diff --git a/app/representers/api/v1/user_representer.rb b/app/representers/api/v1/user_representer.rb
index 08c591264..097a67db5 100644
--- a/app/representers/api/v1/user_representer.rb
+++ b/app/representers/api/v1/user_representer.rb
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ class UserRepresenter < Roar::Decorator
                description: 'Whether the user is part of a Key Institutional Partner school'
              }
 
+    property :is_administrator,
+             type: :boolean,
+             readable: true,
+             writeable: false,
+             schema_info: {
+               description: 'Whether the user is an Accounts admin'
+             }
+
     property :grant_tutor_access,
              type: :boolean,
              readable: true,
diff --git a/spec/representers/api/v1/user_representer_spec.rb b/spec/representers/api/v1/user_representer_spec.rb
index 7d0f8cfc2..00e718171 100644
--- a/spec/representers/api/v1/user_representer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/representers/api/v1/user_representer_spec.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,19 @@
     end
   end
 
+  context 'is_administrator' do
+    it 'can be read' do
+      expect(representer.to_hash['is_administrator']).to eq user.is_administrator
+    end
+
+    it 'cannot be written (attempts are silently ignored)' do
+      hash = { 'is_administrator' => true }
+
+      expect(user).not_to receive(:is_administrator=)
+      expect { representer.from_hash(hash) }.not_to change { user.reload.is_administrator }
+    end
+  end
+
   context 'grant_tutor_access' do
     it 'can be read' do
       expect(representer.to_hash['grant_tutor_access']).to eq user.grant_tutor_access
diff --git a/spec/support/user_hash.rb b/spec/support/user_hash.rb
index efbb78edd..44adb4a15 100644
--- a/spec/support/user_hash.rb
+++ b/spec/support/user_hash.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def user_matcher(user, include_private_data: false)
     uuid: user.uuid,
     support_identifier: user.support_identifier,
     is_test: user.is_test?,
+    is_administrator: user.is_administrator?,
     salesforce_contact_id: user.salesforce_contact_id,
     applications: a_collection_containing_exactly(
       *user.applications.map { |app| { id: app.id, name: app.name } }