has pushed down-market. Mercedes made waves when it introduced its original C-Class ?Baby Benz? more than three decades ago. And in the ?90s, it tried pushing even lower with the stripped down C-Coupe. The C-Class is now one of the maker?s most popular products, though the smaller, lower-priced Coupe proved a flop and was quickly pulled from the lineup.?

Buyers were equally uninspired by the smaller, stripped-down version of the classic BMW 3-Series, the 318 Coupe.

Whether buyers will welcome even smaller models today remains to be seen, especially in the U.S. where ?it has always been bigger is better,? and buyers have measured luxury ? and the concurrent price tag ? by the inch and pound, said George Peterson, of consulting firm AutoPacific, Inc.

The C-Coupe and the BMW 318 were little more than econoboxes bearing luxury badges.? The new Mercedes CLA, however, will offer much more traditional luxury accoutrements, including leather seats, wood trim and the latest high-tech safety and infotainment systems, the maker promises.

That?s already a formula that works in Europe, said?Peterson. ?The idea that you make a statement by having the biggest car around isn?t quite the case anymore.? Now it?s more about the technology and features of the car.?

European makers have all added new downsized models, such as the BMW 1-Series and the Audi A2. The trend is apparent even in the luxury crossover segment where downsizing might once have seemed an oxymoron. BMW has had a hit with its X3 and now is offering the even smaller X1.

Slideshow: The 2013 Detroit Motor Show

Buick dealers are just taking delivery of the maker?s new Korean-made compact crossover, the Encore, which the General Motors mid-luxury brand hopes will help it attract an entirely new cohort of young, hip and increasingly affluent buyers.

Lincoln has the same idea in mind for the new MKC, one of four new models it is planning to bring out between now and 2014. The broader compact crossover segment has grown 200 percent over the past five years, including a 60?percent spurt in 2012 alone, notes Matt VanDyke, Lincoln?s new global marketing chief.?Yet while they account for a solid 11percent of the overall American automotive market, they?ve now jumped to an even more impressive 25?percent of the luxury segment.

While young, first-time buyers make up much of the market for compact CUVs and other downsized luxury products, VanDyke says it is equally significant that customers are also ?coming from other premium segment vehicles,? trading in larger, more traditional luxury products.

So, as with the CLA, the new Lincoln MKC will be offered with the sort of up-market features that normally wouldn?t be found on something nearly that small. In fact, the concept vehicle unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show featured a more lavishly appointed interior than Lincoln?s larger MKZ sedan, which made its debut late last year.

While it will help to load up these new products with plenty of luxury accoutrements, industry stylists are also working to give these downsized products more upscale designs.? Murat Gueler, who oversaw the exterior work on the MKC, and Soo Kang, who focused on the interior, put a particular focus on making the compact crossover look a lot larger than it really is.?

Particularly for the next generation of luxury customers, the idea of downsizing is not something they naturally shy away from.? If anything, they?re used to paying more for compact smartphones and tablet computers.?

And the industry is hoping that they?ll feel the same way about the latest generation of small luxury cars. The key, said analyst Peterson, will be to deliver all the features they?d traditionally expect on a bigger vehicle ?so they don?t feel like they have to sacrifice.?

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/luxury-cars-buy-downsizing-trend-1C8087460

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Male dancers signal their strength to men and women

Jan. 28, 2013 ? Heterosexual men pick up clues about other men's physical qualities from their dance moves just as heterosexual women do, say researchers at Northumbria University.

A study, led by psychologist Dr Nick Neave and researcher Kristofor McCarty, used 3D motion-capture technology and biomechanical analyses to examine the extent to which male dancing provides clues about the dancer's physical strength and fitness to both male and female observers.

The findings, published in the American Journal of Human Biology, suggest that male observers pick up on the strength of their potential rivals for female mates.

Researchers at Northumbria's School of Life Sciences filmed 30 males, aged 19-37, as they danced to a basic drum rhythm. Participants also completed a fitness test and assessments of upper and lower body strength. The dance clips were converted into virtual humanoid characters (avatars) and rated by women and men on perceived dance and physical qualities. The ratings were then correlated with various biomechanical indices.

The results showed that both sexes found significant positive associations between an individual's hand grip strength and their perceived dance quality, these qualities were picked up by the size and vigour of the movements of the upper body and arms.

Although it is traditionally thought that signals given off by men when they dance have been designed -- like animal mating displays -- to be interpreted as clues of their physical attributes to the opposite sex, it seems that heterosexual men are also making use of these signals, presumably to detect a potential love rival.

Dr Nick Neave believes that this increased sensitivity to male qualities by other heterosexual men may be due to intrasexual rivalry -- men sizing up the strength and virility of their competition.

He said: "Rated dance quality was positively associated with actual grip strength and these clues of upper-body strength were most accurately picked up by male observers. This ability to discern upper-body strength is principally because men are looking for cues of 'formidability' in other males.

"Upper-body strength is highly related to fighting ability as it reflects the ability to do damage, especially in intra-sexual conflicts. The ability to gauge strength before potential conflicts is sensible, especially to other males."

Also part of the research team were Northumbria University academics Dr Nick Caplan and Johannes H?nekopp, with Bernard Fink, from the Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of G?ttingen, Germany.

The study, "Male body movements as possible cues to physical strength: a biomechanical analysis", is published online in this month's American Journal of Human Biology

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N. Neave et al. Male body movements as possible cues to physical strength: a biomechanical analysis. American Journal of Human Biology, 2013

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Claims Representative - Workers Compensation -CA - Insurance ...

Claims Representative - Workers Compensation

CLAIM YOUR FUTURE AS A GREAT PERFORMER!

Providing both satisfying and challenging work along with a highly professional and friendly work atmosphere, Sedgwick has a strong commitment to its colleagues and its clients. If you are seeking place where you can do great things for those whose lives you touch while maximizing your own career possibilities, Sedgwick is the place for you. As the largest and most innovative Third Party Administrator in the claims industry and the first and only TPA to receive both recognition as the Best TPA in America and the coveted Employer of Choice designation, we invite you to come be a part of our team and, ?Claim Your Future.?

PRIMARY PURPOSE : To analyze mid- and higher-level workers compensation claims to determine benefits due; to ensure ongoing adjudication of claims within company standards and industry best practices; and to identify subrogation of claims and negotiate settlements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES

Manages workers compensation claims determining compensability and benefits due on long term indemnity claims, monitors reserve accuracy, and files necessary documentation with state agency.

Develops and manages workers compensation claims' action plans to resolution, coordinates return-to-work efforts, and approves claim payments.

Approves and processes assigned disability claims, determines benefits due, and manages action plan pursuant to the disability claim or client contract.

Manages subrogation of claims and negotiates settlements.

Communicates claim action with claimant and client.

Ensures claim files are properly documented and claims coding is correct.

May process complex lifetime medical and/or defined period medical claims which include state and physician filings and decisions on appropriate treatments recommended by utilization review.

Maintains professional client relationships.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES

Performs other duties as assigned.

Supports the organization's quality program(s).

Travels as required.

QUALIFICATION

Education & Licensing
Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university preferred.

Experience
Three (3) years of claims management experience or successful completion of Claims Examiner II training required. Licenses as required.

Skills & Knowledge

Knowledge of regulations, offsets and deductions, disability duration, medical management practices and Social Security and Medicare application procedure as applicable to line of business
Excellent oral and written communication, including presentation skills
PC literate, including Microsoft Office products
Analytical and interpretive skills
Strong organizational skills
Good interpersonal skills
Ability to work in a team environment
Ability to meet or exceed Service Expectations

WORK ENVIRONMENT
When applicable and appropriate, consideration will be given to reasonable accommodations.

Mental: Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment, troubleshooting, problem solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines

Physical: Computer keyboarding, travel as required

Auditory/Visual: Hearing, vision and talking

NOTE : Credit security clearance, confirmed via a background credit check, is required for this position.

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Management retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.

Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer

and a

Drug-Free Workplace

Additional Information: Must have California Self-Insurers Certificate (SIP) or AB1262 California Experienced Examiner Designation or currently meet the requirements for designation under AB1262. WCCA, WCCP preferred.
Requisition #: 10659

Source: http://jobs.insuranceclaimsweb.com/c/job.cfm?site_id=1635&jb=12115839

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Saturday, January 26, 2013

'Breaking Bad's' Walter White is a Lego man

By Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter

Courtesy of Citizen Brick LLC

Meet ?Chemistry Enthusiast,? a little guy who bears a striking resemblance to "Breaking Bad"?protagonist Walter White. He?s got Walter's trademark facial hair, glasses and hazmat suit. But while he may look like a Walter White Lego, officially speaking this "Breaking Bad"?figurine is not associated with Lego or the AMC hit.

Photos from THR: Cooking up season 5 of 'Breaking Bad' with Bryan Cranston and Vince Gilligan

Chemistry Enthusiast is a new, limited-edition product from Citizen Brick, a Chicago-based company which specializes in creating customized Lego pieces.

?I like to think I make stuff for guys that are like me,? Citizen Brick founder and "Breaking Bad"?fan?Joe Trupia?tells?The Hollywood Reporter. ?Adults who still enjoy playing with Legos.?

Trupia, the father of two young sons, started off his career as a printer and eventually began experimenting with customizing Legos. His company uses Lego parts and says it employs the toy giant?s technique for adding color to them.

Photos from THR: 'Breaking Bad' fan gives lifelike drawings to show's stars

In addition to the "Breaking Bad"?homage, Citizen Brick has also?tackled "The Wire,"?though most of its products are not TV-related.

Does the company fear facing the legal wrath of Lego or "Breaking Bad"?network AMC? Trupia hopes the companies will see his work as a fan's tribute and says he doubts his small operation is cutting into their profits.

Citizen Brick is doing a limited run of 400 Chemistry Enthusiast figurines with no immediate plans to produce more. They are selling for $15 each. The complete lineup of Citizen Brick figurines can be viewed?here.

What other TV characters would you like to see get turned into Lego figures? Tell us on our Facebook page!

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3M says 4Q profit rose 3.9 percent

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? Post-it notes and other office products helped lift 3M's fourth-quarter profit, despite a slowdown in other parts of its business.

The Maplewood, Minn.-based company earned $991 million, or $1.41 per share, up 3.9 percent from a year earlier. The results matched expectations of analysts surveyed by FactSet.

3M said profits grew in its consumer and office business, which makes Scotch tape and Post-it notes, as well as in its health care unit. Profits fell in all four of its other divisions, which make things like industrial products and construction materials.

Because the company includes a wide range of industries and sells products all over the globe, its results are a closely-watched economic bellwether.

Its revenue rose 4 percent to $7.39 billion, above expectations of $7.17 billion.

The company also backed last month's profit forecast of $6.70 to $6.95 per share for 2013. Analysts had been expecting $6.86 per share.

Operating profits jumped 10.5 percent to $430 million in its health care unit. Strong sales growth for food safety, bandages, and mouth care lifted the results.

Profits jumped 28 percent to $230 million in its consumer and office business. Growth was led by retail health products, craft supplies and stationery and office supplies.

But profits fell slightly in its biggest unit, industrial and transportation. Profits were down 5 percent in its safety, security, and protection services business, 3 percent in display and graphics, and 7 percent in its electro and communications unit.

Net income for 2012 rose 3.8 percent to $4.44 billion, or $6.32 per share. Revenue rose 1 percent to $29.9 billion for the year.

"Our people executed well in the face of challenging macroeconomic conditions and we have built good momentum to innovate and move forward in 2013," said Inge G. Thulin, 3M chairman, president and CEO.

3M shares fell 40 cents to $99.09 in premarket trading.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/3m-says-4q-profit-rose-3-9-percent-135915909--finance.html

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