Object of research: the process of providing financial security of economic entities; purpose of the work: development of theoretical positions, scientific methodical approaches and practical recommendations regarding the formation and functioning of financial mechanism of financial security of economic entities; research methods and equipment: methods of analysis, synthesis and formalization, system-structural analysis, financial analysis, methods of comparative, factor analysis and expert estimation method, method of taxonomy, method of main components, methods of causal, logical, functional connections and dependencies , method of Markov chains, abstract-logical method; theoretical and practical results: a scientific approach to the formation of the financial mechanism of financial security by the levels of subjects of financial relations, which, unlike the existing ones, consists in the application of the financial architectonics of the structural and functional differentiation of financial relations; a theoretical and methodical approach to determining the levels of financial security of financial relations subjects at the macro and meso-economic levels, which, unlike existing ones, is based on the modeling of financial security levels by the proposed components; conceptual provisions of the formation of financial mechanism of financial security of economic entities in the system of financial relations, which, in contrast to the existing, include theoretical approaches to the definition of the essence and components of financial security of economic entities, the financial interests of economic entities of all economic levels of the hierarchy, factors and approaches to assessing the level of financial security at the economic levels of subjects of financial relations; methodical approach to assessing the level of financial security of financial relations subjects at the microeconomic level, which, in contrast to the existing ones, differs by the proposed theoretical and methodical model of diagnosing the level of financial security of economic entities using its integral coefficient; the model of functioning of the financial mechanism of financial security of economic entities in the system of financial relations, which, in contrast to existing, is based on the developed methodical approaches of quantitative assessment of financial security at all economic levels, taking into account the manifestations of the negative influence of external and internal risks; systematization of scientific approaches and factors to assess the level of financial security at the economic levels of subjects of financial relations, which, in contrast to existing, takes into account the harmonization of the relationship of certain factors; theoretical and methodical approach to the substantiation of strategies for ensuring financial security of economic entities of the microeconomic level, which unlike the existing ones, is based on the constructed optimization model of financial security of economic entities, taking into account its ability to respond to changes in liquidity, autonomy, business activity, financial risk and profitability; the degree of implementation: developments implemented in the practical activities of the financial department of the Dergachiv district state administration, SSPE "Association Kommunar", in the educational process of S. Kuznets KhNEU; sphere of use: provision of financial security of economic entities, educational process
