Higher Diploma in Hospitality Finance
Course Overview
The Higher Diploma in Hospitality Finance at LSCAHM is a UK Level 5 qualification running 15 to 18 months on-campus, online or by distance learning. The programme teaches the finance discipline as practised inside hotels, restaurant groups and hospitality investment platforms: USALI reporting, revenue management, forecasting, cost control, capex evaluation and treasury basics. Alignment references HOSPA finance guidance, Institute of Hospitality and Chartered Management Institute standards.
By graduation, students can support a hotel or restaurant group's monthly financial cycle, prepare cost and forecast analysis and articulate directly into a UK Bachelor's top-up in hospitality management or finance with credit transfer confirmed at enrolment.
Key Features
- Curriculum mapped to HOSPA finance and Institute of Hospitality standards
- USALI-based reporting labs and hotel P&L modelling
- Revenue management case studies from London hotel and restaurant groups
- Capstone project analysing a real hospitality investment or cost problem
- Confirmed articulation into UK Bachelor's top-ups in finance or hospitality
- Small cohort with named tutor supervision across every study mode
What You Will Learn
- Prepare hospitality-specific management accounts using USALI structure
- Model hotel and restaurant P&L, forecasts and rolling budgets
- Analyse revenue, ADR, RevPAR and cover-based F&B metrics
- Evaluate capex, refurbishment and technology investment cases
- Manage cost of goods, payroll costs and productivity ratios
- Prepare finance packs for owners, operators and management-contract meetings
- Apply UK VAT, payroll and reporting rules relevant to hospitality
- Present financial analysis clearly to non-finance operators
Who This Course Is For
- Hotel finance clerks and supervisors progressing to controller-track roles
- Restaurant and F&B managers strengthening their finance base
- Career changers with commerce backgrounds moving into hospitality
- Diploma graduates targeting hospitality finance specialism
Career Pathways
- Hotel Finance Analyst
- Revenue Manager progressing to Cluster Revenue Manager
- Cost Controller
- Assistant Financial Controller
- Food & Beverage Manager (finance strong)
- Hospitality Business Consultant
- Multi-unit Manager (finance track)
The LSCAHM careers service supports Higher Diploma students with finance-track CV clinics and introductions to UK hospitality finance teams through annual industry-careers days.
Entry Requirements
- A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Advanced Diploma or comparable qualification in hospitality, business 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.
- Working professionals moving from hotel finance clerk, F&B associate or supervisor roles are welcomed.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts across culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business. Central London places hotel-group finance offices and hospitality investment platforms within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Three parallel study modes let working hospitality-finance staff complete the Higher Diploma without leaving their current roles.
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