At Saxo Bank, it’s all about people
The Saxo Bank Group believes that its business develops in line with its employees' personal and professional growth. For this reason, Saxo Bank invests continuously in courses, workshops, leadership and skills-training programmes and formal educational qualifications, all designed to ensure that itspeople are at the forefront of their professions and are able to deliver the kind of service that clients and partners expect.
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Saxo University – Excel professionally and reach personal goals
The Saxo University is an internal development initiative that offers programmes and courses to all Saxo Bank employees. Courses cover topics which the Bank feels promote success by further developing individual competencies and helping employees meet personal and professional career goals.
Saxo Bank runs a structured employee development programme – the “Personal Development Plan” – and a leadership development programme through the Leadership Pipeline model. Saxo Bank also has a role model programme, which is a personal development program for specialists and leaders who demonstrate consistent role model behaviour and live up to the Corporate Statement and Saxo Bank’s seven values.
Saxo Bank uses an internal developmental model as a framework for describing the three major career development phases at Saxo Bank: the introduction phase, the high performance phase and the role modelling phase.
Saxo Bank likes to train and develop its own managers and leaders and has adopted a leadership pipeline approach for development of competencies. This supports the establishment of an ongoing organisational process that produces leadership on all levels of the organisation. Leaders develop their own skills and work values according to their pipeline level, and strive towards developing their direct reports to the next level of the organisation.
Saxo Bank’s goal
Saxo Bank’s goal is to be the world’s most profitable and professional facilitator in the global capital markets.
Its stakeholders include shareholders, employees, clients and partners who support the Bank in generating results, motivating and developing staff and building successful relationships through superior service and innovation.
Stakeholders in the Bank’s success follow fundamental values and rules of engagement set forth to empower individuals in reaching personal and business goals.
A focus on employees
Saxo Bank employees are passionate about what they do and driven to achieve results. In fact, a recent internal survey showed that 90% of employees are proud to work for Saxo Bank. In general, job satisfaction, team spirit and passion for work are rated highly by Saxo Bank staff.
The Saxo Bank Group is a dynamic organisation consisting of talented individuals across career sectors – from Front Office traders and analysts to software developers, business controllers, business developers, marketing experts and talented human resources professionals. Saxo Bank offers opportunities for both personal and professional development through training, courses and a multitude of internal resources available to increase learning and further careers. Confident and inspiring managers also contribute to the strength of the Bank by encouraging new ideas, process development and promoting individual ownership of projects and tasks.
International career opportunities
As Saxo Bank continues to expand globally, employees can realise career aspirations in a variety of international settings. Outstanding employees who are offered opportunities to represent Saxo Bank abroad can gain valuable knowledge and develop many new competencies which can benefit their future in the Bank. Saxo Bank encourages and supports the desire to fulfil international ambitions and looks for ways to expand individual knowledge and experience while promoting the Saxo Bank culture.
Saxo Health
Saxo Bank places strong emphasis on health, and wants to make it easy for employees to choose a healthy life-style both in their professional and in their private lives. Saxo Bank’s canteen provides a variety of healthy food throughout the day. Various fitness activities are also encouraged, and the Bank believes that the social and networking elements of exercising with fellow colleagues are very important.
Saxo Bank realises it’s a tough challenge to find just the right balance between work, family and friends, sports and hobbies. But when all these essentials do come together, they form a rich and full co-existence. Saxo Bank believes that good health is important in order to be a passionate and productive professional.