Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Provident Financial Services, Inc.:
We consent to the use 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, and 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 effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included as of December 31, 2019, which reports appear in the December 31, 2019 annual report on Form 10-K of Provident Financial Services, Inc., incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Short Hills, New Jersey
November 6, 2020