BA in Hospitality Finance and Accounting
Course Overview
The BA in Hospitality Finance and Accounting at LSCAHM is a UK Level 6 honours degree delivered over three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes. The programme reads hospitality accounting as a specialist commercial discipline built on the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI) and is aligned with Institute of Hospitality, HOSPA and Chartered Management Institute guidance.
By graduation, students are producing hotel and restaurant management accounts, running variance analysis, modelling revenue and pricing, and reporting departmental performance to general managers and owner groups using industry-standard formats and dashboards.
Key Features
- Three-year UK honours degree with structured placement in year two
- Curriculum aligned with HOSPA and Institute of Hospitality reporting standards
- USALI-based management-accounting teaching using anonymised hotel data
- Revenue-management, forecasting and budgeting workshops
- Careers introductions to hotel groups, restaurant operators and hospitality consultancies
- Final-year capstone dissertation or client accounting project
What You Will Learn
- Prepare hotel and restaurant management accounts in USALI format
- Build revenue forecasts, budgets and rolling variance reports
- Model departmental profitability across rooms, F&B, spa and conference
- Apply hospitality-specific KPIs including RevPAR, TRevPAR, GOPPAR and RevPASH
- Interpret hospitality contracts, management agreements and franchise economics
- Design internal controls, audit trails and fraud prevention for cash-heavy operations
- Report performance to owners, boards and asset-management partners
- Apply UK GAAP, IFRS and HMRC guidance to hotel and F&B accounts
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers seeking a specialist UK finance route into hospitality
- Hotel accounts assistants and F&B controllers aiming for a graduate credential
- International applicants preparing for finance roles in UK hotel groups
- Career changers moving from general accountancy into hospitality finance
Career Pathways
- Hotel Financial Controller
- Revenue Manager
- Cluster Revenue Manager
- F&B Controller
- Hospitality Business Consultant
- Hospitality Asset Analyst
- Hospitality Marketing Manager (Commercial)
The LSCAHM careers service maintains relationships with hotel groups, restaurant operators and hospitality consultancies in central London, and hosts an annual industry-careers day for BA finance students.
Entry Requirements
- A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two academic references and a personal statement covering finance interests.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
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. Reading hospitality finance alongside operations, culinary and tourism gives graduates commercial context that generalist accounting degrees cannot match.
Central London places luxury hotel groups, the Institute of Hospitality and HOSPA within a short tube ride of every classroom, and every intake joins the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support.
Apply for BA in Hospitality Finance and Accounting
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