diff --git a/src/post_training/config.py b/src/post_training/config.py
index 075e549..91c7aa8 100644
--- a/src/post_training/config.py
+++ b/src/post_training/config.py
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ class SlurmConfig:
     """SLURM job scheduler parameters."""
 
     partition: str = "gpu"
+    account: str | None = None
     qos: str | None = None
     num_nodes: int = 1
     gpus_per_node: int = 4
diff --git a/src/post_training/slurm/job.sh.jinja b/src/post_training/slurm/job.sh.jinja
index 121e015..690ae0f 100644
--- a/src/post_training/slurm/job.sh.jinja
+++ b/src/post_training/slurm/job.sh.jinja
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 #SBATCH --job-name={{ job_name }}
 #SBATCH --partition={{ partition }}
+{% if account -%}
+#SBATCH --account={{ account }}
+{% endif -%}
 {% if qos -%}
 #SBATCH --qos={{ qos }}
 {% endif -%}
diff --git a/src/post_training/slurm/job_llamafactory.sh.jinja b/src/post_training/slurm/job_llamafactory.sh.jinja
index 49be0b3..38ddd4a 100644
--- a/src/post_training/slurm/job_llamafactory.sh.jinja
+++ b/src/post_training/slurm/job_llamafactory.sh.jinja
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 #SBATCH --job-name={{ job_name }}
 #SBATCH --partition={{ partition }}
+{% if account -%}
+#SBATCH --account={{ account }}
+{% endif -%}
 {% if qos -%}
 #SBATCH --qos={{ qos }}
 {% endif -%}
diff --git a/src/post_training/slurm/job_trl_container.sh.jinja b/src/post_training/slurm/job_trl_container.sh.jinja
index 2f68236..6688d6d 100644
--- a/src/post_training/slurm/job_trl_container.sh.jinja
+++ b/src/post_training/slurm/job_trl_container.sh.jinja
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 #SBATCH --job-name={{ job_name }}
 #SBATCH --partition={{ partition }}
+{% if account -%}
+#SBATCH --account={{ account }}
+{% endif -%}
 {% if qos -%}
 #SBATCH --qos={{ qos }}
 {% endif -%}
diff --git a/src/post_training/slurm/launcher.py b/src/post_training/slurm/launcher.py
index 5694423..f838462 100644
--- a/src/post_training/slurm/launcher.py
+++ b/src/post_training/slurm/launcher.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def render_trl_slurm_script(
         # SLURM parameters
         job_name=config.slurm.job_name,
         partition=config.slurm.partition,
+        account=config.slurm.account,
         qos=config.slurm.qos,
         num_nodes=config.slurm.num_nodes,
         gpus_per_node=config.slurm.gpus_per_node,
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ def render_trl_container_slurm_script(
         # SLURM parameters
         job_name=config.slurm.job_name,
         partition=config.slurm.partition,
+        account=config.slurm.account,
         qos=config.slurm.qos,
         num_nodes=config.slurm.num_nodes,
         gpus_per_node=config.slurm.gpus_per_node,
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ def render_llamafactory_slurm_script(
         # SLURM parameters
         job_name=config.slurm.job_name,
         partition=config.slurm.partition,
+        account=config.slurm.account,
         qos=config.slurm.qos,
         num_nodes=config.slurm.num_nodes,
         gpus_per_node=config.slurm.gpus_per_node,
diff --git a/tests/test_slurm_render.py b/tests/test_slurm_render.py
index 35ce4fc..26ed7c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_slurm_render.py
+++ b/tests/test_slurm_render.py
@@ -6,18 +6,88 @@
 from post_training.slurm.launcher import (
     render_llamafactory_slurm_script,
     render_trl_container_slurm_script,
+    render_trl_slurm_script,
 )
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def config():
     cfg = PostTrainingConfig()
-    cfg.container.image = "/shared/containers/llamafactory.sif"
+    cfg.container.image = "/shared/containers/trl.sif"
     cfg.container.bind_mounts = ["/scratch:/scratch"]
     cfg.container.env_file = "/shared/env/cluster.env"
     return cfg
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# account field — all three templates
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def test_trl_account_rendered(tmp_path, config):
+    """account appears as #SBATCH directive when set."""
+    config.slurm.account = "my_project"
+    run_dir = tmp_path / "outputs" / "my-run"
+    run_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+
+    content = render_trl_slurm_script(config, run_dir, "configs/trl/sft.yaml").read_text()
+
+    assert "#SBATCH --account=my_project" in content
+
+
+def test_trl_account_absent_when_none(tmp_path, config):
+    """account directive is suppressed when not set."""
+    run_dir = tmp_path / "outputs" / "my-run"
+    run_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+
+    content = render_trl_slurm_script(config, run_dir, "configs/trl/sft.yaml").read_text()
+
+    assert "--account" not in content
+
+
+def test_trl_container_account_rendered(tmp_path, config):
+    config.slurm.account = "my_project"
+    run_dir = tmp_path / "outputs" / "my-run"
+    run_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+
+    content = render_trl_container_slurm_script(config, run_dir, "configs/trl/sft.yaml").read_text()
+
+    assert "#SBATCH --account=my_project" in content
+
+
+def test_trl_container_account_absent_when_none(tmp_path, config):
+    run_dir = tmp_path / "outputs" / "my-run"
+    run_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+
+    content = render_trl_container_slurm_script(config, run_dir, "configs/trl/sft.yaml").read_text()
+
+    assert "--account" not in content
+
+
+def test_llamafactory_account_rendered(tmp_path, config):
+    config.slurm.account = "my_project"
+    run_dir = tmp_path / "outputs" / "my-run"
+    run_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+
+    content = render_llamafactory_slurm_script(config, run_dir).read_text()
+
+    assert "#SBATCH --account=my_project" in content
+
+
+def test_llamafactory_account_absent_when_none(tmp_path, config):
+    run_dir = tmp_path / "outputs" / "my-run"
+    run_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+
+    content = render_llamafactory_slurm_script(config, run_dir).read_text()
+
+    assert "--account" not in content
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# qos / mem fields — LlamaFactory and TRL container templates
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 def test_llamafactory_qos_mem_rendered(tmp_path, config):
     """qos and mem appear as #SBATCH directives when set."""
     config.slurm.qos = "boost_qos_dbg"
@@ -42,11 +112,6 @@ def test_llamafactory_qos_mem_absent_when_none(tmp_path, config):
     assert "--mem" not in content
 
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# TRL container template
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
 def test_trl_container_qos_mem_rendered(tmp_path, config):
     """qos and mem appear as #SBATCH directives when set."""
     config.slurm.qos = "boost_qos_dbg"