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Welcome to the Squirrel Group career opportunities page
Before arriving here, hopefully you’ve taken a good look around our website and you have a strong sense of what Squirrel is all about, in terms of our work, our brand and our people. Maybe you know us well already and you’re just keeping an eye on the current opportunities that we have across our offices.
At Squirrel, we’re all about making a difference for Kiwis everyday. So, if you are thinking of applying to work at Squirrel, then please be sure to tell us up front: what difference do you think you would make?
We’re setting out to change the game of the financial services industry in NZ. You’ll find at Squirrel Group a company built on authenticity and dependent upon it’s people. A culture that doesn’t just respect curiosity, fairness and freedom but lives it. And in a community where the path you choose is your own, the places you can go are limitless.
It’s not only the work that defines a great company but also the people
We have a really strong culture and people often comment on our genuinely friendly and informal style. This, combined with a real passion for making a difference, makes Squirrel an exciting place to work.
Squirrel Mortgages is one of the most awarded mortgage brokers in NZ. We are truly authentic and strongly believe in being real and true to ourselves and our clients. We’re always looking for like-minded people so if this is you, get in touch by emailing work@squirrel.co.nz.
We’re passionate about developing our people
We are committed to professional development and our approach to training. We have a dedicated team performance specialist for training and mentoring and our people regularly participate in external industry training courses.
We’ve also introduced our Professional Development Planning initiative, which gives our staff the opportunity to get whatever help they need to develop in their roles and personally, and has proven to be very successful.
In 2015, the entire company flew to the Gold Coast, Australia for a 3-day team building and training conference.
We’re also open to more innovative development opportunities such as sending a Squirrel Money staff member to San Francisco to attend a P2P lending conference.
You don’t always need to make big gestures to make meaningful changes
Squirrel Kids is our financial literacy programme run voluntarily by our advisers in schools. It′s all about teaching kids how to be smart with money from a young age. This project is in hot demand from local schools and it’s our plan to roll this out more widely.
We also sponsor several local sports teams and various activities close to the hearts of our people.
We believe in doing our bit
Whilst we’re not a big carbon producer, we believe in doing our bit to be green. We’ve come up with a set of core actions to get measures in place to track our carbon footprint and our improvement in reducing it.
Lots of Squirrels want to make a difference and our team is dedicated to maintaining our stance on this.
Financial Operations Assistant
Our peer-to-peer lending team are growing and have an opportunity for a Financial Operations superstar on a part-time basis.
Take a look at the details and apply here.
See why our clients love us
See for yourself what our clients think with over 1170 5 star reviews on Shopper Approved.
Amy
Glenbrook, [New Zealand]
We found the staff easy to talk to and if we had any issues they would sort it out in a reasonable time.A
Seugnet V
Auckland, New Zealand
I highly recommend Sudam Salunke who has assisted me with excellent service. He has achieved an absolute great financial outcome for me. He is just a brilliant advisor.SV
Timothy
Auckland, New Zealand
Lindsay always gave great advise and was almost always available which was really handy while dealing with the whole situation.T
Eva
Auckland , New Zealand
Emma was fantastic to deal with. She was fast to respond to emails and always took the time to answer all of our questions, no matter how trivial. She managed to get us a great rate, and provided us with some valuable advice as first home buyers.E
Lutz H
Auckland, New Zealand
Lindsay was very thorough and approachable. Nothing was ever a problem and his attention to detail is outstanding. Felt safe and in good hands.LH
Maria N
Our broker was always on hand to answer queries and provided open and honest information and assistance. This was our first rental property we had purchased and we were very satisfied with the mortgage outcome and would recommend this service to others.MN
Venkata M
Wellington, New Zealand
The whole process went very smooth with squirrel. The person handled my case was very much interacted with me and explained every case in a very tidy way since it's my first mortgage. I have quite recommended few friends already. ThanksVM
Kerry W
Auckland, New Zealand
Squirrel arranged our finance, living in Wellington we liaised via email & phone which worked perfectly, was easy & stress free, highly recommend & will definately used Squirrel againKW
