WSFS FINANCIAL CORP

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )

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WSFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

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MISSION DRIVEN | FUTURE FOCUSED

2026 PROXY STATEMENT

AND NOTICEOF

2026 ANNUAL MEETING

OF STOCKHOLDERS

Notice of 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

You are cordially invited to attend the WSFS Financial Corporation (the "Company", "WSFS", "our" or "we")2026

Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"), to be held virtually:

Items of Business

PROPOSAL 1Election of Directors. To elect three director nominees to our Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term.

PROPOSAL 2Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers ("NEOs").

PROPOSAL 3Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

Other Business: To consider and act upon such other business and matters or proposals as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. As of the date of this notice, our Board of Directors knows of no other matters that may be brought before stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

Your Vote is Important

We encourage all stockholders to vote your shares in advance of the Annual Meeting using one of the voting methods described in the

proxy materials, which you can access at https://web.viewproxy.com/wsfs/2026. In order to attend the Annual Meeting, you must

register at https://web.viewproxy.com/wsfs/2026 by 11:59 P.M. ET on May 11, 2026. On the day of the Annual Meeting, if you have

properly registered, you may enter the meeting by clicking on the link provided in your registration confirmation. You will be able to listen

to the Annual Meeting live, submit questions and vote. Further instructions on how to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting are

contained in the section titled “Meeting and Other Information.”

Sincerely,

Rodger Levenson

Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer

Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please vote as soon as possible to makesure that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting.

How to Cast Your Vote

Your shares cannot be counted unless you vote by any of these methods:

BY INTERNETVisit www.aalvote.com/WSFS.

BY TELEPHONECall toll-free to 1 (866) 804-9616.

BY MAILComplete, sign and date the proxy card and mail it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. Proxy cards submitted by mail must be received by May 13, 2026.

Beneficial Owners

If your shares are held in “street name”, you should check with your bank, broker or other agent and follow the voting procedures required by your bank, broker or other agent to vote your shares.Each stockholder who attends the Annual Meeting virtually will need the control number that appears on the materials sent to you.

Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials

In accordance with rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, except for stockholders who have requested otherwise, we have mailed to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials ("Notice of Internet Availability"). The Notice of Internet Availability provides instructions either for accessing our proxy materials, including the Proxy Statement, and the 2025 Annual Report to Stockholders, which includes our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the "Proxy Materials"), at the website address referred to in the Notice of Internet Availability, or for requesting printed copies of the proxy materials by mail or electronically by email.If you would like to receive a paper or email copy of our proxy materials either for this Annual Meeting or for all future meetings, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials included in the Notice of Internet Availability we mailed to you.Our Board of Directors provided the Notice of Internet Availability and is making the proxy materials available to you in connection with the Annual Meeting.As a stockholder of record on the Record Date, you are invited to attend the Annual Meeting virtually and are entitled to, and requested to, vote on the proposals described in this Proxy Statement.

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