Your summary needs at least one outcome in each of the seven values, attitudes and acumens areas. Here is what an entry for each area can look like, drawn from ordinary articles work.
Every example below is invented, and short on purpose. A real entry names the engagement period and, for an acumen, answers the four questions. None of these examples says which outcome it evidences: that depends on your exact wording and is yours to choose.
Values and attitudes
These are judged on how often the behaviour shows and in what situations, so one good instance is a start, not a case. Log it each time.
I. Ethics, values and attitudes
Personal, business and professional ethics.
The client's financial manager asked me to leave a difference off the schedule of unadjusted misstatements because it was small. I explained that the schedule has to be complete, recorded it, and told my senior the same afternoon.
A real pressure, what you did about it, and who you told.
II. Citizenship, values and attitudes
Personal, corporate and professional citizenship.
I volunteered at a free tax clinic on three Saturdays in March, helping pensioners complete their returns and explaining which medical expenses they could claim.
Repeated, outside billable work, and specific about who benefited.
III. Lifelong learning, values and attitudes
Self-development, and an adaptive mind-set and agility.
My reviewer said my going-concern work was thin. I worked through the firm's going-concern training, then used its cash-flow checklist on my next two files, and my senior signed both off without points.
Feedback, what you did about it, and evidence that it changed your work.
Acumens
These are rated on guidance, integration, analysis and responsibility, so each example says something about all four.
Z. Business acumen
The business's internal and external environment, and innovation and creativity.
Before testing inventory I walked through how the client's three depots order, receive and transfer stock, on my own. It explained why the shrinkage sat at one depot, which I set out for my senior with a suggested control.
Y. Decision-making acumen
Critical and integrated thinking, problem solving, judgement, and professional scepticism.
Three supplier statements from different suppliers had identical layouts. I did not accept the copies: I asked for statements sent directly to us, found one balance overstated, and recommended the adjustment, which the manager accepted.
X. Relational acumen
Communication, leadership, people skills, relationships, teamwork, self-management and emotional intelligence.
I explained a proposed adjustment to the owner, who is not an accountant, using his bank statements rather than the ledger. He agreed to post it. I prepared the explanation myself; my senior only joined the call.
W. Digital acumen
Computational thinking, data, analytics, automation, new developments, cyber security and everyday tools.
I combined twelve months of sales exports, about 48 000 lines, in Power Query and flagged 37 credit notes raised after year-end against December invoices. I built the query unaided and handed the flagged list to the cut-off team.
Where this comes from
The seven areas and their contents are as SAICA's assessment tool lists them, last checked 2026-10-05. The examples are ours, written to show the shape of an entry, not to be copied.