CANBERRA · ACT · AUSTRALIA

Aureus Financial Australia in Canberra

Financial, business, and wealth advisory for seven-figure Canberra business owners.


You’ve built something real in Canberra. Your business is turning over solid numbers. The mortgage is paid, the family is comfortable, and by any reasonable measure, you’re doing well.


So why does it still feel like you’re running to stand still?
For most Canberra business owners we work with, the answer is the same: the business is growing, but the wealth isn’t. Tax bills arrive every quarter, and they’re bigger than they should be. Your accountant keeps the ATO off your back but hasn’t once sat across the table and said, “Here’s how we grow your net worth.” And somewhere between managing staff, chasing invoices, and keeping clients happy, your personal finances have taken a back seat.


That’s exactly what we fix. At Aureus Financial, we turn business success into family financial freedom using four integrated services that work together as a single system, not four separate conversations with four different firms.

Wealth Created
$ 1 B+
Clients Served
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Advising Australian
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Business Owners
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About Our Work in Canberra

Why Canberra Business Owners Come to Us

Canberra is unlike any other city in Australia. It’s home to a distinct and resilient economy, one built around government, professional services, defence contracting, health, education, and a growing private sector. Business owners here often operate in stable, well-paid markets. Revenue is consistent. But that consistency can mask a deeper problem: without the right structure, all that income is quietly being eaten by tax, idle cash, and missed investment windows.


We’ve been advising Australian business owners since 2014 and have helped over 2,200+ clients build more than $3 billion in combined wealth. We serve Canberra clients and work remotely when needed, so geography is never an obstacle.


What sets us apart isn’t any one service. It’s the way we connect all four. A tax decision affects your wealth strategy. A business decision affects your taxes. Treat them in isolation, and you get the result most Canberra owners already know: high revenue, high tax, and personal wealth that’s lagging years behind where it should be.

Four Services. One Team. One Outcome

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Aureus Academy
Business strategy and profit coaching so your business funds the life you actually want, not just the one you’re currently living.
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Aureus Accounting
Tax structuring and compliance, we go well beyond lodgements to actively reduce what you hand over to the ATO each year.
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Aureus Wealth Advisers

Personal wealth planning through The Wealth Mastery Machine, turning business income into long-term financial independence.

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Aureus Growth Partners
Revenue growth through The Profitable Marketing Machine strategy, media, and systems that compound, not campaigns that burn out.
Canberra Services

What We Actually Do for Canberra Business Owners

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Business Advisor

Lifestyle Business Scale Plan

We help Canberra business owners move from trading time for money to building scalable, self-running businesses. Our 4x Formula targets $400K profit, a 4-day work week, 44 weeks a year, and $4M net worth. Clients have achieved a 16% average increase in profit while paying themselves more.

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Tax Strategy & Accounting

The Tax Mastery Machine

Many Canberra business owners are overpaying tax due to structure issues, not compliance errors. Led by head of accounting Rakesh Nairn, we specialise in entity structuring, Division 7A management, and long-term tax planning. Our goal is to reduce taxes by up to 20% through better financial architecture.
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Wealth Advisory

The Wealth Mastery Machine

Our Wealth Mastery Machine has helped build over $3 billion in client wealth. It operates across define, create, and manage, covering your 20-year road map, wealth plan, investment system, and passive income strategy. The aim is to build $300K+ in passive income, so work becomes optional.

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Mortgage Broking & Property Finance

Finance Strategy Framework

We structure property and business finance to support smarter growth. Whether buying in the ACT, refinancing, or expanding, our team works across residential, SMSF, commercial, and business lending. Clients have acquired over $100 million in property using our lending strategy.

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Property Research

Profitable Property Portfolio

Choosing the right suburb matters more than negotiating the last ten thousand off the purchase price. We back every Canberra property decision with research-driven guidance across location selection, debt architecture, ownership structuring, and portfolio sequencing, so each acquisition is deliberate, scalable, and built to compound over time.

All Four Combined

The Aureus Way

Playbooks. Processes. Performance. The full integrated system that has built $3B+ in client wealth since 2014.

How We Work

How Every Canberra Engagement Works

There’s no ambiguity in how we work. Every client relationship follows the same four stages, regardless of which services they engage in.

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Strategy Session

We spend 60 minutes going deep on your business, your current financial position and where the gaps are. We come prepared, we ask direct questions, and we leave you with a clear picture of what’s possible, whether you proceed with us or not.

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The Aureus Way

We map out your personalised roadmap using our proprietary frameworks. Every action has a sequence, every sequence has a purpose, and every purpose connects back to the outcome you said you wanted in session one

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Implementation

We don’t hand you a document and wish you luck. We get into the work, filing structures, activating your wealth plan, building business systems, settling finance, and running the numbers. If it needs doing, we do it.

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Accountability

Every quarter, we sit down and measure actual outcomes against the targets we set together. Tax saved, passive income built, profit improved, time reclaimed. You know exactly where you stand at every point.

★ The Aureus Guarantee ★

"Your problems solved — or you don't pay. We own the outcome."

Our Melbourne Team

The Aureus Team Behind Every Canberra Client

You won’t deal with a junior adviser who escalates everything upward. Every Canberra client has a dedicated lead from our senior team, backed by specialists in each discipline.
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Jackson Millan

Director & Chief Dreamer
Jackson has been working with Australian business owners since 2014 and has personally advised more than 2,200 clients on wealth building, business scaling and financial freedom. He’s the author and architect behind The Wealth Mastery Machine.
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Jim Fairhall-Dickie

Head of Wealth
Jim runs our wealth advisory practice, leading The Wealth Mastery Machine engagements for clients across Australia. His focus is SMSF, property portfolio sequencing and long-range personal financial planning.
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Rakesh Nairn

Head of Accounting

Rakesh leads all tax and accounting work at Aureus. He specialises in complex entity architecture, Division 7A planning and tax optimisation strategies for business owners with multi-layered income structures.

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Harvey Lynch

Head of Education
Harvey leads our Lifestyle Business Scale Plan engagements, helping business owners redesign how their businesses operate to make more profit, more time, and more leverage
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Brett Ellis

Marketing Leader
Brett runs The Profitable Marketing Machine at Aureus, focused on strategic positioning, paid media and integrated CRM systems that drive scalable, repeatable revenue growth.
What CANBERRA Clients Say

What Our Clients Have to Say

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“In just one month of implementing Jackson’s advice, I saw a $50,000 increase in monthly revenue. The support not only paid for itself but set up sustainable systems for long-term growth.”

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Veronica Johnston
Bacchus Marsh & Ballarat Psychology
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“The biggest one was just getting a rock solid system in place. My personal life is now automated and streamlined — all growing in the background so I can focus on building my business.”

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Jason Lonergan
Gamebred Academy
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“The biggest thing was analysing my P&L more than ever and being clear on where my money is going. The strategies have given us a sense of security and stability.”

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Lisa Slaughter
Mochajos & Soiree in a Box · Director
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Take the First Step

We work with Canberra business owners who are serious about closing the gap between what they earn and what they keep. If your annual revenue is above $1 million and your personal wealth isn’t reflecting that, book a free 60-minute strategy session with our team. You’ll walk away with a concrete roadmap, no obligation to go any further.

Melbourne FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

An accountant keeps you compliant, but compliance alone isn’t a wealth strategy. Many business owners stay profitable yet remain over-taxed and asset-light without a broader plan. A financial advisor aligns tax, business, and finance decisions to build long-term wealth in the same direction.

We work with business owners across government contracting, defence, professional services, healthcare, education, construction, trades, and hospitality. The common thread isn’t the industry, it’s the situation: a business generating $1M–$20M in annual revenue, an owner who’s underserved by their current advisers, and a gap between business performance and personal financial progress.
A typical Canberra accountant is focused on keeping you compliant. A typical financial planner manages a portfolio in isolation. We connect tax structuring, business strategy, personal wealth planning, and property finance into one coordinated system so every decision we make in one area is actively designed to improve outcomes across the rest of your finances.
Our fees depend on which services you engage and the complexity of your financial situation. We offer everything from standalone tax and bookkeeping packages through to full integrated advisory. The free strategy session is the right starting point. We’ll assess your situation honestly and give you a clear breakdown of what an engagement would look like and what it’s designed to return.
Absolutely. We advise on ACT and broader Australian property investment across suburb selection, debt structuring, ownership architecture, and SMSF borrowing. Our clients have acquired more than $100 million in property over the last three years using our Finance Strategy Framework, and we factor local market dynamics into every recommendation.
We’ve been working with Australian business owners since 2014. Across more than a decade, our team has helped over 2,200 clients build in excess of $3 billion in combined personal wealth. That track record is why we typically run a waiting list to join our programmes. If you’re serious about getting started, the best time to book a session is now.

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