bean counter

n. Slang
A person, such as an accountant or financial officer, who is concerned with quantification, especially to the exclusion of other matters: "Companies tended to recognize two cultures-that of the technologist and that of the bean counter" (Financial Times).

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n. a statistician; an accountant.  When the bean-counters get finished with the numbers, you won't recognize them.

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