The problem of effective anti-crisis management is of crucial importance for ensuring the overall level of development of Ukraine, surmounting the financial and economic crisis, as well as creating an appropriate level of national security. In today's world with its unstable economic, political and legal dimension an entity is exposed to the external environment. The impact of the economic crisis in the world, including Ukraine, has led to the fact that most companies are close to financial crisis and some of them have already gone bankrupt. The article presents the data showing that companies are in crisis and need anti-crisis management. It is reasoned that anti-crisis management as a mechanism of adaptive regulation of business processes of enterprises is relevant and in demand both in science and in practice; the program of anti-crisis measures in case of its successful practical application can help the companies being on the brick of bankruptcy. Theoretical approaches to the formation of anti-crisis management of enterprises are considered, further research was given to the problems of developing a system of anti-crisis management of the enterprise and the development of anti-crisis financial policy. It is proved that crisis management is aimed at adapting the enterprises' activities to the constantly changing environmental conditions as well as to extract benefits from new opportunities. At the same time, the main thing in the implementation of such management is the rejection of unpromising areas of activity and the definition of the most promising ways of the organization activity ensuring its development. After analysing the latest research on ensuring the stable state and bringing the company out of the crisis, the main approaches to preventing and overcoming bankruptcy in enterprises have been identified. For effective management the measures that will clearly assess the threat and respond to management staff are proposed in the article. The causes and factors that accompany the emergence of a crisis at the enterprise are studied. The activity of Ukrainian enterprises in the conditions of crisis is analyses and a set of measures to improve crisis management for the financial security of the company is created.