First-year audit manager here trying to sanity check if others have felt this.

I feel very burnout as a first year manager. I have been a strong performer until supervisor senior but now I feel I’m not organized and missing items during detail review

How did you adjust to the manage role?

Any systems or habits that helped you stay on top of everything?

At what point did you know whether to push through vs. consider leaving?

Would really appreciate any perspective

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Speaking as someone who went through it, it's tough but highly valuable. Learning to be more efficient and delegate more was not in my nature. Reach out to your counselor and other execs on your team to understand how they manage it, and for continuous feedback so you can keep timely tabs on how they see your performance and to identify potential issues sooner and address them. It'll be tough, but you'll come out better for it. Don't beat yourself up over it in the meantime.

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