The Finance and Human Resources (FHR) sector managed by the Director for Finance and Human Resources comprises four departments.

The Finance and Administrative Processes (FAP) department is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the Organization’s financial resources and commitments while ensuring compliance with CERN’s financial rules and procedures.
The department is also responsible for the accuracy of the Organization’s financial Data and as such, provides and support a set of integrated, secure and reliable enterprise information systems. It provides the tools for optimal support for CERN Business Processes, Project Planning and Management.

The Industry, Procurement and Knowledge Transfer (IPT) department has the following mission: to provide essential support and advice on procurement, knowledge transfer and EU projects. 

The Human Resources (HR) department.

The Site and Civil Engineering (SCE) department manages and develops CERN's real estate assets and infrastructures in agreement with CERN's scientific strategy, as well as all the services related to the caretaking and operation of the CERN site.

How we conduct our mandate is just as important as what we do. Our core values are: 

  • we manage site assets and services in a transparent way 
  • we cooperate with other CERN Departments, the Experiments and the Host States 
  • we plan at long-term, regularly updating and aligning to evolutions in CERN's scientific program and future projects 
  • we protect the site by a reflected interplay between preservation and modernization
  • we ensure working conditions at the site providing a high level of safety, reliability and security
  • we implement coherent service management
  • we plan and prioritize projects according to strategic importance, urgency, financial viability and within environmental and mobility objectives.

SCE's vision is to create and inspiring and welcoming environment for CERN's scientific community now and in the future.