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Kearny Financial Executive Compensation (FY25)

KRNY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): October 22, 2025
224 figures on this page: 214 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Craig Montanaro was paid $1,348,839 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025, and compared with the $1,396,533 reported for fiscal 2024, Montanaro's total was 3.4% lower. The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 17:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $79,160. Shareholders recorded 94.0% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held October 21, 2025 for fiscal 2025. The disclosed peer group names Amalgamated Financial Corp., Columbia Financial, Inc., ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc., First Commonwealth Financial Corporation and Flushing Financial Corporation, among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Craig Montanaro
Latest say-on-pay support
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October 21, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Craig Montanaro: $1,396,533 → $1,348,839 (3.4% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Kearny Financial's chief executive and what were they paid?
Craig Montanaro was paid $1,348,839 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $1,396,533 reported for fiscal 2024, Montanaro's total was 3.4% lower.
What was Kearny Financial's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders recorded 94.0% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held October 21, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Kearny Financial's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Amalgamated Financial Corp., Columbia Financial, Inc., ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc., First Commonwealth Financial Corporation and Flushing Financial Corporation, among others.
What is Kearny Financial's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 17:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $79,160.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Craig Montanaro
President and CEO
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Keith Suchodolski
SEVP and COO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Anthony Bilotta
EVP and CBO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patrick Joyce
EVP and CLO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Craig Montanaro
President and CEO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Keith Suchodolski
SEVP and COO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Anthony Bilotta
EVP and CBO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patrick Joyce
EVP and CLO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Craig Montanaro
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Keith Suchodolski
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Patrick Joyce
Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Anthony Bilotta
Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Sean Byrnes
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Anthony V. Bilotta JrPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Craig L. MontanaroPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Keith SuchodolskiPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Patrick M. JoycePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Sean ByrnesPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Keith SuchodolskiPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Craig MontanaroPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Sean ByrnesPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Anthony BilottaPSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Patrick JoycePSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Joseph P. Mazza
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Theodore J. Aanensen
◇————◇◇
John J. Mazur, Jr
Board chair
◇————◇◇
John F. McGovern
◇————◇◇
Raymond E. Chandonnet
◇————◇◇
Christopher Petermann
◇————◇◇
Catherine A. Lawton
◇————◇◇
Leopold W. Montanaro
◇————◇◇
Melvina Wong-Zaza
◇—————◇
Curtland E. Fields
◇—————◇
Charles J. Pivirotto
◇—————◇
John N. Hopkins
◇————◇◇
Craig L. Montanaro served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Amalgamated Financial Corp. AMAL
  • Columbia Financial, Inc. CLBK
  • ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. CNOB
  • First Commonwealth Financial Corporation FCF
  • Flushing Financial Corporation FFIC
  • Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. LBAI
  • Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. MCB
  • NBT Bancorp Inc. NBTB
  • Northfield Bancorp, Inc. NFBK
  • Northwest Bancshares, Inc. NWBI
  • OceanFirst Financial Corp. OCFC
  • Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation PGC
  • Provident Financial Services, Inc. PFS
  • Republic First Bancorp, Inc. symbol not shown
  • S&T Bancorp, Inc. STBA
  • The First of Long Island Corporation FLIC
  • Tompkins Financial Corporation TMP
  • TrustCo Bank Corp. NY TRST
  • Univest Financial Corporation UVSP

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025October 21, 2025=◇◇◇
2023October 17, 2024=◇◇◇
2022October 26, 2023=◇◇◇
2021October 27, 2022=◇◇◇
2020October 28, 2021=◇◇◇
2019October 22, 2020=◇◇◇
2018October 24, 2019=◇◇◇
2017October 25, 2018=◇◇◇
2016October 26, 2017=◇◇◇
2015October 27, 2016=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
224 figures on this page: 214 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
214 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

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    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Summary Compensation Table
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    Summary Compensation Table
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    Summary Compensation Table
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Peers Kearny Financial discloses

The companies named in KRNY's own disclosed peer group.

Amalgamated Financial Corp.Columbia Financial, Inc.ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.First Commonwealth Financial CorporationFlushing Financial CorporationMetropolitan Bank Holding Corp.NBT Bancorp Inc.Northfield Bancorp, Inc.Northwest Bancshares, Inc.OceanFirst Financial Corp.Peapack-Gladstone Financial CorporationProvident Financial Services, Inc.S&T Bancorp, Inc.Tompkins Financial CorporationTrustCo Bank Corp. NYUnivest Financial Corporation

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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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