Financial management and financial control are crucial for any country. The current stage of the socio-economic development ofUkrainecalls for enhancement of the state role in the economic management system, aiming to detect deviations from the legality, adopted standards and efficiency of financial resource management. For the time being, the problem of creating a comprehensive system of state financial control has not been solved in Ukraine yet: the legal framework for state control bodies’ activity is uncertain, functions and powers overlap, actions lack coordination and specialization as to carrying out audits and exercising assigned powers.The gradual changes inUkraine’s political and economic policies in the course of integrating into the international economic space should be accompanied by a radical restructuring of the governance functions of the state, especially in the sphere of state financial control. Given the priority ofUkraine’s state policy of accession to the European Union, one of the important aspects in this process is the adaptation of the financial control system to the European requirements and compliance with the provisions of the Lima Declaration of Control Guidelines.Modernization of the public finance system, based on the Strategy for the Development of the Public Financial Management System for 2017-2020 and the Concept of reforming local budgets, requires changes in terms of financial control. The appropriate measures should be directed not only to check the use of budget funds as intended, but also to maximize cost-effectiveness, particularly in planning.The effective public financial control is meant to ensure successful solution of public problems and achievement of the goals set before the system of public financial control. It provides for analysis and evaluation of the existing public policy and verifying the effectiveness of its implementation by the public authorities system and civil servants in their activities.