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
Soner	-	Turkish
Lore (2)	-	Basque
Clitus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Vlasi	-	Russian
Gazbiyya	-	Arabic
Alban	['ɔ:lbən]