EX-23 5 pfs-12312019ex23.htm EX-23 Document

EXHIBIT 23




Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Board of Directors
Provident Financial Services, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-103041; No. 333-165018; and No. 333- 232388) on Form S-8, in the registration statement (No. 333-167706) on Form S-3 and in the registration statement (No. 333-173942) on Form S-3D of Provident Financial Services, Inc. of our reports dated March 2, 2020, with respect to the consolidated statements of financial condition of Provident Financial Services, Inc. and subsidiary, as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, which reports appear in the December 31, 2019 annual report on Form 10‑K of Provident Financial Services, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Short Hills, New Jersey
March 2, 2020