Is this Advanced Diploma recognised in the UK?

Yes. The Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Financial Management is a UK Level 5 senior-track qualification benchmarked to HOSPA financial management and Institute of Hospitality standards, with credit transfer into UK Bachelor top-ups.

What are the entry requirements for the Advanced Diploma?

You need a Level 4 Diploma, Foundation Year or at least two years of relevant hospitality finance experience, plus GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4/C. Non-native English speakers require IELTS 6.0 overall.

What does the Advanced Diploma cost and is funding available?

Full fees, part-payment plans and instalment options for the Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Financial Management are confirmed at enrolment. LSCAHM admissions issues written quotes and reviews scholarship eligibility with every applicant.

Adv Diploma Hospitality Financial Management | LSCAHM | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Financial Management is a 12 to 15-month UK Level 5 senior-track qualification aligned with Institute of Hospitality, Hospitality Professionals Association (HOSPA) financial-management standards and Chartered Management Institute (CMI) themes. It is written for hospitality cost controllers, financial coordinators and assistant financial managers preparing for department-head financial roles across hotels, restaurant groups and multi-outlet operators.

By graduation, students are running monthly financial reviews, defending budgets, managing cost-control cycles, and delivering a capstone financial plan for a live hospitality operation.

Key Features

Level 5 curriculum benchmarked to HOSPA financial management and Institute of Hospitality standards.
Applied case studies drawn from independent London hotels, luxury groups and multi-outlet restaurants.
Live financial labs where students prepare full monthly management accounts.
Credit transfer confirmed in writing into UK Bachelor top-up programmes.
Weekly one-to-one tutorials with programme tutors from working hospitality finance practice.
Access to HOSPA and Institute of Hospitality student membership pathways.
Capstone financial plan for a live hospitality operation.

What You Will Learn

Run monthly management accounts across hotel, restaurant and event revenue lines.
Build and defend budgets, forecasts and reforecasts across departments.
Interpret RevPAR, GOP, food and beverage cost and labour cost KPIs.
Run cost-control cycles for food, beverage, labour and utilities.
Coordinate with revenue managers on pricing, promotions and yield management.
Deliver commercial reviews with department heads and general managers.
Support audit, tax and compliance requirements for hospitality operators.
Manage risk, insurance and financial controls to UK standard.

Who This Course Is For

Cost controllers and financial coordinators targeting department-head financial roles.
Assistant financial managers moving into hospitality finance leadership.
Career changers from finance, accounting or analytics entering hospitality.
Working practitioners returning to structured study on hospitality finance.
International applicants seeking a UK Level 5 credential in hospitality financial management.

Career Pathways

Hospitality Financial Manager
Cost Controller (Hotels / Restaurants)
Revenue Manager
Cluster Revenue Manager
Financial Coordinator (Multi-outlet)
Assistant Director of Finance (Hospitality)
Hospitality Strategy Analyst

The LSCAHM careers service partners with London hotel groups, restaurant operators and multi-outlet businesses to open interviews for department-head financial roles, and runs at least one industry-careers day each year with named finance-focused recruiters.

Entry Requirements

A relevant Diploma (Level 4) in hospitality, business or finance, a Foundation Year, or at least two years of relevant hospitality finance experience.
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 from a manager or finance lead.
Applicants with a portfolio of budgets, reforecasts or management accounts 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 reads culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, so hospitality finance leaders learn to sit alongside chefs, front office and event teams when reading numbers.

Central London places Michelin-starred kitchens, luxury hotel groups, HOSPA and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes let progressors and working practitioners complete the Advanced Diploma without leaving employment.

Apply for Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Financial Management

Enrol on a UK Level 5 Advanced Diploma at LSCAHM. Credit transfer into Bachelor top-ups is confirmed in writing at enrolment, admissions responds within one working day, and your named programme tutor is confirmed before your first seminar. Enrol Now