accountant
noun
a person whose profession is inspecting and auditing personal or commercial accounts and providing financial advice to the account holders.
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Shortly after the publication of his "Scenes and Legends," a branch of the Commercial Bank was opened at Cromarty, and the accountantship was offered to him by the agent.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers