When people think of a great workplace, they often picture an organization with lavish perks, fancy parties and amazing benefits. While those elements are present in many of the well-known best companies, at its core, a great workplace is about the level of trust that employees experience in their leaders, the level of pride they have in their jobs, and the extent to which they enjoy their colleagues. The shift within companies to relook at their leadership structures is clearly underway. By promoting concepts like reverse mentorship, organizations of today have begun to take an active interest in breaking down leadership silos that often hamper the effective flow of information making organizations rigid when the external environment requires them to be more fluid.

Mumbai-based Auxilo Finserve, in this context, endeavors to create a new age organization. The company strives to incorporate most of the good practices prevailing among the competition and its beyond. The HR practices and policies at Auxilo are tailor-made as per the need and ease of functioning for all departments. Flexitiming, smart casual dressing and provision for emergency and mandatory leaves are some of them to be mentioned here. “It is our concerted effort to on-board like minded employees basis our five core values(Ownership, Ingenuity, Agility, Integrity, and Unity) that we try to look for in every employee to be hired. We are in true sense a group of young entrepreneurs wherein our average age is not more than thirty two years,” mentions Neeraj Saxena, MD & CEO, Auxilo Finserve.

Auxilo follows an open-door culture where it encourages employees to participate directly or indirectly in decision making and the best part is all are allowed to meet any rank or cadre without any hindrance. The work-life balance and employee safety have been an integral part of Auxilo's DNA. “We are strictly against the culture of late sitting and we are

fully abided by all statutory norms. We strivefor all round development and to provide a cordial and conducive environment, where all can work and add value to their experience and consequently making a robust brand,” he says. In a bid to promote women empowerment at the workplace, Auxilo actively encourages women to take more risks and opportunities. Near to a quarter of its workforce are females and the company’s effort is to increase this number as it moves forward.

Focused on scaling the education infrastructure through delivery of finance, Auxilo Finserve offers 100 percent financing with customized loans and preadmission loans

Enabling Quality Education
As an Education Ecosystem Enabler and a growth focused socially responsible fair lender Auxilo offers financial support through innovative financial solution delivery to a wide network of students as well as to a range of schools, colleges and universities. "India grows aspirational with every passing second and we at Auxilo take pride in nurturing these aspirations and helping millions of Indians and hundreds of educational institutions get ready for the world," he asserts.

The company endeavours to influx finance to catalyse aspirations. Its education loan process is simple and easy wherein it provides tailor-made loans to suit the specific educational requirements. Focused on scaling the education infrastructure through delivery of finance, Auxilo Finserve offers 100 per cent financing with customized loans and pre-admission loans. Along with all this, the company also furnishes quick sanctions, a credible and fully automated process. Furthermore, in order to keep up with the ever-evolving trends the company effectively leverages the use of technology to cater to the dynamic and challenging needs of the educational ecosystem.

Since its inception, Auxilo has forayed ahead in the space and does not hesitate to go an extra mile to meet the requirements of its clients. Set up with the prime motive of improving skills at the student level and quality of education at institutional level the company is adding another product offering of 'Fees Funding' to facilitate aspiring parents to provide better education to their children. “Our mission is to enable the freedom of financial access across the country by building inclusive financial algorithms and models that shall look at potential financing rather than the usual route of pure-play credit financing,” he concludes.

Neeraj Saxena, MD & CEO
A bastion for next generation leaders, Neeraj has more than 16 years of experience in the Indian Retail and Financial Services industry. The core vision that’s been embodied in Auxilo is led ably by him. Before this he led the path for Avanse an education NBFC.

Neeraj has experience in diversified areas of Business Operations, Strategy & Corporate planning, Product Management and Corporate Quality in retail, consulting and financial services sectors having worked with diversified & large companies viz Avanse, DHFL, Tata Retail Enterprise (Trent), Piramal Retail, Wadhawan Retail and Ernst & Young.