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
Aristocles	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Liesel	LEE-zel	German
Ellen	['elin]
Rin	ṙeen	Japanese
ŽElimir	-	Croatian, Serbian
Zeno	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized), Italian