Bean counter and Cost accountant

Bean counter noun - An accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures.

Cost accountant and bean counter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cost accountant" instead a noun phrase "Bean counter".

Cost accountant noun - A specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production.

Bean counter and cost accountant are semantically related. You can use "Bean counter" instead a noun phrase "Cost accountant".