Research and Innovation Financial Management Service (SGERI)

The R&I Financial Management Service has as its mission the planning, coordination, training, execution and control of the economic activities of the University's research, in accordance with the current legal framework, with the aim of providing the best service to the teaching and research staff and supporting the Transversal Management Units.

The Head of the Service is Carlos Laffitte and the service is organised into the following Units:

  • Justifications and Audits Unit
  • Research Accounting Unit
  • Requirements, Project Completion and Debt Collection Management Unit

Justifications and Audits Unit


Direction and management of research project justifications; we train and advise the teaching and research staff and the managing centres involved.

Justifications and Audits Unit
Head of the Unit Fco. Javier Sánchez
Justifications management

David Blasco

  • Advice and management of justifications
  • Advice and management of requirements

Anna Cendros

Arantxa Barnes
Toñi Arilla
Ana Ratera
Elisabet Torres
Esther Montilla
Sandra Sànchez recerca.just9@upc.edu
Sònia Vàzquez recerca.just10@upc.edu
Silvia Plana recerca.just11@upc.edu

Veronica Espinosa

veronica.espinosa.vinuela@upc.edu

Sonia Vico

sonia.vico@upc.edu

Eva Corominas

eva.maria.corominas@upc.edu

Angeles Nuñez

angeles.nunez@upc.edu

Research Accounting Unit


Management of centralised accounting and support for decentralised accounting in the field of research.

Research Accounting Unit
Head of the Unit Ana I. Aviñoa
  • Registration of European income
  • Registration of overhead for European projects
  • TR+TC income
  • Management of authorisations, rectifications and operations for closed periods
  • Exchange rate differences

Elvira Aguilar

  • Registration of national and conference income
  • Financial management and banking operations
  • Courses and conferences
  • Management of prepaid card activation
  • Registration of overheads for national projects
Eva Sarria
  • TR-TC
  • Import VAT
  • Distribution of European funds
  • Registration of extraordinary income
  • MRR reports

Ester Titos

  • Recovery of intra-community VAT
  • Access to debtor platforms
  • Modification of debtors
  • Management of staff representation expenses

Jana Naranjo

recerca.compt4@upc.edu

  • Expenses, funds and projects of the research area
  • TC for internal staff
  • Royalty invoices

Albert Sales

recerca.compt5@suport.upc.edu

Requirements, Project Completion and Debt Collection Management Unit


    Debt management and claiming of unpaid debts, monitoring of insolvency proceedings and preparation of third-party activity reports.

    Requirements, Project Completion and Debt Collection Management Unit
    Silvia Garceso recerca.requeriments@upc.edu
    Sergio González recerca.req1@suport.upc.edu
    Antonia Faja

    recerca.just12@suport.upc.edu

    Miriam Hernandez

    Anna Charles

    gestio.cobraments@upc.edu

    Research Support Units - front office


    To carry out our advisory activity and the economic management of R&D&I projects, we are organised into a centralised service structure that is also distributed with the Research Support Units within the Transversal Management Units (UTG) of the Campuses and Schools/Faculties.

    Research Support Unit
    ICT Area (UTGCNTIC)
    Camins Area (UTGAC)
    Barcelona Industrial Engineering Area (UTGAEIB)
    Mathematics Area (FME)
    Building Construction Area (UTGAE)
    Barcelona Architecture Area (UTGAB)
    Diagonal-Besòs Campus (UTGCDB)
    Baix Llobregat Campus (UTGCBL)
    Vilanova i la Geltrú Campus (UTGCVG)
    Manresa Campus (UTGCM)
    Terrassa Campus (UTGCT)
    Sant Cugat and Nautical Campus