After validating against other posts I continue to get an error in my Process Flow.
Here is the output from the error email where the error occurs.
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SUBMIT FOR APPROVAL: myRule_6_A1
Inputs:
objectId = {!myVariable_current.Id} (0065e0000045ofBAAQ)
comment = null
processDefinitionNameOrId = Opportunity_approval
skipEntryCriteria = false

Error Occurred: This approval request requires the next approver to be determined by the Manager field. This value is empty. Please contact your administrator for more information.

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Here is my user record with manager in the role hierarchy


#here are the approval process details


#here is the process details for the approval step

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At this point I feel there is some corruption in my Org but wanted to reach out to the community to see if I am missing something.

Thank you for your time in advance.