diff --git a/tests/unit/vertexai/tuning/test_tuning.py b/tests/unit/vertexai/tuning/test_tuning.py
index 5faf590bc1..0d6e74bb59 100644
--- a/tests/unit/vertexai/tuning/test_tuning.py
+++ b/tests/unit/vertexai/tuning/test_tuning.py
@@ -250,6 +250,30 @@ def test_genai_tuning_service_encryption_spec(
         )
         assert sft_tuning_job.encryption_spec.kms_key_name == "test-key"
 
+    @mock.patch.object(
+        target=tuning.TuningJob,
+        attribute="client_class",
+        new=MockTuningJobClientWithOverride,
+    )
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "supervised_tuning",
+        [supervised_tuning, preview_supervised_tuning],
+    )
+    def test_genai_tuning_service_service_account(
+        self, supervised_tuning: supervised_tuning
+    ):
+        """Test that the service account propagates to the tuning job."""
+        vertexai.init(service_account="test-sa@test-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com")
+
+        sft_tuning_job = supervised_tuning.train(
+            source_model="gemini-1.0-pro-002",
+            train_dataset="gs://some-bucket/some_dataset.jsonl",
+        )
+        assert (
+            sft_tuning_job.service_account
+            == "test-sa@test-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
+        )
+
     @mock.patch.object(
         target=tuning.TuningJob,
         attribute="client_class",
diff --git a/vertexai/tuning/_tuning.py b/vertexai/tuning/_tuning.py
index ced3fac9b1..f080608dd9 100644
--- a/vertexai/tuning/_tuning.py
+++ b/vertexai/tuning/_tuning.py
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ def experiment(self) -> Optional[aiplatform.Experiment]:
     def state(self) -> gca_types.JobState:
         return self._gca_resource.state
 
+    @property
+    def service_account(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        self._assert_gca_resource_is_available()
+        return self._gca_resource.service_account
+
     @property
     def has_ended(self):
         return self.state in jobs._JOB_COMPLETE_STATES
@@ -204,6 +209,9 @@ def _create(
             gca_tuning_job.encryption_spec.kms_key_name = (
                 aiplatform_initializer.global_config.encryption_spec_key_name
             )
+        gca_tuning_job.service_account = (
+            aiplatform_initializer.global_config.service_account
+        )
 
         tuning_job: TuningJob = cls._construct_sdk_resource_from_gapic(
             gapic_resource=gca_tuning_job,