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
Aspen	AS-pən	English (Modern)
YrjÄNÄ	UYR-ya-na	Finnish
Luitger	-	German (Archaic)
Pancratius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ludovico	loo-do-VEE-ko	Italian
Moran	-	Hebrew