It’s the expertise we apply to help borrowers realize their goals and dreams. It’s the trusting relationships we build across our business, founded on honesty, transparency and consistency. It’s our entrepreneurial mindset that consistently drives our curiosity and ambition. It’s our commitment to rigour and process, so we can respond quickly, yet always remain accountable.
Resilient service is in our nature. We’ve proven to ourselves and to our partners that we have the courage to confidently step into the unknown and adapt with purpose and grace. And diversity is in our nature. We commit to a safe, inclusive workplace that values the experiences, voices and perspectives of every person equally.
Our nature is our DNA. But it’s also our compass. It’s who we are collectively and how we chart our course forward intentionally.
Description First National is one of Canada’s largest non-bank mortgage lenders, offering residential mortgage solutions directly through the broker channel and commercial mortgages through our skilled origination teams across the country. Founded in 1988 by two entrepreneurs who are still active in the business today, First National has grown and evolved – but has maintained the spirit and matured the values that shaped the company’s origins.
It's in Our Nature embodies our DNA, pilots our compass and shapes our collective identity. Our nature informs, influences and provides a consistent point of accountability for how we live our values, express our belief system and show up for each other, our borrowers, our investors, our partners and the community.
We frame our values actionably as a way of thinking and behaving intentionally and with consistency. What do we value? We strive for better through curiosity and ambition so we can seize every opportunity and embrace change productively. We earn trust by advising with honesty, transparency and consistency so our clients know we are invested in them and their dreams. We encourage autonomy in our people. Owning decisions confidently, sharing perspectives openly and being heard consistently shape how we support each other and build community. We emphasize accountability through rigour, process and realistic expectations. We respond with urgency while respecting structure and upholding accuracy as a standard.
Our team makes these values come to life every day. The people that choose to work at First National do so because they know it’s a place they can grow and make meaningful contributions to advance our business. We emphasize hard work and celebrate every success. The people join our team most often stay to build fulfilling careers and become integral members of the First National family.
First National Financial has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 372 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The First National Financial employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 69% of employees would recommend working at First National Financial to a friend. This is based on 377 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
68% of job seekers rate their interview experience at First National Financial as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at First National Financial.