About Us
AquantUs is an Atlanta-based recruiting firm specializing in Retained, Direct Hire, and Contract Staffing for accounting, audit, FP&A, finance, strategy, and tax.
We built the firm around the specific needs of our clients and our candidates. First, we listen and learn, and then we work to connect talent and company in a fit that is right for both. Because our team has first-hand experience in the fields for which we recruit, we know what is important to both the candidate and employer. Our in-depth screening approach is a hallmark of how we find such precise matches.
We can partner with you on your Retained, Direct Hire, and Contract Staffing needs in the following areas:
Accounting
General Ledger, Management Reporting,
SEC Reporting
Audit
Internal Audit, Financial Controls/SOX,
IT Audit
Finance
FP&A, Strategy,
M&A
Tax
Provision, Compliance, Research
Contract Staffing
Contract, Temp-to-Perm, Interim Executives
The AquantUs difference:
- Our Partners have real-world, practical experience in the fields for which we recruit.
- We spend the time with our clients and candidates to really understand both the culture and needs of a company, and the individual career goals and skill-sets of our candidates.
- We have a commitment to your success unmatched by others in the industry.
- We focus on building long-term relationships.
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Meet the team
Our team of professionals is committed to providing the best experience for our clients and candidates.

Tiffany Hoffine

Todd Hoffine

Jake Ingram

Christian Chavez

Emily Bell

David Quayle

Brandon Hitchcock

David Ross

Chris Vicchrilli

Caroline Cantrell

Lia Ruiz

Tiffany Hoffine
CEO & Managing Partner
Tiffany grew up in Greenville, SC and graduated with honors from Clemson University with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. She began her career as an audit professional with Deloitte, progressing to the senior manager level prior to moving to the executive search industry.
She has almost 25 years of professional services experience, including 15 years in executive search, and a proven track record of providing exceptional service to AquantUs’s clients.
Tiffany is an avid traveler and has visited over 40 countries on 6 continents. She serves on a Board of Directors Committee of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, is a former Board Member of Ahimsa House, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Atlanta.

Todd Hoffine
CFO & Partner
Todd M. Hoffine is a CPA with over 20 years of Big 4 audit and industry accounting and auditing experience. Currently, he is a Partner with AquantUs, LLC., an Atlanta-based executive recruiting firm specializing in direct hire, contract and retained search in the areas of accounting, audit, data analytics, finance, and tax.
Prior to joining AquantUs, Hoffine was the Director of Global Operations in The Coca-Cola Company’s Corporate Audit department and was responsible for the department’s overall strategy, methodology, and technology. While at Coke he developed and implemented the audit department’s strategy and approach for its data analytics activities. He also established regional audit departments in India, China, and the Philippines, and led a number of transformation, cost saving, and best practice initiatives. Prior to joining Coke, Hoffine was an audit Senior Manager with Deloitte, serving public and private manufacturing and retail clients. In addition to serving audit clients, he also participated in domestic and international M&A transactions on both the buy and sell-side, IPOs, and was a designated derivatives specialist for the Atlanta office.
Todd graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor’s in Accounting. He also attended the University of South Carolina and served as a Board Member (Treasurer) for Habitat for Humanity for six years.
Todd is an avid golfer, photographer and traveler, and has managed to do each of these on six continents. He has traveled to 48 of the 50 States, 58 countries, and lived and worked in Russia for six months.

Jake Ingram
Business Development Manager
Jake grew up in Woodstock, Georgia, and attended Reinhardt University where he studied Sports Studies and played football. He has 6 years of sales/business development experience and takes pride in building lasting relationships with his clients. Outside of work Jake enjoys sports and the outdoors – he’s an avid golfer, and can’t get enough of the Braves or Falcons!

Christian Chavez
Manager of Executive Recruiting
Christian is originally from Lima, Peru, but spent the majority of his childhood in Cleveland, Tennessee after moving there in 2000. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Finance from UTC and promptly began his finance career in consumer lending in Chattanooga, TN. He decided after two years to make a career shift into recruiting and move to Atlanta. He has now been at AquantUs for six-years! He loves to spend time with his family, friends, and his two sons, Logan and Jaxon!

Emily Bell
Executive Recruiter
Emily is a direct hire candidate recruiter who wants to help you love where you work! AquantUs cultivates long-term professional relationships with both employers and employees to assist them with achieving their goals. We work across all industries and place candidates in both direct hire and interim consulting roles. Outside of work Emily enjoys spending time with her husband, Nathan, and their dog Maverick.

David Quayle
Senior Executive Recruiter
David is a direct hire candidate recruiter who wants to help you love where you work! AquantUs cultivates long-term professional relationships with both employers and employees to assist them with achieving their goals. We work across all industries and place candidates in both direct hire and interim consulting roles. Outside of work David enjoys producing YouTube videos of his life, weight lifting, and attending Atlanta United soccer games.

Brandon Hitchcock
Executive Recruiter
Brandon is a direct hire candidate recruiter who wants to help you love where you work! AquantUs cultivates long-term professional relationships with both employers and employees to assist them with achieving their goals. We work across all industries and place candidates in both direct hire and interim consulting roles. Outside of work Brandon enjoys reading, lifting weights, going to the movies, and spending time with his wife, Lexie, and their 2 dogs, Winston and Ernie.

David Ross
Executive Recruiter
David is a direct hire candidate recruiter who wants to help you love where you work! AquantUs cultivates long-term professional relationships with both employers and employees to assist them with achieving their goals. We work across all industries and place candidates in both direct hire and interim consulting roles. Outside of work David enjoys reading, watching movies, collecting comics, and spending time with his wife and pets!

Chris Vicchrilli
Executive Recruiter
Chris is a direct hire candidate recruiter who wants to help you love where you work! AquantUs cultivates long-term professional relationships with both employers and employees to assist them with achieving their goals. We work across all industries and place candidates in both direct hire and interim consulting roles. Outside of work Chris enjoys spontaneous trips, cooking, working out, and spending time with his wife and 3 daughters (Aubree, Ivy, and Brooklyn)!

Caroline Cantrell
Operations Manager & Social Media Director
I have 10+ years of executive administrative, operations, and customer service experience. I find great joy in working and interacting with people on a daily basis. I enjoy being a self-motivator and team-motivator.
My drive comes from this and it has taught me how to build better more effective relationships with people, knowledge on how to help companies and clients work more effectively and efficiently, how to succeed in a fast-paced environment, and how to develop advanced organizational and technical skills.

Lia Ruiz
Senior Research Analyst
Lia grew up in the Dominican Republic while also spending some time in Japan. Due to her unique worldly upbringing, she has learned to see the world through a different perspective, which has gifted her with the ability to open her eyes to new views and experiences.
Lia graduated as a computer technologist and has over 15 years of experience in the customer services industry, where she has worked as a QA, Workforce, and recruiter specialist.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, going to movies, and visiting restaurants and new places.
We would welcome the chance to serve as your trusted business partner. Call or email us today. Hover over our pictures in order to learn more about each of our roles within the company. And as always, don’t be afraid to reach out — we look forward to knowing you!
They said what on Google?

Sarah Lopez
As any accountant surely knows, there are plenty of recruiters sliding into the DMs, promising to change our lives. The thing with Aquantus though is that they have actually managed to do so for me TWICE. … I can’t speak highly enough about David and the way Aquantus does the recruitment.
