Diploma in Hospitality Finance
Course Overview
The Diploma in Hospitality Finance is a 9 to 12-month UK Level 4 practitioner qualification aligned with HOSPA and Institute of Hospitality finance themes. It is written for hospitality supervisors, finance clerks and night auditors moving into structured finance practice across hotels, restaurants and event operators.
By graduation, students can read a hotel or restaurant P&L, run daily revenue reports, cost menus and beverage lists, and articulate into LSCAHM Advanced Diploma and Higher Diploma routes with working finance credentials.
Key Features
- Level 4 practitioner syllabus benchmarked to HOSPA Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry themes.
- Applied labs using real hospitality P&L, night-audit packs and revenue statements.
- Case studies drawn from London hotels, restaurant groups and event operators.
- Workplace or capstone hospitality finance project.
- Named programme tutor drawn from senior hospitality finance practice.
- Structured articulation into LSCAHM Advanced Diploma and Higher Diploma routes.
What You Will Learn
- Read a hotel or restaurant P&L to HOSPA conventions.
- Run daily revenue reports, flash reports and month-end reconciliations.
- Cost menus and beverage lists with target gross-profit discipline.
- Support payroll, tronc and service charge calculations.
- Handle UK VAT basics for hospitality operations.
- Support budget cycles, forecast updates and variance reviews.
- Manage stock takes and supplier invoice discipline.
- Read revenue management reports and support forecasting.
Who This Course Is For
- Hospitality supervisors moving into finance and revenue support roles.
- Finance clerks, night auditors and cost controllers building UK Level 4 credentials.
- Career changers from general accounting entering the hospitality sector.
- Working practitioners completing a Level 4 credential in hospitality finance.
- International applicants building UK-recognised hospitality finance credentials.
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Finance Assistant
- Cost Controller
- Night Auditor Team Lead
- F&B Cost Controller
- Restaurant Business Analyst
- Revenue Support Analyst
- Hotel Manager (progression track)
The LSCAHM careers service connects Diploma finance students with London hotel finance teams, restaurant group head offices and event operators recruiting into hospitality finance progression tracks.
Entry Requirements
- A Level 3 qualification (A-levels, BTEC, Access to HE) or equivalent, OR a relevant Certificate at LSCAHM.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 5.5 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers, or equivalent.
- A personal statement outlining your hospitality finance progression aims.
- Applicants with relevant kitchen, front-of-house or hospitality experience are encouraged to reference it at application.
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 finance is taught alongside kitchen, service and revenue context.
Central London places luxury hotel groups, HOSPA, the Institute of Hospitality and hospitality consultancies within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes support working finance staff.
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