What are the entry requirements for the Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Accounting and Finance?

The Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Accounting and Finance requires a Level 4 Diploma or two years of relevant experience. Portfolio evidence strengthens the Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Accounting and Finance application.

Adv Dip Hospitality Accounting and Finance | LSCAHM | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Accounting and Finance is a UK Level 5 senior-track qualification running 12 to 15 months across on-campus, online and distance routes. It is aligned with HOSPA reference practice, Institute of Hospitality financial-literacy guidance and the uniform system of accounts used by UK hotel groups.

By graduation you can produce a hotel or restaurant month-end pack, build a rolling forecast, run F&B cost-of-sales controls, prepare board-ready commentary and support a finance business partner across a hospitality portfolio. Credit transfers into a UK Bachelor's top-up.

Key Features

Twelve-to-fifteen-month Advanced Diploma aligned with HOSPA reference practice.
Uniform system of accounts modules used by UK hotel groups.
F&B cost-of-sales controls taught to Institute of Hospitality guidance.
Rolling forecast and budgeting practice with UK hospitality datasets.
Board-ready commentary writing and finance business partner communication.
Named programme-tutor support from working hospitality finance practitioners.
Credit transfer into a UK Bachelor's top-up confirmed at enrolment.

What You Will Learn

Produce a hotel or restaurant month-end pack.
Apply the uniform system of accounts for the lodging industry.
Build a rolling forecast for a hotel or F&B business.
Run food and beverage cost-of-sales controls.
Track labour cost, productivity and per-cover contribution.
Write board-ready commentary on a monthly management pack.
Handle VAT, tips, service charge and gratuity practice consistent with UK regulation.
Support treasury, banking and deposit management workflows.

Who This Course Is For

Hospitality accounts assistants moving up into finance business partner support.
Duty managers and F&B managers formalising their finance responsibilities.
Career changers with a bookkeeping or accounts background.
International hospitality graduates seeking a UK Level 5 finance credential.

Career Pathways

Hospitality Accounts Assistant
F&B Cost Controller
Assistant Financial Controller (Hotel/Restaurant)
Night Auditor
Revenue Analyst (Hotel)
Finance Business Partner (Assistant)
Café Owner (Finance Lead)

The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year with London hotel groups, restaurant operators and hospitality finance shared-service teams, and refreshes hospitality finance content against HOSPA and Institute of Hospitality reference material.

Entry Requirements

A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Foundation Year, or at least two years of relevant professional experience in hospitality or finance.
GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
One academic or professional reference.
Applicants with a portfolio of month-end packs, forecast files or GP reports are encouraged to include them.

Why Study at LSCAHM

The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM teaches finance in the context of live service, so numbers are always tied back to kitchen, floor and guest journey.

Central London places HOSPA, the Institute of Hospitality and UK hotel and restaurant finance teams within a short tube ride of every classroom.

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