a bean counter

(informal)

an impolite way of describing someone who is responsible for the financial decisions within a company When decisions that affect people's lives are in the hands of bean counters, it's bad news.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Piritta	PEE-reet-tah	Finnish
Jeremy	['dʒerimi]
Faramond	-	History
ElİF	-	Turkish
Constantin	kon-stahn-TEEN (Romanian), kawn-stawn-TEN (French)	Romanian, French
BÁR&Eth;R	-	Ancient Scandinavian