comptroller - someone who maintains and audits business accountsauditor - a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization bean counter - an accountant or bureaucrat who who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures bookkeeper - someone who records the transactions of a business certified public accountant, CPA - an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state; "in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations" chartered accountant - a British accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charter cost accountant - a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production |